WowAce

Read "Status of MassMailer in 4.01" that's posted above.

Yeah, I think everything should be working. Just to be safe I'm doing some testing to make 100% sure that 4.01 didn't break anything before I release an update. I haven't had a lot of time lately (and I've largely quit playing WoW until Cata), but should only be a couple of days at most before the new version comes out.

PS - There probably won't be any new features in the update--just bug fixes and a TOC version change (so it's not showing up as out of date).

Damn, Curse is acting crazy, so I think I inadvertently deleted a comment by kbear to which this post was in reply. If memory servers, s/he said something along the lines of, "Just so you know, this addons seems to work fine in 4.01."

/facedesk

...though I'm sure kbear's original post didn't have the typos which mine contains. >.<

Weird, haven't seen that one yet. May be something new they stuck in for 4.01.

I sadly wasn't able to get a beta key (so I could have all the bugs worked out before 4.x went live), and I've been overwhelmed for the past week working on other projects (i.e. ones I get paid for). Haven't forgotten about it though. ;)

Doh!

This may seem like a silly question, but when you say "MyCharName" are you trying to send mail to yourself (the currently logged-in character)? Cause WoW doesn't let you do that.

Other than that, are you seeing any additional error messages generated by WoW? Does this happen when you send mail to all characters, or just one in particular? Also, what version of MassMailer are you using?

I've heard reports the the MiniMap button isn't disabling correctly, but I haven't been able to reproduce the problem. Anyone else noticed this?

How is that a constructive comment? I've already spoken out about my feelings on this issue in an earlier comment, but I'll do so again.

1) MassMailer does not (and will never be able to) send attachments and gold, so the most someone could possibly use this addon for is to send out text-based adds. That's a costly (remember, in-game mail costs 30 copper to send, and that adds up pretty quickly) and lengthy process if you wanted to reach any kind of sizable audience. Think about it--when was the last time you got an in-game mail ad from a gold spammer? I don't think I ever have, and moreover I don't think I've ever heard of anyone getting one. It's a lot easier to just spam the trade channel; you can reach a lot more people that way and wouldn't have to spend gold to do it.

2) Gold spammers and hackers don't need MassMailer. They don't care about violating the ToS or EULA, so they can use all sorts of external programs to do whatever they want. I very seriously doubt they sit there and manually type every message they send out, and I know for a fact that they use bots to do a lot of the farming. I've had my account hacked before, and when I logged in, I was floating underneath Ice Crown with a bag of ore. They didn't do that through the WoW API.

3) I have used nothing but the standard WoW API. When Blizzard included a "SendMail" function in their API, they had to be aware that it could be used to automate mail. Sometimes people use that API in ways that Blizzard doesn't expect (e.g. AVR), but if Blizzard finds it objectionable, they change things so it doesn't work anymore. As far as I know, the SendMail function has been in the game since release, and Blizzard hasn't found the need to change it thus far.

4) Sometimes addons get abused, granted, but I think I've made it pretty clear that I don't intend for this to be used to spam people. I'm trying to provide a helpful tool to people who want to communicate easier in-game. Why do people freak out and start fear-mongering because they imagine a potential abuse that there is absolutely zero evidence to support is happening? Honestly, I think there are much bigger concerns out there. With the API added in patch 3.3.5, it wouldn't be hard AT ALL to write an addon that scans for RealID names (i.e. your real first and last name). Despite what Blizzard may say, I personally wouldn't feel comfortable with my real name available to every chinese gold farmer on the planet, so I suggest you direct your worries in that direction. Or just turn off RealID.

Regardless, I allow comments on this page so people who use my addon have a space to ask questions or report a problem they have encountered. Please refrain from making comments that don't fall in that category.

Oops, I forgot a line on the non-US locales...lemme upload a correction really quick. Thanks for letting me know. Not sure why this wasn't causing an error for me.