Ermm...the mails from the GTN are from the server, my idea has nothing to do with the GTN , The GTN handles all the transactions and mails, nothing to do with individual players. You didn't think your reply through much did you?

ok, I'd rather have a little bit of mail lag if it means I stop getting spam mail and the only people taking a hit would be the gold sellers, it seems like a little bit of inconvenience for a lifetimes worth of peace, and let's be honest the only in game mail you're likely to receive is from the gtn at later levels, just straight trade with friends and guild members, if they have the time to code in 50 million companions you'll never use than they can easily implement a privacy mail function.

lotro do a similar thing to this, it helps provide back story and lore and would be great to actually play some of the defining moments in star wars lore/history.

A simple way to stop gold selling spam mail, Please give us the option to click a button to only accept mail from friends and/or guild members, if you're not on my friends/guild list you can't send me mail. It's such a simple easy thing to do, STO does it and it's a very effective way to prevent unsolicited mail.