Spam in /ooc and /auction

[Volga]

Originally Posted by Skaff [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I thought EQemu already required an email validation for all new registrations... am I wrong on this? Also, blocking the well known "free" email providers is really not a great solution. I would be curious to see how many people use e-mails that are not associated with the ones you listed.

There is also a reason that the EQemu account creation is automated. I am sure the volume in which accounts are created is beyond the number in which they want to have people checking. Systems are in place to detect if it is a human is the one creating the account, but a system to check if a douchbag is creating the account is much more complex and time consuming.

Yea - just sending out ideas

[Lazortag]

The solution should be simple, not one of the convoluted solutions people have proposed (aka expanding banning powers to more people or creating restrictions on what names/accounts people can have). Being restricted in the amount of spam you can post until a certain level is the best idea, it clearly solves the problem and doesn't inconvenience anyone too much.

[CPTMULLER]

is there any way to write a script that will scan ooc for racial slurs and then limit that person to one message in /ooc per minute?

[Kuldiin]

Originally Posted by CPTMULLER [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

is there any way to write a script that will scan ooc for racial slurs and then limit that person to one message in /ooc per minute?

So you want to stop 99% of people from posting in OOC?

[CPTMULLER]

Originally Posted by Kuldiin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So you want to stop 99% of people from posting in OOC?

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if that many people need to drop racial slurs in /ooc on a daily basis I'm clearly missing something

[Nedala]

Just discuss what rogean brought up and stop adding random new ideas!

[CPTMULLER]

Originally Posted by Nedala [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just discuss what rogean brought up and stop adding random new ideas!

What's left to discuss, if anything that's too many messages for a spammer, but perfectly adequate for a noob

[Tudana]

Have there been any Guides assigned yet to the server, I see there are appication forum for apply to be come a guide.

wouldnt they be there to help police the chat and others mundane issues?

[mitic]

Originally Posted by Tudana [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have there been any Guides assigned yet to the server, I see there are appication forum for apply to be come a guide.

wouldnt they be there to help police the chat and others mundane issues?

still have to see a guide yet on the server and yea, there must be alot of applications running already

[Tudana]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was going to write a more sophisticated spam prevention, but as a quick fix, what do you guys think of.. chars under level 5, 3 messages per minute?

Discuss.

i like this idea