Social
This page covers communication and reputation: mail, chat channels, friends, standings, and the public yellow pages / news / polls.
UI locations follow the client UI overview (the Mail button top-left; chat and social have their own windows). Mechanics below are confirmed against the server.
Personal mail:
- List mail, open a message, send mail, delete a message.
- New count — how many unread messages you have.
- Folders — view used folders, move a message to a folder, delete a folder.
Mass mail (corporation): sent to your whole corp:
- Send, list, open, delete, new count.
Chat channels
Channels are named chat rooms:
- Create a channel, join one, leave one, talk in it.
- List channels (all, or just yours).
- Moderation (as a channel owner/officer): kick, ban / unban, set a member's role, global mute, view muted / banned members.
- Settings: set a password, set a topic, notification preferences.
Direct chat — a private message between characters.
Friends
- Send a friend request, reply to one, confirm a pending request.
- Delete a friend, block a character.
- List your friends.
Blocking a character stops them from trading/messaging you (see getting started for the per-character trade block).
Standings (reputation)
Standing is a numeric reputation between entities (characters, corporations, alliances):
- List your standings, view standing history.
- Set standing — where permitted, set a standing value. Constraints:
- the target must be a character, a (private) corporation, or a (private) alliance,
- the source must likewise be a valid entity,
- you can't set a standing on yourself.
- Default standings — the baseline standings for default alliances/corporations.
Standing is a value from -10 to +10 (0 = neutral, the default; setting 0 clears the entry). Reputation for an entity is the aggregate of everyone's standing toward it. Positive standing matters in concrete places — e.g. during intrusion a corporation with mutual standing ≥ 10 counts as an ally whose SAP win doesn't damage your site.
Standing affects how factions and other players treat you and your corporation (see groups).
Yellow pages
A public directory (corporation-run listings):
- Get a listing, submit one, delete one, search the directory.
News & polls
- News — view categories and the news list; new count for unread items.
- Polls — view a poll and answer it.
Practical notes
- Mail vs. chat — mail is persistent and private; channels are live group rooms.
- Mass mail is a corp tool — officers use it to broadcast to members.
- Standings are directional — A's standing with B is separate from B's with A, and it follows your corporation.
- Blocking is your shield — block spammers or hostile traders.
- Channels can be locked — passwords and roles gate who can join/talk.