When Did DDO Start Deleting Mail with Attached Items?

Subtle_Rose

Subtle_Rose

Dances with the daffodils.
I had a bunch of really important things in my mail, and after I "read" them, I let them sit there since I didn't have room in my inventory at the time. When I went back to get them, everything was gone. Everything. WHY! I thought mail wasn't supposed to auto-delete if there was still stuff attached?! 😡
 
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Zavina

Zavina

Ms Stabby Stabby
Subtle_Rose said:
I had a bunch of really important things in my mail, and after I "read" them, I let them sit there since I didn't have room in my inventory at the time. When I went back to get them, everything was gone. Everything. WHY! I thought mail wasn't supposed to auto-delete if there was still stuff attached?! 😡
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If it's "really important" then store it in your bank or shared bank. The mailing system is not an extra bank anymore. You could have created a secondary account and mailed your "really important" items to a bank alt there.

I always remember Tonquin saying that one of the main issues on lag on the 32b servers was players keeping items stored in the mail. Maybe, new server, new rules. I know if it's in the "off mail tab" (ie not on friends list) the items there can be deleted in a 'delete all' fashion.
 
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kmoustakas

kmoustakas

Scourge of Xaos
Subtle_Rose said:
I had a bunch of really important things in my mail, and after I "read" them, I let them sit there since I didn't have room in my inventory at the time. When I went back to get them, everything was gone. Everything. WHY! I thought mail wasn't supposed to auto-delete if there was still stuff attached?! 😡
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At least five-six years ago.

I lost a riptide lacerating from an unrecovered auction *cries*
 
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Fisto Mk I

Fisto Mk I

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The_Apocalypse said:
As far as I know, if you read them, they will disappear in 5 days.
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Never. Read, unread... unless something has changed radically in the latest patch, it never happens. The only time this happened was 5-6 years ago, when SSG limited/reduced the size of the mailbox to a modern one. And they warned about it in advance.
 
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Aelastiar

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Fisto Mk I said:
Never. Read, unread... unless something has changed radically in the latest patch, it never happens. The only time this happened was 5-6 years ago, when SSG limited/reduced the size of the mailbox to a modern one. And they warned about it in advance.
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This has been my experience as well.
 
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PersonMan

PersonMan

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According to my MSPaint history it was U49.
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Zavina

Zavina

Ms Stabby Stabby
Subtle_Rose said:
I had a bunch of really important things in my mail, and after I "read" them, I let them sit there since I didn't have room in my inventory at the time. When I went back to get them, everything was gone. Everything. WHY! I thought mail wasn't supposed to auto-delete if there was still stuff attached?! 😡
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I was quite surprised to read this exact topic on reddit.
 
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Gimp

Gimp

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Yah and we are on U81....its been this way for over 5 YEARS. Hello OP welcome to DDO where things change...but not too fast.
 
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Aelastiar

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So can anyone confirm if mail actually disappears? Because that hasn't been my experience but people are confirming the op, making it seem like it does.
 
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Bjond

Bjond

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TedSandyman said:
I tried to test this by posting something mundane for a ridiculous amount of platinum. Someone bought it anyway.
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Heh. When I get plat-capped, I'll hit AH and buy up a bunch of anything remotely useful no matter what the cost. Yesterday I saw someone begging newbies to take 1M plat gifts in trade channel.

Platinum is next to worthless. :(
 
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