Petition for a Realistic Solution to RMT's

[Avenger]

Hopefully OP can add some of the other suggestions that people have noted to the original post, if they haven't already been added:

1. Communications preferences/whitelist

Permit /tell from: √ (friend list, linkshell(s), free company, people in party) x (people in other zones, spammers)
Permit /invite from: √ (friend list, linkshell(s), free company, people in zone) x (people in other zones, spammers)
etc.

Hopefully this will help avoid:

"Friend request from Spam Bot."
"Spam Bot has invited you to a party."
"You have been invited to join the linkshell Spammers R'Us."

This would also probably end up moving all random chat (in addition to spam) into say/yell/shout, for better or for worse.

2. Anti-spam filters/add-ons

Hopefully this would make it easier to block spammy URL patterns and/or the messages that contain them.

"100% Handwork Guaranteed. You'll get whisper." :-P