diff -up hplip-1.6.7/base/g.py.static-alerts-table hplip-1.6.7/base/g.py
--- hplip-1.6.7/base/g.py.static-alerts-table	2008-07-29 14:56:27.000000000 +0100
+++ hplip-1.6.7/base/g.py	2008-07-29 14:56:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ class Config(dict):
 # Config file: directories and ports
 prop.sys_config_file = '/etc/hp/hplip.conf'
 prop.user_config_file = os.path.expanduser('~/.hplip.conf')
+prop.alerts_config_file = '/etc/hp/alerts.conf'
   
 sys_cfg = Config(prop.sys_config_file)
 user_cfg = Config(prop.user_config_file)
+alerts_cfg = Config(prop.alerts_config_file)
 
 
 # Language settings
diff -up hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py.static-alerts-table hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py
--- hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py.static-alerts-table	2008-07-29 14:57:04.000000000 +0100
+++ hplip-1.6.7/hpssd.py	2008-07-29 15:22:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ from prnt import cups
 
 # Per user alert settings
 alerts = {}
+for user, cfg in alerts_cfg.iteritems ():
+    entry = {}
+    entry['email-alerts'] = utils.to_bool (cfg.get('email-alerts', 0))
+    entry['email-from-address'] = cfg.get('email-from-address', '')
+    entry['email-to-addresses'] = cfg.get('email-to-addresses', '')
+    alerts[user] = entry
 
 # Fax temp files
 fax_file = {}
@@ -803,15 +809,10 @@ class hpssd_handler(dispatcher):
         self.out_buffer = buildResultMessage('InjectValueResult', None, result_code)
         
 
-    # TODO: Need to load alerts at start-up
     def handle_setalerts(self):
         result_code = ERROR_SUCCESS
-        username = self.fields.get('username', '')
 
-        alerts[username] = {'email-alerts'       : utils.to_bool(self.fields.get('email-alerts', '0')),
-                            'email-from-address' : self.fields.get('email-from-address', ''),
-                            'email-to-addresses' : self.fields.get('email-to-addresses', ''),
-                           }
+        # Do nothing.  We use the alerts table in /etc/hp/alerts.conf.
 
         self.out_buffer = buildResultMessage('SetAlertsResult', None, result_code)