Email for error notification Email is also a common way to notify system or application administrators of an error condition in a line of business application. If an RPG or CL program encounters an error that prevents the completion of a critical function it can send an email message to the appropriate user or system administrator for attention. You can also send email messages to digital or alphanumeric pagers. Some system management applications also support automated recovery to correct system error conditions. When error conditions are encountered alert messages are generated to notify system administrators, application managers, and end users of the problem.
Email is one way that error messages and alerts can be delivered to the right people.
Alert messages can be sent via email, SNMP trap messages, pager, and system operator messages. It is also available on a stand-alone basis. The fax can be the text of any email message or the contents of any attachment such as Word documents, PDF documents, RTF documents, etc. Pagers and email Most vendors of digital and alphanumeric pagers provide an email interface for sending pages. Metrocall, Skypage and many others provide this type of interface.