3/ When you change nameservers, check at bottom & it often doesn't change them, even though you get a confirmatory email. You have to go back a page, click again & should show at bottom of page they've changed.
Good news to report. Albert at Moniker has updated me on their concern about the auto logout problem and are going to set it to one hour now. They really seem to have jumped on this quickly, thanks to all your comments. Looks like some other good things are coming from them soon, too. Stay tuned. This is the sign of a registrar that cares. Go Moniker!
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