Yes, the in-game mail is better than it used to be, but is still isn't great.
This mod will allow you to see a list of all your pending mail items in a convenient summary window, and will allow you to pick up all of the gold/items with a single click. It also has a similar set up for sending mail (drag and drop items from your back back to the summary window - and it will all go to the recipient specified).
This is great for AH regulars, and mass mailers alike.
As a former CTMailmod fan, I can honestly say that this is better. The overall interface is slick and its very fast at picking up and sending mail.
Give it a go and you'll see.
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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
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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mward saidApparently this mod is not available for download? I can't install it and there is no download. Please fix!
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Cernunnas saidOh my, this mod is awesome! I was a huge fan of CTmail but it stopped working for some reason and I got this one. It's way way more handy and useful. It really opens the mails FAST- when i say fast i mean really really fast!! It sorts the mails by type and you can select the ones you want to open, open all of them or open just the cash ones. It's really cool... however I found a downside. All the cash mails are just called "cash" and will tell you if it's returnable or not, the sender, the amount of money inside, etc. But it won't tell you where it comes from! I got a lot of mails with cash from things that were sold at the AH but i can't know which one they are :( so I can't know what items to replace/repost.
Great mail mod anyway, the best one I've tried.
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xbobohobox saidUsing this mod, I noticed a couple critical things. 1) The inbox (recieve) part of the mail mod is unable to handle blizzard packaged items like if you have multiple items in one mail, it just thinks its one item. 2) The mass mail (send) portion does not work, I get multiple errors and items end up not being sent and bugging out until I re-log. I think this needs some fixing, but the concept is cool :)