Thanks for all of your greatly detailed emails concerning this. Given that you all pretty much agreed that staying in-house was absolutely the way to go, I'm going to stick with it. If anyone out there is interested: Hiring: full time Position: Messaging Specialist Requirements: Bachelors degree minimum, and a must: MCSE (and must show you passed the Exchange 2000 exam as part of your MCSE.) 3 years minimum as an Exchange 5.5 and/or Exchange 2000 (3) specialist Compensation isn't great, but you can make a living: $53-60 DOE Location: DC and Herndon Out Network: 3 domains, 2 child domains, 3 exchange 2000 servers, 3 Red Hat SMTP and Firewall servers, 5 sites national and international Send an email with "Messaging Specialist" as the subject. All resumes should be in Word, StarOffice, or WP format - any versions. Note: ALL candidates will be given a hands-on test on Exchange 2000 Thank you Jared Johnson MCSE, CCNA, RHCE IT Manager Federal Government Services __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/