[sldev] Funny what you find when you look

[Nexii Malthus]

Agreed, 4 messages is rather an extreme amount for the amount of messages
that would be sent. 1 message is enough and provides enough reliability, it
will always get through, if it does not get through, there are bigger
problems to be concerned about if Instant Messages fail like that.

Emeralds' feature also happens to spam Vertical Life users. An attempt to
consult with their developers just returned nasty responses. Figure.

If Emerald wants to get widespread use and earn a respectable reputation
they need developers that won't act hastily and without thought or respect
for others. 10 Emerald users = *40 IMs* onto a non-Emerald user. Get 40
Emerald users at an event and that becomes *160 IMs *on each non-emerald
user happening to enter the range.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM, mal <malachi at tamzap.com> wrote:

>  thought it would be intresting to see what all happens on the typing stop
> part of ims... and when i did i found that the Emerald Client by
> modularsystems.sl is flooding typing stop with messages this was causing
> me alot of lag and now i know why. each user of the emerald client is
> sending between 4-10 messages each time someone pops into the sim or when
> the user teleports. now do the math and how many messages per second is that
> if you have a full region of emerald users?
>
> this is uncalled for and i for one feel this to be a violation of the terms
> of service honestly.... spam is spam no matter where or how it is sent.
>
> anyone have a way to completely avoid typing stop message?
>
>
>
> case IM_TYPING_STOP:
> {
> LLPointer<LLIMInfo> im_info = new LLIMInfo(gMessageSystem);
> std::string revised_text = im_info->mMessage;//collect the message
> LLUUID fromkey = im_info->mFromID;//grab the UUID of the person sending
> this message
> std::string name = im_info->mName;//grab the name of the person sending
> this message
> if(revised_text != "typing")//if the message is not typing cause if it is
> it will spam people
> {
> string::size_type loc = revised_text.find( "typing", 0 );//make sure just
> in case it does not even contain typing
> if( loc == string::npos )
> { send_improved_im(fromkey, "joeanyname here", "You have been detected
> using TYPING_STOP hidden commands. Most popularly used by Emerald Viewer to
> spam everyone in the sim. your name and uuid have been logged for an abuse
> report.", IM_ONLINE, IM_NOTHING_SPECIAL, LLUUID::null, NO_TIMESTAMP,
> (U8*)EMPTY_BINARY_BUCKET, EMPTY_BINARY_BUCKET_SIZE);
> send_improved_im(gAgent.getID(), "Philip Linden", "typing stop message from
> user with key: "+fromkey.asString()+" name: "+name+" has been detected.
> message("+revised_text+")", IM_ONLINE, IM_NOTHING_SPECIAL, LLUUID::null,
> NO_TIMESTAMP, (U8*)EMPTY_BINARY_BUCKET, EMPTY_BINARY_BUCKET_SIZE); }
>
> }
> gIMMgr->processIMTypingStop(im_info);
> }
> break;
>
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