Fred asked the question about FTP vs VANs. This seems to be a touchy topic each time it arises. From my perspective - they are both have their pros and cons. A VAN offers you a one to many send (one dial out for many trading partners). It gives you trackability. Requeue a document can happen from either end. Most VANs offer website information to see if they picked it up. Other services are offered from VANs (inner-connects, remapping to another standard...). But VANs are costly. All these goodies have price tags attached. If you dial out to them every 15-30 minutes, you also get hit with an 800 number fee or a long distance charge. FTP is quick. But it's a one to one ratio. You are also then opening up your Firewall to as many leaks as you have suppliers. Your security people will have a field day when you request to FTP to X-amount of people. This however a wonderful way to do inner-company EDI or overseas transmissions. Try using both! Kristian ======================================================================= To signoff the EDI-L list, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
