I support some version of this functionality - trying to relay on blacklisting to prevent spam is both futile and inefficient from a processing standpoint. I would suggest some form of whitelisting - criteria based as has been suggested in other posts (based on groups or friend-list) and / or a maintained list that you can opt into based on group or resident.

I also submitted a complaint about this and no answer from LL for over 2 months - as they use off server databases which means even if you block the messenger it does nothing.

They are circumventing bans - the amount of SPAM we are getting is out of control but Linden Labs doesn't care and it shows.

Linden Labs does not care as why the ticket wasn't answered just as they won't say a word in here.

This is why many are leaving and why I left. Over 2 months with an unanswered ticket says a lot about the people in charge.

Linden Labs needs to sell SL to people who are better capable.

I like the idea, but it would be such a used feature that I suspect it would immediately break quite a lot of content.

I would like to see this feature, but modified slightly:

DisableObjectIM (0/1/2)

Where

0 is No disable,

1 is Disable objects outside region,

2 is Disable objects (all)

This would introduce a reasonable version where the blocking could still permit objects in-region to send functional messages (like games sending msgs to HUDs), while helping those who are targeted by these object spam campaigns

There was a very similar request here a while ago, did anything happen with it?

Edit: Here it is:

Of course nothing happened with it.

I’m a Jay in the SL. I play in both Russian and foreign clubs. When you stream and chat, an uncontrolled and unblocked spam... This is so annoying, hindering and irritating that it becomes simply impossible to broadcast adequately.

Worse than that. Spam begins to come and those people who to the Russian clubs, in groups of which goes the attack, have nothing to do. And the very idea of freedom, creativity, equality, internationalism, tolerance at last - is simply being neutralized, turned into its opposite!

Why should all the community suffer because of the aggression of inadequate extremists?

I have a new idea on how to stop spam. I already wrote about it in my answer to Beatrice Voxel, but I also want to put this idea in a separate post.

The main problem with blocking uncontrolled spam from objects is that most often the owner of this spam object is undefined or no longer exists (was deleted).

Or spam objects rezz fake avatars, bots, the number of which is more than several hundred. Therefore, blocking them every time is pointless, they create new bots.

Therefore, I propose to allow sending remote messages from objects only if the owner of this object has using payment information. This will ensure that the owner of the object can be identified and blocked in case of abuse.

This check of the payment information will not affect existing legal objects, but will effectively block illegal ones. In this case, you will not even need to add additional means of blocking object IMs.

In addition, the server-level implementation will not depend on the used viewer.

I think this is easy to implement, similar to, for example, only avatars with verified payment information can load mesh. Why then can any unknown person send uncontrolled mass messages for any purpose?

More needs to be done to police sandbox regions, especially with these kinds of scripted objects (which in my mind fall under 'griefer tools' since they're designed to not be detectable and/or not trace back to their owners.)

We've had such an object sending IM's to various people on a specific Adult sim... but as near as we can tell, the object itself is nowhere on the sim, it's off in a sandbox someplace else, virtually untraceable, owner unknown. It's really upsetting to be sent child porn links from a randomized object in another sim, the owner of which cannot be determined. All we can do is file a report on an object that likely does not exist when investigated, was rezzed by an alt account that was also deleted shortly after, and ... nothing changes.

I would advocate for object IM's to be limited to the region wherein they're rezzed - if a target is not present on that sim, the message simply is not sent. If a shopkeeper wants to IM customers out of region OR offline, they need to use an actual avatar, with its own account and feed and ability to be reported. Along with this, all scripted agent / 'bot' accounts need to have an owner, an account they're operated by. It wouldn't curtail ALL of the altspam we get, but at least the reputable stores would have a paper trail to say, "we're doing this in accordance with the rules" and would be less likely to be banned if someone were to get pissed off at them.

Some objects can be objectionable in sending IMs. Another that has issues at times is Subscribe-O-Matics . It seems SL has become more more like RL Advertising. Some will say "well some have to make money here" Let the people decide without all the spamming. Thanks

the spamming is very irritating and it bothers me and everyone i kno0w they need to blocked and done away with

I am a sl/rl musician, I hate this spamming I have never used a spammer or subscriber. I find these very irritating and worthless. I can not count the times i have went to other musicians shows and the spammer etc is banging away at people. I think that spamming devices need blocked and done away with