[a/s] Paying bills while on the road

["Richard P. Kenan" <as5368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, everyone:

	Jane and I have been wondering what we should do about *receiving* our 
bills while we are away on extended trips.  There have been a number of 
good suggestions on this list on how/where to pay bills, but our problem is 
knowing how much to pay, i.e., getting the bills in the first place.  Some 
are fixed (mortgage, loan payments, some others), but most vary from month 
to month.
	In this morning's paper (Sunday Atlanta Journal-Constitution), there was 
an advertisement from a company called "paytrust.com," that claims to solve 
this for $8.95/month (for 25 payments or less; 50c each after that).  I 
went to the website to investigate, and found out that you give them 
"profiles" of your billers - name, address, etc.  Then, when a bill comes 
in, if it's electronically sent, it's automatically posted in your 
"accounts payable" list; if it's a paper bill, they make it electronic and 
post it.  Then they send you email that you have a bill, and you can have 
them pay it from your bank account (or only a portion of it if you wish).
	This sounds like a possible solution for us.  However, I never heard of 
this company before, and I'm not about to give them access to any account 
of mine on the basis of a newspaper advertisement or web page.  They're 
located in Princeton NJ, and were incorporated in October, 1998.  That's 
all I know; I need to know more than that to be comfortable with it.
	Has anyone on these lists heard of this service, or used it?

- Dick
(5368)