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Configure Your Blackberry Device

The following instructions were written using a Blackberry Bold 9000. The menu items may differ slightly if you are using a different Blackberry smartphone,

Before you begin

Create a Google Apps password

If you have not yet created a Google Apps password, go to tools.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/google-pass and do this before adding your Stanford Google Apps account to your Blackberry. You can use the same password for your mobile device and a desktop client.

Enable IMAP in Google Mail

See Enabling IMAP for instructions..

Configuring your Blackberry

To add your Stanford Google Apps account to your Blackberry::

  1. Go to the Setup screen and select Personal Email Setup.
  2. If you are prompted to log in, enter the user name and password you use to access your account on your service provider's website.
  3. Select Add.
  4. Select Gmail.
  5. For your Email address, enter your Sunet ID@stanford.edu.
  6. For your Password, enter your Google Apps password.  
  7. An "Invalid email address or password" message is displayed. Select OK.
  8. Select I will provide the settings.
  9. On the Email Settings form, enter the following information:
    • Select POP/IMAP
    • Email address: sunet_id@stanford.edu
    • Password: your Google Apps password
    • Email server:  imap.gmail.com
    • User name: sunet_id@stanford.edu
  10. Select Next.
Last modified April 27, 2012