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Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the 1990 Incentive Stock Option Plan and the 1997 Incentive
Stock Option Plan of Flashpoint, Inc. of our report dated November 10, 2000 with
respect to the financial statements of Checkpoint Security Services Limited, for
the year ended April 30, 1998 included in Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc.'s
Current Report on Form 8-K/A, dated November 13, 2000, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Smith & Williamson
November 20, 2000
Guildford, England
