One of the simpler ways I can think of to combat SPAM in the in-game email system is to make access to the in-game email system a 3 or 6 month veteran reward. Make it 3 months if you want to be extremely friendly to new players ... 6 months if you really really really need to deter the farmers.
Simple.
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Effective.
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With i16 is the option to disable e-mail, or only allow people on your friends list to send it to you:
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Originally Posted by Positron
I am pleased to tell you that in Issue 16: Power Spectrum...
... ... (Which reminds me, we’ve added new features to the in-game Email system to either shut it off entirely, or only receive emails from people on your friends list and/or people in your Supergroup. Another step in the battle against annoying in-game spam.) ... ... (These changes are currently being tested in the Closed Beta for Issue 16, and may be changed/modified by the time they reach the Live servers) |
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Originally Posted by Mateo_06
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Q. Just wondering Posi, where are the new dance emotes we were told would come with GR?
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Unfortunately, they are basing it off of the "character" list, not the "global" list.|
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Which, for me at least, will make this new option pretty useless.
I don't actually use the character list since characters are easily deleted or sometimes not played much.
I find the global list much more effective.
I've often wondered why the e-mail system wasn't globally based.
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Bloody bad news, actually, for a few reasons.
First, RMTers are not going to simply go away. I guaran-damn-tee you that they will find ways to convey their ads, and I'm betting that it won't be as passive or ignorable. Honestly, I liked getting spam e-mail, because it was trivially easy to deal with, it was extraordinarily simple for us to flag spam accounts, and it means that they weren't forced to resort to other, more irritating measures. It's not a question of whether or not we'll get spam, but how we'll be getting spam. In that sense, e-mail ain't so bad.
Second, it's not addressing the root cause of the issue, real money trade. I've said all along (and still maintain) that this is not a problem with the e-mail system. Until they get more results from things such as more quickly and efficiently detecting (e.g. more advanced heuristics, faster and better reporting, honeypots) and dealing wtih (e.g. more advanced filtering, easier GM tools, better automated systems) RMT, this problem will continue to plague the game in some form.
Third, in spite of the "I never use e-mail!" crowd, there are plenty of us out here who do. This is nothing less than significantly crippling the system's effectiveness to us. Instead of firing off an e-mail, now I'm going to have to ask them to turn off their filter, add me as a friend, read my e-mail, turn back on their filter, drop them as a friend... Many people I send e-mails to, I don't really want to be their friend, any more than I want to give my phone number out to everyone who has my e-mail address.
In short, this is basically letting the RMTers dictate to us how we will and won't be allowed to communicate. I, for one, will continue to leave my e-mail on across all characters. I highly encourage everyone else to do the same. Practically speaking, though, I know that they might as well remove the e-mail system entirely, and if you're thinking to yourself, "Finally, an end to the onslaught of RMT spam!", well, I hate to be the one to inform you that it most assuredly isn't. 
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
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Unfortunately, they are basing it off of the "character" list, not the "global" list.
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Which, for me at least, will make this new option pretty useless.
I don't actually use the character list since characters are easily deleted or sometimes not played much. I find the global list much more effective. I've often wondered why the e-mail system wasn't globally based. |
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Sums it up nicely, unfortunately. And I actually agree with adding the filters, and have for some time. I just strongly suspect that the system may as well be removed with the "accept none/turn off" option. |
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Third, in spite of the "I never use e-mail!" crowd, there are plenty of us out here who do. This is nothing less than significantly crippling the system's effectiveness to us. Instead of firing off an e-mail, now I'm going to have to ask them to turn off their filter, add me as a friend, read my e-mail, turn back on their filter, drop them as a friend... Many people I send e-mails to, I don't really want to be their friend, any more than I want to give my phone number out to everyone who has my e-mail address.
In short, this is basically letting the RMTers dictate to us how we will and won't be allowed to communicate. I, for one, will continue to leave my e-mail on across all characters. I highly encourage everyone else to do the same. Practically speaking, though, I know that they might as well remove the e-mail system entirely, and if you're thinking to yourself, "Finally, an end to the onslaught of RMT spam!", well, I hate to be the one to inform you that it most assuredly isn't. |
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I wish there were an option to just get mail from people from your friends list and SG.
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Ok, now I wish that the dev's introduce "The Little Black Book". Vet award, purchasable with one of the optional packs, a free gift to everyone just because... I don't care how we get it. This is an inherent power that gives you the phone numbers of every contact in the game, all of whom will offer you their missions when you are at the appropriate level because they've heard good (or scary, redside) things about you around town. This book will also allow you to call up the "go say hi" contacts such as in the Hollows, the field analyst, and PVP liaisons.
After that one comes true, anyone got anything else I should wish for and make happen?
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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Annnnnd.... done!
Ok, now I wish that the dev's introduce "The Little Black Book". Vet award, purchasable with one of the optional packs, a free gift to everyone just because... I don't care how we get it. This is an inherent power that gives you the phone numbers of every contact in the game, all of whom will offer you their missions when you are at the appropriate level because they've heard good (or scary, redside) things about you around town. This book will also allow you to call up the "go say hi" contacts such as in the Hollows, the field analyst, and PVP liaisons. After that one comes true, anyone got anything else I should wish for and make happen? |
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Snakebit: So noted. In fact, that one might even be more useful than The Little Black Book. I'm going to have to start wishing extra hard.
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