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I have been talking up an idea in our office, and now I am started to
question if I am just enamored with an idea that is less practical than I
imagine, or if I have an idea that has merit.

I am proposing that we use email as the best common denominator for
automated notifications. I propose that we set up "container" distributions
list, such as [log in to unmask] This container distribution list
could then contain a single address that can be changed as needed. This way,
if duties change, or for those duties that we rotate weekly or monthly, the
contained address can be changed as needed (which is a bit of a drag for the
email administrator). Also, the actual target email address would need to be
configured in the email server's address book (this I know less about).

Now, that contained address could be the SMTP for someone's pager, cell
phone, or other message-capable device (which assumes and depends on the
reliability of such devices and services, and raises the question of how to
handle failures, which is not a trivial question). Or, it could just be
someone's standard email address (company or private), if that's how they
choose to monitor things, when it's their turn to monitor things.

So, what am I forgetting? Or not thinking of? Has anyone done anything like
this, either on a small scale or a large scale? And how well did it work?
And If it didn't work, could it have been made to work?

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com

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