God, I hate having to deal with IT and I really don’t understand why they insist on placing that .EXT on the address of someone who’s a contract employee. I mean, why not just assign a regular e-mail address to EVERY employee? Full time, part time or contract? If a person is hired on as a  contract worker and they work until there contract is up then leave, just delete the address. If a person is offered full time (like me) they just keep that same address. Why add some letters that will just complicate things if they stay on full time?