Re: Invite a Player through Rmail
Yes, people have abused the rMail option and spammed about games, before.
The most recent case of it that I recall, I found highly amusing because the first person, besides myself, that I heard about having received the spam mail was BBR. Call it a crazy notion, but if you're gonna violate site policy and spam people about your game, I think it's a generally sound notion to at least make sure you don't have any moderators on your spam list first...*grin*
And the few 'cold contacts' I've had from people have all been something along the lines of 'I know we don't play in any games together or anything, but I've seen your posts in CC and think you'd fit in well with the group I'm putting together. If you're not interested, let me know and I'll drop the matter right there." I generally at least ask a couple of follow-up questions to something like that...like, what kind of game are you running...but most of them have been pretty accurate in their thinking that I might like the game, because I'm still in them (and the one or two whose games just didn't appeal to me did, in fact, drop the issue as soon as I said 'thanks but no thanks'.)
I don't consider it harrassment if someone specifically thinks I might be a good addition to their game and wants to ask if I'd be willing to give it a shot. If someone is just trawling for more/new players, however, that's not kosher. It's the difference, to me, between receiving a hand-written postcard asking for a new penpal and getting a photocopied note asking you to please respond. I won't necessarily reply to the postcard...but I'm certainly going to think about it longer than I will the photocopy, which will promptly go in the trash.