Annoying Spam Blocker

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Last Update:	Jan. 28, 2008 (5 months ago)
Category:	Chat & Communication
Tags:	annoy, blocker, spam, and wow
Project Manager:	Keion
Current Version:	Annoying Spam Blocker v1.02 (for World of Warcraft 2.3.3)
Downloads Today:	3
Downloads Total:	1,366
Favorites:	5
Comments:	11

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Created On:	Jan. 23, 2008
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Authors

Keion

(Project Manager)

Projects
- Loot Ignore
- Dirge spam blocker

About Annoying Spam Blocker

/annoying or /annoy can be used

You may add/remove search "strings" easily. When a string is added, the addon will make sure that any chat messages containing any of the search strings you have specified will not be shown in your chat window.

Very handy for servers with a lot of spamming with items such as "Dirge" or "Warglaive of Azzinoth" etc.

This addon is still being developed, though should be working correctly. Please report any bugs or errors, and feel free to come with suggestions.

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

Installation Guide

Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
  - Windows XP a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
  - WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
  - WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
  - StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
Start World of Warcraft
Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.

Translations

When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.

If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.

Mac Support

WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.

Directory Structure

World of Warcraft
    |_ Interface
        |_AddOns
            |_*AddonName*
                |_ *AddonName*.toc
                |_ *AddonName*.xml
                |_ *AddonName*.lua
                |_ (possibly others as well)...

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jadonchristensen said
April 11, 2008, 06:19PM (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
The gold and leveling spam has gotten crazy on my server. I am hoping that I can use this to block gold sellers.

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jadonchristensen said
April 11, 2008, 06:56PM (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
I found SpamMeNot on this site, made for blocking gold sellers.

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Keion said
Feb. 17, 2008, 09:39PM (4 months, 2 weeks ago)
It is intended, but I want to make it configurable so users can decide what channels to be filtered. Just very busy these days.

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deCarnac said
Feb. 17, 2008, 07:59PM (4 months, 2 weeks ago)
I have tried this potentially very useful addon (v1.02), and I am curious about which channels it does/doesn't filter. I added strings and did some limited testing:

Say channel was properly filtered.
Yells, Whispers & Battleground chat were not filtered.

Not sure if this is a bug, "working as intended", or user error?

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hohner said
Feb. 17, 2008, 03:26PM (4 months, 2 weeks ago)
Can you tell me, are the strings we add to the list case sensitive?

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zecleaner said
Feb. 10, 2008, 02:45AM (4 months, 3 weeks ago)
Thanks for a nice add-on. Very useful that you can adjust it to the "spam of the day"...may it be dirge or thunderfury or whatever :s

The problems I mentioned in the comment here before seemed to be solved now. :o I tried the addon with all other addons disabled on a new character and i didn't get an error anymore. When I switched to my "real" character again I didn't get one either but I used the "reset" argument to be sure and I'm not sure what did the trick but it works now. :)

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TheAvenger said
Feb. 3, 2008, 02:46AM (5 months ago)
I was wondering if u could add an option to issue a GM ticket with the names, times and short line of spam item used.

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Keion said
Jan. 28, 2008, 12:16PM (5 months, 1 week ago)
I have uploaded a new version that should resolve these problems. Please read the change log.

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Kargul said
Jan. 25, 2008, 11:18AM (5 months, 1 week ago)
Installed it but get a error when I try to add any string (either by typing the word or adding a link):

AnnoyingSpamBlocker.lua:37:bad argument #1 to 'getn' (table expected, got nil)

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headcrash said
Jan. 24, 2008, 03:29AM (5 months, 1 week ago)
"...will be shown in your..."

Is it supposed to be:

"...will be not shown in your...?"

Just curious... is this addon a "whitelister" or "blacklister?"

Thanks

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Keion said
Jan. 24, 2008, 08:08PM (5 months, 1 week ago)
Your absolutely right, typo from my side. It has been corrected.

It is a blacklist addon yes :)

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Installation Guide

Translations

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

Mac Support

Directory Structure