Administration Guide

Managing instant messaging

Prevent users from sending instant messaging conversations in email messages

Using the latest version of the BlackBerry Client for use with Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, BlackBerry Client for use with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, or BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Sametime, BlackBerry device users can send their instant messaging conversations to contacts in email messages. You can turn off this feature if you do not want BlackBerry device users to send their instant messaging conversations to other users.

In the IT policy for a group or user account, in the Instant Messaging policy group, change the Disable Emailing Conversation IT policy rule to Yes.

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Prevent users from saving instant messaging conversations

On BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software version 4.2 or later and the latest version of a collaboration client, users can save their instant messaging conversations as .txt files in the internal memory of their BlackBerry devices or on an external memory device. You can turn off this feature if you do not want users to save their instant messaging conversations on their BlackBerry devices.

In the IT policy for a group or user account, in the Instant Messaging policy group, change the Disable Saving Conversation IT policy rule to Yes.

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Hide the icon that appears on BlackBerry devices for mobile contacts

If users are using the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Sametime or BlackBerry Client for Novell GroupWise Messenger, you can control whether an icon appears on BlackBerry devices beside the names of contacts who are using the same collaboration client. By default, the icon appears.

1.In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry solution topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view > Collaboration.

2.Expand the instant messaging environment.

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