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At 11:36 AM -0400 8/25/99, Jeffrey Silberberg wrote:
>        I can not resist any longer on this issue, so my question to those
>in this discussion is, "Why buy software for this function ?".  If I can
>send e-mail  to pin@pagingservice.com, and the AS/400 has built in E-mail
>SMTP support, why buy a package that does little else but  dial a phone, in
>the case of those looking for simple implementations.

    Besides the problem of TCP/IP possibly being down that others have 
mentioned, I would think that the timeliness and reliability of a 
page delivered by e-mail might be a concern.  E-mail can take from a 
few minutes to a few hours, or even days, at times.

    Regards,

    - Lou Forlini
      Software Engineer
      System Support Products, Inc.
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