I like my servers to be able to remotely notify me of issues and problems using my alphanumeric pager from SkyTel. I also want those messages sent by modem over a POTS line so that I can be notified even if our Internet connection is down. To do this, I have always used Linux software like qpage to interface with my paging service using the TAP protocol. Now, I find myself in an environment where I must do this using Windows. Because my monitoring scripts are written using Perl, I'd like to interface with the modem from Perl as well.

Although I suppose I could use the information available at http://www.skytel.com/partners/dev_resources_tap.htm with Device::Modem and Win32::SerialPort to write something myself, my inherent laziness compels me to figure out if this wheel has already been invented.

Perhaps I'm blind, but I can't seem to find anything here or on CPAN that does what I need. Do any of you have experience with this or know of an easier way to approach this task?