Dial-Out Modem Software

Many good products are on the market, both freeware and commercial, that handle large amounts of paging better than any shell script could ever do. They also have the ability to dial the modem and send the message to the provider. A list of such products is shown in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 shows only a sample of the products available for paging in a UNIX environment. There are others for Windows systems. The nice thing about these products is the ability to dial out on a modem. At some level in every shop there is a need to use a phone line for communications instead of the network. This gives you the ability to get the message out even if the network is having a problem.

Table 3-1 Products That Handle High-Volume Paging and Modem Dialing