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Odd Spam
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:56 am
by Tsakiera
I seem to be getting spam while running the census lately, the problem is it isn't limited to one class or race and it seems to be fairly random;ie: it doesn't always happen with the same race or class as the last time it happened. Not a big deal since I rarely watch my chat windows that much anyway but just thought I would give you a heads up.
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:16 am
by Rollie
hrm, if you could get a screenshot when you see it happen, that could be very helpful =)
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:56 am
by Tsakiera
Okie Dokie,
I took 17 reads across 10 servers, some were PVP hence the reason why an odd number. I had 9 instances of spam occur this time.
Eitrigg- human priest 60-60
Rexxar- Horde 51-55
Bloodscalp- Troll war 60-60
Orc Warlock 60-60
Orc Rogue 60-60
Muradin- Horde 36-40
Horde 21-25
Horde 16-20
Nightelf War 60-60
A couple screenies here at my Yahoo album, I did get more and can upload them if you need them.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/freddiej7 ... .dir=/e277
Since it seems to be fairly random I'm assuming there probably isn't anything you can do with it though.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:02 am
by Balgair
Seems like the normal spam you get when there's 3 or fewer people matching the search query - I get that exact same thing if I have verbose mode on. I don't believe that's a curable thing; it's the way the game responds to /who requests.
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:47 am
by Tsakiera
Thats what I thought at first but it happens with 8 or more in some cases, and I'm not sure if I loaded the pic or not but a couple of them it returned outside the original query limits.
I'm not overly concerned, if someone said something important to me at the exact moment the spam happened then they can repeat it later.

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:42 am
by Rollie
Ah, yes, if you have 'Verbose' mode on, this is expected. To stop the spam, just open the options and deselect Verbose.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:52 pm
by Tsakiera
Hehe I like having verbose on though, I like to see what it's doing while it's doing it when I am on realms other than my own. Is the verbose mode universal or can I turn it off on some realms and leave it on other realms? Otherwise, like I said, it's not a big deal, it just kind of surprised me to see character names scrolling by all of a sudden. hehe

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:13 pm
by Rollie
The Verbose option is universal.