From: Joe Abley Sent: Saturday, 10 June 2006 5:20 a.m. To: Ian Batterbee Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] Is there a Telecom paging tcp interface at all ?
On 9-Jun-2006, at 05:52, Ian Batterbee wrote:
That, uh, certainly seems to qualify, yes.
The trouble with SMTP gateways, though, is that (a) messages can get held up for long periods in queues, with no timely notification of the delay to the system originating the page, and (b) if you can send mail to your pager, so can ten thousand evil spammers.
If the service only accepts email from particular MTA's - easy to arrange if it's only intended for use by one ISP's customers - the issues then become whether those MTA's are likely to relay enough spam to be a problem and whether the email address of a pager is much advertised (they usually aren't). All opinions mine only, of course. - Donald Neal Donald Neal |"I don't drink anything stronger Support Engineer |than Pop. But then, Pop will drink NGN Operations |anything." - Waldorf T. Flywheel Integration & Services Division +----------------------------------- Alcatel NZ Ltd - Telecom's network operations manager This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002.