Originally Posted by TribeofOne
thanks guys for handling this. Hopdfully this ability will be blocked by ZOS.
Until then how can the coding ignorant protect themselves, besides suspect all addons?
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Here's a few things you can do, roughly in-order of difficulty/hassle:
1. Do nothing. The GMs have been very prompt in restoring any lost gold from this. If ZOS had issues responding it'd be more of a concern, but if something does happen it won't cause you to lose anything.
2. Keep the bulk of your gold in your bank. It can't be mailed from there.
3. Wait a few days before installing any addon update.
4. Search for the string "SendMail" in addons. If you see it, wait a few days and/or post to see if it's valid. Some addons do need to use it.
We'll see if there are any systematic changes -- ZOS might add a gold send confirmation (or prevent addons sending mail, which would be unfortunate...). Also, it might be possible to create an addon that adds a confirmation dialog to any sent mail with gold attached or something along the lines of
this bugfix to prevent all gold mailing.