Future versions of Spam Guard Plus will appear as part of the new WoW++ project.

Summary

This easy-to-use addon monitors say, yell, tell, emote and the default numbered chat channels for spam and automatically ignores spammers for the rest of the session. Additionally, your ignore list and friends list will be shared across all same account characters on the same server, and your ignore list will effectively have no limit. Unlike other addons which also offer the limitless and/or shared ignore list, Spam Guard Plus implements a 'real' ignore which effectively blocks emotes, mail, duels, rolls and speech bubbles in addition to ordinary chat text. SGP will not auto-ignore anyone on your friends list, any of your guildmates, or anyone in your party or raid.

Localization Note

This addon does NOT function properly for French and Spanish clients. It depends on exact translations of system messages to work properly, and currently translations from English to French and Spanish are needed. If you use this addon with an unsupported client, you do so at your own risk. Side-effects may include system message spam on login and mysterious system messages throughout the play session. If you find a bug, please mention which client you're using when reporting the problem, and if applicable, provide the English translation of the error text.

Features Listing

EASE OF USE. Just install and forget. Users may continue to use the original in-game slash commands as well as the built-in functionality of the socials window. There are no new slash commands to learn, settings menus to navigate, or additional on-screen buttons to fiddle with.

SPAM DETECTION. SGP monitors major chat channels for spam and automatically ignores spammers for the rest of the session. Currently, spam is defined as either rapidly sending any messages in a very short length of time (macro spam) or repeating the exact same message several times in a row in quick succession (copy/paste spam). To give spammers a chance to "act right", Spam Guard Plus gives them another chance to chat the next time you log in. (Note that this strategy applies only to automatic ignore. Standard /ignore is still permanent!) See screenshots above for illustrative examples of copy/paste spam and macro spam.

ADVERTISEMENT FILTERING. Spam Guard Plus uses a filtering strategy to identify and block advertisements in general and trade chat channels, including gold merchants and levelling services. Though by no means a perfect system, SGP's filter intercepts and drops many of those annoying ads before they ever reach your chat box.

LIMITLESS IGNORE. Even though the in-game ignore list is limited to 25 players, Spam Guard Plus blocks incoming messages from anyone you have ever /ignore'd, regardless of whether they can fit on your list or not. When SGP notices those players are online, they are additionally worked into your standard ignore list to prevent them from sending mail and abusing you with speech bubbles and commands like /roll and /duel.

SHARED IGNORE AND FRIENDS. Both your limitless ignore list and your friends list (max 50) are shared across all characters on your account on a per server basis. A change to your lists on any character will be reflected on the friends and ignore list of your other characters on the server. (Note that if a user you /ignore'd is not on a character's ignore list in the social window, Spam Guard Plus is waiting for that person to log in so that it can place them there.)

SESSION-LENGTH IGNORE. Type /tempignore <name> (English client) to place a player on your ignore list for the rest of your play session. The next time you log in, that player will no longer be on your ignore list. See below for translations.

German - /tempignorieren

All Others - /tempignore

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

-Belgor for providing localization code and German translations.

-Antonio Farinetti for pointing out the solution to merging friends lists across characters.

-Arith for providing Traditional Chinese translations.