Crashing Servers With /mail Spam!

**dennis96411** · 08-11-2012

I found a way to crash or severely lag a few Minecraft servers! It's actually quite simple, and does not require anything too special, except the few things listed below. This may or may not work, depending on the size and capacity of the server, and a few requirements.

Requirements:
* The server has /mail capability.
* The server does not interfere with anti-spam.
* A way to quickly spam the server.

In this case, I used Nodus's spam feature. I created a text file called "mail.txt" and placed it in .minecraft/nodus/spamfiles. I then copy and pasted the following line a few thousand times:

Code:

/mail send *user* *message*

You can do it to multiple users if you wish.

Then all I need to do is go to Nodus's console and type "spam mail". Now just watch the "Mail sent! [x#]" go up, and everyone disconnect. This isn't any exploit or anything too technical, it's just simple spam overload. I did try to spam /mctop in McMMO servers, but it always crashes me instead of the server. I have tried various other commands such as "/afk" and "warp *location*" but they just won't do as much damage as "/mail".

Too lazy to create your own Nodus spam file? Use this: spam.txt for Crashing Minecraft Servers - Pastebin.com
All you need to do is open it in Notepad, and use the replace all feature to replace "*user*" with your or a friend's name, and "*message*" with whatever you want it to say.