Blackberry 9790 manual Personal distribution lists, Create a personal distribution list

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If you reconcile your email using wireless email reconciliation, on your smartphone, you can set whether the email on your smartphone or the email on your computer takes precedence when an email reconciliation conflict occurs.

If you synchronize your organizer data using wireless data synchronization, the organizer data on your computer takes precedence over the organizer data on your smartphone when a data synchronization conflict occurs.

Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current backup file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.

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Manage data synchronization conflicts

You can change how conflicts that occur during organizer data synchronization are resolved by turning off wireless data synchronization, changing conflict resolution options, and synchronizing organizer data using the synchronization tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more information about managing conflicts that occur during organizer data synchronization, see the Help in the BlackBerry Desktop Software.

Personal distribution lists

Create a personal distribution list

You can use personal distribution lists when you send email messages, PIN messages, or text messages. Personal distribution lists that you create on your BlackBerry smartphone do not appear in the email application on your computer.

1.On the home screen, click the Contacts icon.

2.Press the key > New Group.

3.Type a name for the personal distribution list.

4.Press the key > Add Member.

5.Click a contact.

6.To add another contact, repeat steps 4 to 5.

7.Press the key > Save Group.

Change or delete a personal distribution list

1.On the home screen, click the Contacts icon.

2.Highlight a personal distribution list.

3.Press the key.

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