In game spam email.

[GrlGmr]

I was playing earlier when suddenly I received a notice that I had mail. None of my guild was on except for me, and I couldn't think of anyone else who would send me mail, so I thought someone had mistyped some other character's name. But no, it was spam advertising plat. I've pretty much gotten used to getting sent /tells about farmed gold and powerlevelling and all that ****. But this seems like a new low to me. I get enough spam in my real email box. I don't want to get it in game too. Plus I play on Antonia. If I wanted to do that kind of ****, I'd be on the Bazaar server instead.

[Spyderbite]

Old news.. this has been going on for quite some time. Just flip on your Anon or RP tag and you'll be relatively free of any /tell or email spam until a permanent fix is implemented.

[nitrous]

Spyderbite@Venekor wrote: <blockquote>Old news.. this has been going on for quite some time. Just flip on your Anon or RP tag and you'll be relatively free of any /tell or email spam until a permanent fix is implemented. </blockquote>That is Myth #1:   Having your anon and RP flags set has no impact on getting spam tells.   

[UlteriorModem]

<cite>nitrous wrote:</cite><blockquote>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote: <blockquote>Old news.. this has been going on for quite some time. Just flip on your Anon or RP tag and you'll be relatively free of any /tell or email spam until a permanent fix is implemented. </blockquote>That is Myth #1:   Having your anon and RP flags set has no impact on getting spam tells.   </blockquote><p> Your almost right. You may still recieve spam "mails", but I assure you the /tells will be reduced if not eliminated.</p><p>To the OP yes this is old news. Just like getting junk mail in your mailbox in real life. Wad them up and toss them away.</p><p>Dont be so anxious to drop whatever it is your doing just to check your mail box. It can and will wait.</p>

[Finora]

<p>There's a nice little 'spam' button for the mail ones. </p><p> And yeah, I've actually recieved MORE of the tell spam when anon/roleplay than when not so I don't even bother with that anymore.</p><p>Good news is I've only recieved one in 3 weeks on any of my characters.  </p>

[Didi]

At the bottom of the mail is a 'report as spam' option which you can use to report any spam mails so they can be dealt with by customer service.  Unfortunately it's a growing problem in all games, it's an ongoing struggle to address it.

[mellowknees72]

<cite>nitrous wrote:</cite><blockquote>Spyderbite@Venekor wrote: <blockquote>Old news.. this has been going on for quite some time. Just flip on your Anon or RP tag and you'll be relatively free of any /tell or email spam until a permanent fix is implemented. </blockquote>That is Myth #1:   Having your anon and RP flags set has no impact on getting spam tells.   </blockquote><p> It can have a major impact - since I've changed all my characters to /anon, I've gotten no "buy my plat" TELLS.  But it is by no means the be-all, end-all solution to the problem.</p><p>I still get "buy my plat" emails occasionally, however.</p>

[Spyderbite]

<cite>nitrous wrote:</cite><blockquote>That is Myth #1:   Having your anon and RP flags set has no impact on getting spam tells.   </blockquote> We'll have to agree to disagree then. I've received zero spam /tells and absolutely zero spam emails since I turned on the Anon tag. Prior to that I was getting 2 to 3 tells a day and perhaps 1 or 2 emails a week. Granted I use the RP tag for its original purpose.. the lack of /tells & email solicitations is just gravy. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Edit: I just read another post to which somebody mentioned that the spam is worse on some servers than others. Perhaps that's the reason I'm rarely if ever bothered by it since I play on a PvP server. I doubt there are many plat farming bots, if any, on Venekor. They'd be fodder inside of 15 minutes since you can kill them where we come from!!! XD

[mellowknees72]

Spyderbite@Venekor wrote: <blockquote><cite>nitrous wrote:</cite><blockquote>That is Myth #1:   Having your anon and RP flags set has no impact on getting spam tells.   </blockquote> We'll have to agree to disagree then. I've received zero spam /tells and absolutely zero spam emails since I turned on the Anon tag. Prior to that I was getting 2 to 3 tells a day and perhaps 1 or 2 emails a week. Granted I use the anon tag for its original purpose.. the lack of /tells & email solicitations is just gravy. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote><p> What *is* the original purpose of the /anon flag?  <img src="/smilies/0a4d7238daa496a758252d0a2b1a1384.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I have no idea!</p><p>I always thought it was to hide from people who would want ports (can you guess I was a druid in EQ1??).</p>

[Spyderbite]

Pipes@Najena wrote: <blockquote>What *is* the original purpose of the /anon flag?  <img src="/smilies/0a4d7238daa496a758252d0a2b1a1384.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I have no idea! <p>I always thought it was to hide from people who would want ports (can you guess I was a druid in EQ1??).</p></blockquote> My bad.. typo.. I meant the RP flag.. On a PvP server.. /anon makes it necessary for people out hunting to actually visit the zones for victims vs. scrolling through a list at their convenience. I'm a role player.. so I started using the RP flag as soon as I found out it was available to me.

[Chirpaa]

<cite>nitrous wrote:</cite><blockquote> That is Myth #1:   Having your anon and RP flags set has no impact on getting spam tells.   </blockquote><p> Incorrect, it has a huge effect.  I did not get a single whispered spam for 2 months when I had my rp flag on.  I got a couple every day before that.  I removed my rp flag last week, and I started getting an average of 1-2 a day again.  I also got absolutely 0 mail spams when rp flagged.  I received 4 of them since removing the flag.</p><p>You can try to say it's just a coincidence, but it was the case across all of the toons I regularly play.  That's too large of a coincidence.</p><p>Of course, it won't eliminate "all" of the spam for everyone, as hanging around for lengths of time in specific zones will still get you in their lists even if flagged rp or anon.  It will, however, reduce it for sure.</p>