GSM/GPRS modems are cheap; so are SMS messages. The answer should be clear...
On 9/6/07, Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only > thing I spec for SMS notifications is a GSM modem physically connected to > the monitoring box. There's still points of failure, but they're a lot > fewer than SMTP to some third party. > > True paranoids (as we all should be) monitor their monitoring box, and it > might be permissible to use an SMTP to SMS gateway for that monitoring, as > long as you're monitoring all the appropriate things so that wide-scale > failures (such as power loss) still get to you via your GSM modem (mmm, > local UPSen). > > - Matt > Professional Paranoid >
