Mobile Guide to BlackBerry

Appendix B. BLACKBERRY BEHIND THE SCENES

Anyone who spends a little time thinking about how email actually gets from your email server to your handheld must realize that there are other steps in the middle that make the whole process possible. We've already mentioned the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and this is certainly one important component, but there are other components that play an important role as well. Let's look at that process starting with when you get a new email.