Email noticfactions repeat counter

I seem to be seeing a funny issue or its working by design.

The want an email notification from Up to down sent every 1 hour until the service comes backup. When setting email notification repeat counter to one hundred I get a hundred emails not five for the five hours the prob was down for. Is this a design issue or configuration issue. Another words what I want to emails to be sent every time = X when a prob is down until a staff member has actioned it.

Thanks Steve