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I've used SRSPlus for years and my only complaints are with their DNS hosting. It sometimes fails for a few minutes at a time, returning no results for a simple dig. I've personally noticed it 2-3 times in the last year so I can only imagine how much it actually happens. There's also no support for TXT records or anything else aside from A, CNAME, and MX.

I've been considering a switch to Hover, but haven't done a trial run yet.

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I'm not a fan of Hover though I have all my domains registered with them right now. They store your password in cleartext and their website is downright bizarre - it wants to be iGoogle, I guess.

They're less obnoxious than GoDaddy but that's not saying much.

"They store your password in cleartext" Do you have a reference for this to back up your claim? Preferably before I sign up.

They email your password to you when you use the "forgot" form.

I notified support about this and the representative said he agrees that it's a security flaw and that he had "sent it up the chain", although this was last year.

Despite this, they're still my preferred registrar.

Yeah, I had wondered if it was something like that. It IS a tad concerning.

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