Dungeons And Dragons Online: Upcoming Changes to Mail and the Auction House

Samera has posted some info on upcoming changes:

Mail

• You can no longer delete mail that has an item or currency attached to it. If you try to delete a message with attached items you will receive a pop-up warning message and will have to detach your items before you can delete the message.
• Opened messages will now be retained in your mailbox for 14 days instead of 3.
• Admin mail that has an item or currency attached will never be automatically deleted.

Auction House

In the next update we are doing a complete restructure of the Auction House fees. Posting fees have both reduced and simplified. Previously we used a fairly complicated formula to determine the posting fee for an item. We are now going to be using a percentage of the item's value which will increase based on the length of the auction. The new fees are as follows:

8 hour auction = 0.5% of item value with a 5gp minimum
24 hour auction = 1% of item value with a 10gp minimum
48 hour auction = 1.5% of item value with a 15gp minimum
72 hour auction = 2% of item value with a 20gp minimum

Buyout prices, if any, will not affect the posting fee, nor will your set minimum bid. The posting fee is based solely on the item's value. The posting fee will also be refunded for all successful auctions.

We are also adjusting the selling fees. The Auction Houses will now charge a blanket 30% of the sell price for all successful auctions. This percentage is the same regardless of the length of the auction.

In addition to the changes to the fee schedule, we are also making some improvements to the Auction UI to help ensure that both buyers and sellers have accurate, up-to-date information about the state of their auctions.