Add-Ons to stop the goldspammers

[mandydax]

I did a search and didn't find this info. Let me know if it's a repeat.

Are you tired of the Peons bugging you? Power-leveling offers got ya down? Well, we have the cure!

First up, and my first love in this battle: SpamSentry. This little gem blocks most whispers from the buggers. The current version, however, they are working around by sending multiple tells at the same time. One gets caught, but one gets through. This add-on makes it a breeze for you to report the offending parties. Two clicks and your ticket is submitted with all details. This also has a feature that adds a "Spam" button to your mailbox. If you get a spam, click the button and it's added to the report list.

Secondly, and after only one day of using this, I disabled SpamSentry but for the mail "Spam" button, is STFU. The name might be bad, but like Chuck Norris, sometimes bad is good. STFU will /who anyone the first time they whisper you during a session. If they're below the threshold level (default=2), then their whispers never make it to your screen. It clears its blacklist at each logout, so it won't permanently block a genuine player. I installed this before my playing last night, and during our SL run, I was the only one who didn't seem to get the whispers everyone else did.
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ETA: Lochnar pointed out that anyone who wants a /ginvite who is level 1 would be ignored by STFU. I did some code-digging and found out where to change the .lua to put this feature in. Thanks to Frost for helping me test it.
(These are PC iinstructions. I don't know how to get there on a Mac.)
Step 1: Install STFU to your ~\Interface\AddOns\ folder in your WoW directory.
Step 2: Go to the ~\Interface\AddOns\STFU\ directory.
Step 3: Right-click STFU.lua and select Open With... then select WordPad and click Ok.
Step 4: In the WordPad window, hit Ctrl+F and enter "for whispers" in the box, click Find Next, then Cancel.
Step 5: Below the line that reads:

Code:

    if STFU_Data.block_low_level > 1 and event == "CHAT_MSG_WHISPER" then

replace the following line:

Code:

        if (arg6 and arg6 == "GM") or Deuce:OnFriendList(arg2) or Deuce:InMyPartyOrRaid(arg2) or Deuce:InMyGuild(arg2) then

with this code:

Code:

            local startPos, endPos, trash1, trash2 = string.find(arg1, "invite")
        if (arg6 and arg6 == "GM") or Deuce:OnFriendList(arg2) or Deuce:InMyPartyOrRaid(arg2) or Deuce:InMyGuild(arg2) or startPos then

Step 6: Hit Ctrl+S to save your work, and close the window.

You can now start WoW and the AddOn will automatically block all level 1 characters who whisper you unless they:

• Are in your guild<>
  
• Are in your party or raid<>
  
• Are on your friends list<>
  
• Are (for some reason) a <GM><>
  
• Use the string "invite" in their whisper<>
  [st]
  This should make this AddOn friendly for those who have the rank to /ginvite people.