was there a question in your post or were you just looking for recommendations. You will need to a little more specific on what the restructure will involve, i.e. money, support staff, existing gear etc. No one will be able to give you any useful recommendations unless you know what you need to achieve and what resources you have to achieve it. In Johns defence, not that he needs it. It can be somewhat fruitless asking these sorts of questions off the list. If John is away for a week then you will never get a response. By posting to the list two things happen. You increase your chances of having a response to your question, as people like me (at the other end of the world) are awake when others are sleeping. Secondly, you will get a wider range of opinions and a "vaster" array of qualified answers. No doubt you respect Johns knowledge and "email approachability" as I and many others do but I can assure you there are many many knowledgeable and helpful people who can help on this list. Forgetting that, send us some information about your goals and objectives for the network you want to design and people will help you no doubt. Thanks heaps Greg Mulholland Krystaltek Solutions greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.krystaltek.com -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:21 PM To: [ExchangeList] Cc: '[ExchangeList]' Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Contacting You Of List http://www.MSExchange.org/ > I hope you dont mind me contacting you of The Exchange list. I need > some advice. I have just been asked to restructure / redisign our > network including making recomendations for new software. As others have like wise said, I do not take question such as this off list. We help others on the list as we are able to and provided we have the time. If I were to stop and respond to anyone who asked for advice, I would not have time for doing the work I get paid to do. Please ask your questions on the list. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist