In-game mail

[joelpt]

An in-game mail feature would be really useful. Here's how I could see it working:

• Text mail only (no object-sending). Mail is cross-server and is directed at the player (not specific characters). 30 day expiration, 20-message limit.
  
  
• The system could work very similarly to the public/DM message boards located in town, and hopefully this system could be adapted from that existing code.
  
  
• Sending mail could be conducted using the !chat commands system, perhaps something like this:
  
  !sendmail funkyswerve Hey thanks so much for the custom pet!
  
  Having it understand both player and character names, both online and offline, would be most helpful here.
  
  
• To check your mail, talk to a mailbox. Waiting mail could be listed as rows of a conversation script (just as with the message boards).
  

Thoughts?
Fooz

[thedomicron]

that would be a ton of work for something which already exists.

forum PM's are your friend

[zerragon]

Agree with thedomicron.
We have Forums for that, and all the work implementing it
would be much better used for mod fixes/new ares/new items etc.