A "bounce back" in the email

[Palehood]

I was looking at the General Chat two weeks ago and somebody was asking if there was a Sent section in the Inbox because he had accidentally sent a large amount of Influence to a character of his. But since he mispelled the character, he lost a lot of influence after he sent it. Is there a way that the developers can make a bounce-back option so that Influence or other Items get sent back to the sender if the destined character doesn't exist? I'm sure I and others wouldn't want to lose great amounts of Influence/Infamy or other precious items if they mispelled the character.

[GM Impervium]

If the character doesn't exist, then the e-mail won't send. The fact that it didn't bounce means that someone got a pay-day. Sorry =(

 

They could try sending another mail explaining the situation and asking for it back, but that's all I can really suggest. 

 

The best practice in this case is to put a reward merit into the attachment box. This will auto-fill your global name, so you'll know it's you getting it. You can remove the merit afterwards, before you send. If sending to an alt on another account, have both logged in at the same time and use the Trade interface.

 

As for a "refund/undo" button: From what I understand, mail is one of those old systems tied up in spaghetti code, and trying to bounce e-mails can do Very Bad Things, which is why even us GMs are unable to help in these scenarios. So while your request isn't an impossible one, it would require someone being willing and able to rewrite the e-mail code from scratch. Sadly, that isn't a priority afaik, but maybe one of the Devs will see this (once they're back from break) and decide it's a worthwhile project, so, fingers crossed!

[laudwic]

One method I like is simply sending an e-mail to my global name and even after it is marked read, leave it in my inbox.

 

Then, when I want to send Inf or something else, I just reply to that e-mail.

 

That way there is no chance of mistyping the e-mail address.

 

The first e-mail can be a test e-mail without anything.

[Yomo Kimyata]

Developers have warned about the bugginess of the email system since they cobbled it together in the first place.  Measure twice, cut once, and don't be surprised if it all shrivels up and dies overnight one of these days.

[Palehood]

1 hour ago, GM Impervium said:

If the character doesn't exist, then the e-mail won't send.

 

 

Sorry I didn't know that yet.

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The fact that it didn't bounce means that someone got a pay-day. Sorry =(

Yeah. I never thought of that possibility.

[TheZag]

So now i just have to change my global to Yomo Kimyaya and wait.

[archgemini24]

4 hours ago, laudwic said:

One method I like is simply sending an e-mail to my global name and even after it is marked read, leave it in my inbox.

 

Then, when I want to send Inf or something else, I just reply to that e-mail.

 

That way there is no chance of mistyping the e-mail address.

 

The first e-mail can be a test e-mail without anything.

 

That is the method I used since I came back. The first email I sent had an attachment with something I know I put in (like an inf amount that has meaning to me or specific messaging; i forget off-hand) as a check. That was a few years ago. Everything since has been replies to that message.

[Yomo Kimyata]

On 12/16/2021 at 11:28 AM, TheZag said:

So now i just have to change my global to Yomo Kimyaya and wait.

 

Even easier than that, since my global in game is @Yomo.

 

Some suggestions:  @Yimi, @Yo,o, @Blargh.