Yes as i described in my post the email option is on for almost all Mods. I received one from a member with only 5 posts today for contact and to get a issue resolved. So that method is the preferred method to reach a Mod.
As i have stated this is to prevent PM spam. Even if a user receives a PM there is a way for them to send one out then. We were still getting PM's from users with less than 40 posts who were not supposed to be able to PM.
If a person can figure out how to use this method then we will still have PM spam. Which we can not have. There has been a high amount of them lately and some rather untasteful ones. This is the best method we have right now to prevent this type of Spam.