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Start the BlackBerry Email Simulator

The BlackBerry® Email Simulator enables you to send and receive email messages between the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator and an actual email account, without a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. To obtain the BlackBerry Email Simulator, visit www.blackberry.com/developers to download the BlackBerry Email and MDS Services Simulator package.

    1. On the Start menu, click Programs > Research In Motion > BlackBerry Email and MDS Services Simulators 4.1.4 > ESS.
    2. Select one of the following modes:
      Mode
      Description

      Standalone mode

      ESS stores messages on the local file system and communicates directly with the email client. No POP3 or SMTP server is required.

      ESS can communicate with any email client that supports POP3 and SMTP communication. The email client account must have the POP3 server set to localhost on port 110 and the SMTP server set to localhost on port 25.

      Connected mode

      ESS polls the specified POP3 email server for incoming messages and uses the specified SMTP server to send messages. Valid POP3 and SMTP servers are required.

    3. If you select Standalone mode, click Clean FS to erase ESS messages that are stored on the local file system.
    4. If you select Connected mode, type information in the following fields:
      Field
      Description

      Outgoing

      host name of the SMTP server that your email account is using

      Incoming

      host name of the POP3 server that your email account is using

      User name

      user name with which to connect to your email account

      Password

      password with which to connect to your email account

      Poll inbox

      frequency with which the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator checks your email inbox for new messages

    5. Type information in the following fields:
      Field
      Description

      Name

      name to display in outgoing messages from the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator

      Email

      email address to display in outgoing messages from the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator

      PIN

      personal information number (PIN) that is used by the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator (default is 21000000)

    6. Click Launch.
    7. Click Load Test to select a message inside the associated Inbox and send it a number of times to a BlackBerry device.

      Note: There must be one or more email messages inside the Inbox of the email account associated with the email simulator for the load test functionality to work.

    8. Check the command prompt window for detailed information on ESS startup, including any login errors.

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