jeremy,
yeah, i was thinking of that but the problem is, if i have an alert for a nodes down (unpingable) the log to file will kept logging to the same file, eg. if 2 server is down the same .txt file will have 2 of the alerts logged. but the pagegate will consider that as one sms
eg.
Site=network_team_False
Message=Access1#172.16.10.91#Switch is DOWN
Site=network_team_False
Message=Access2#172.16.10.92#Switch is DOWN