It turns out that I was less than clueful. So first thanks to the people who informed and clued me in. So the answer is: "You're not big enough..(dummy)". Silly me, just because I joined the affiliate program for the min of 10 domains per month, I did not follow the link which might have lead me to the answer. This post is for 2 reasons: 1) there is an answer for small companies - thanks to all who pointed it out; 2) In the hope that some of NSI's support people might read this list and perhaps could then point out this possibility to other (similiarly misinformed) small guys. So I go (happily) back to the barn. Where I am I have lots of lighter stuff to shovel today. Douglas Denault wrote:
I apologize in advance if this is too far off topic
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We are a small web hosting firm doing 20-40 domains/month. ... ... business, but the truth is I would rather shovel out the barn. ... 2) does anyone know of/have experience with another registrar that takes email submissions
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