Spam Messaging has gotten out of control.... WHY?

"gamerdruid;c-2048652" wrote:
I take it that the spammer is still active on FS10 - please confirm.

There hasn't been any complaints on this topic recently. Maybe he has been taken care off.

"gamerdruid;c-2048611" wrote:

I do however agree that an in-game blocking function would be very useful.

This I very much agree to, as spammers are left powerless if all his victims secretly blacklisted him. Also a mail recipient limitation would be quite nice. One can only send mail to at most 5 recipients and can only send mail once every 20 minutes, unless he's replying to someone's message.

The limit must be higher than 5 recipients - there are upto 50 in an alliance and a number of wings with upto 50 each.

Maybe the limit should be 10 or 20 not in your ally or Nap'd unless you are an officer or above.

Spammers in an ally would quickly be dismissed, in a Nap'd alliance the NAP can be cancelled by an office with diplomacy as a remit unless the cic dismisses the offender.

Guys it is easy to deal with spam mail to ensure it does not impact on your game. I would post pictures with my advice but i am "new" and therefore i don't have that privilege yet.

Anyway my advice log on go to inbox, if you have been spammed follow below

1) Type the name of the spammer (or part of his name) into the mail filter box.
2) Select all (it will only be his mail you select)
3) Delete all (it will only be his mail you delete)
4) Repeat steps 3 and 4 above until zero mail from him remains
5) Delete his name from mail filter box and you will see all your remaining mail from everybody else
6) If there are more than one spammer then repeat processes with next spammer name
7) When all spam and spammers are deleted from you inbox go about your usual business

The above takes no more than 2 minutes and your inbox and game are returned to normal for you to continue to play as you wish with no more inconvenience. Repeat each time you receive spam mail.

Clown

@ gamerdruid i believe spammer on FS11 is presently inactive

"one_cIown;c-2048949" wrote:

1) Type the name of the spammer (or part of his name) into the mail filter box.
2) Select all (it will only be his mail you select)
3) Delete all (it will only be his mail you delete)
4) Repeat steps 3 and 4 above until zero mail from him remains
5) Delete his name from mail filter box and you will see all your remaining mail from everybody else
6) If there are more than one spammer then repeat processes with next spammer name
7) When all spam and spammers are deleted from you inbox go about your usual business

This only seems to be a temporary feature, if only there was also a way to completely blacklist a person. With this, you would only be cleaning the mess a spammer makes. Also some restrictions to messaging would be nice, so that it would deter spamming as a whole.

It still takes a long time to delete hundreds of messages which equates to many pages.