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.
- On the Start menu, click Programs > Research In Motion > BlackBerry Email and MDS Services Simulators 4.1.4 > ESS.
- Select one of the following modes:
- If you select Standalone mode, click Clean FS to erase ESS messages that are stored on the local file system.
- If you select Connected mode, type information in the following fields:
- Type information in the following fields:
- Click Launch.
- 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.
- Check the command prompt window for detailed information on ESS startup, including any login errors.
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