I'm a member of several groups in SL. Some are spammed often and I leave them as soon as I got the group gift...even if I think it's not polite to just grab the "goodies" and leave.
Other groups are by invitation only, so I can't leave them. They are not spammed often...but it's like taking a bath RL, you can bet that the phone is ringing just then even if it's been silent for hours.
So is it a way to stop group messages to pop up? The ideal would be to stop them and click on a button so they come up when I have time to read it. Of course I could miss invitations or secret sales. Fine, I will risk that.
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Marianne Little
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01-21-2008 08:53
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Shauna Daviau
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01-21-2008 08:58
There's an option under group info to stop receiving group messages....but I have that checked and still receive them anyway. I feel your pain, some of them just spam way too much. Ideally I'd like to just receive them via email and then pick and choose what I want to follow up on.
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Starfire Desade
Can I play with YOUR mind
Join date: 10 Jul 2006
Posts: 404
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01-21-2008 09:01
I have heard that v1.19 will fix this.
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Theo Kline
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Join date: 31 Dec 2006
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01-21-2008 09:10
There's an option under group info to stop receiving group messages....but I have that checked and still receive them anyway. I feel your pain, some of them just spam way too much. Ideally I'd like to just receive them via email and then pick and choose what I want to follow up on. That check box is just for notices. It is broken and I hope there's a fix coming soon. |
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Void Singer
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Join date: 24 Sep 2005
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01-21-2008 09:59
the proposed fix (for v1.19) is to default to do not recieve group IMs till you open the chat... a checkbox would be better... there are group IMs I always want to recieve and it'd be just as pain full to have to open those group IMs each log on =/
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Melina Mendes
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
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01-21-2008 10:26
That check box is just for notices. It is broken and I hope there's a fix coming soon. If you uncheck "Receive group messages" you won't get the messages only when you are offline. When you are online, you still get them. |
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Kitty Barnett
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Join date: 10 May 2006
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01-21-2008 10:29
the proposed fix (for v1.19) is to default to do not recieve group IMs till you open the chat... a checkbox would be better... there are group IMs I always want to recieve and it'd be just as pain full to have to open those group IMs each log on =/  . |
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Theo Kline
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Join date: 31 Dec 2006
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01-21-2008 17:03
If you uncheck "Receive group messages" you won't get the messages only when you are offline. When you are online, you still get them. Just to be clear, it's "Receive group notices". And yes, online or offline I still get them. |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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01-21-2008 17:27
There is a second "x" below the top right "X" in the chat box... It's a little tedious, but you can stop group IMs by clicking that after you get one. I'm not in many groups so it isn't a problem for me... I never put any effort into setting up 'no group chat' as a default. (^_^)
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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01-21-2008 17:42
I'm in twenty five groups, several of which are quite spammy and others fairly busy with appropriate on topic chat.
When group IMs come in nothing that happens bothers me much except for the blinking tabs on the group IM window. Just don't look at them. I gave up on being able to use the "console chat", the sliding up the screen chat long ago. I'd like to, but it's just not useable with a bunch of chatty group IMs there. When I want to be able to make heads or tails of the nearby chat I use the nearby window or "chat history" window, set to not show group IMs. It's not ideal, but it does let you pretty much ignore the group IMs. If you enter you text for the nearby folks to see in the regular chatbar text entry field then the chat history dialog stays semi-transparent so it doesn't completely block the view. ===================== The "receive group notices" field has never worked for me so far as getting or getting group notices inworld. As was already pointed out it's supposed to affect group notices, and by design and in fact has no effect on group IMs. _____________________
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Melina Mendes
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
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01-22-2008 10:45
Just to be clear, it's "Receive group notices". Yes, you are right And yes, online or offline I still get them. I am a member of some large groups. Before I unchecked it, all group notices went to my mail when i was offline (sometimes 100+ a day). After unchecking it, at least the forwarding to my mail has stopped.  |
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Tamandra Fischer
Registered User
Join date: 12 Sep 2006
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01-22-2008 12:53
I gave up on being able to use the "console chat", the sliding up the screen chat long ago. I'd like to, but it's just not useable with a bunch of chatty group IMs there. I'd like to see an option for IMs to not display here and show only in the Communications window, even with blinking tabs I could choose which to take notice of and still keep up with chat around me without opening the Chat History window too. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has the Communications window up anyway in order to IM friends. |
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Bradley Bracken
Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
Join date: 2 Apr 2007
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01-22-2008 12:56
The cartel stuff gets real silly somtimes. (^_^)y Blasphemy!!! _____________________
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poopmaster Oh
The Best Person On Earth
Join date: 9 Mar 2007
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01-22-2008 14:40
I am on secondlife for a online social networking game where the goal is to find and meet new people and form friendships and have fun if i wanted all this 'spam chatter' i would have logged into IRC instead.
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