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* On 01/06/06 11:59 -0500, Joshua Bell wrote:
| Hello,
| 
| This is just my two cents.  However, when we used the 'BB' suite here, it turned
| out to be what I consider shoddy at best.  The user interface does not look all
| that appealing to start off.
| 
| I have found that the best resource for this type of activity, is to use Nagios
| with their plug-ins.  It is a little bit harder to get started with, however,
| http://www.nagiosconfig.com makes life a lot easier.
| 
| This product is just a lot more robust than 'BB', and you could easily acheive
| the mass SMS that you desire with a simple command definition.

Hi Joshua,

I'll organize so you get the 2 cents ;)

Thanks for the contribution. Some responses that I have received do 
support your position as well, for example the one from Boris (Thanks 
Boris).


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