If it were /tells it would be down more often than every minute or two.
*** 2007-08-04 by Kenny Graunke- Commit fixes from Kemedes for crash fixes when using /tell, /report, or /marriage propose on Superclient.
No, neko, /tell'ing didn't cause the crashes. That fix you quoted was for another kind of using /tell, I'd be surprised and alarmed if Illysia knew about it.
Quote*** 2007-08-04 by Kenny Graunke- Commit fixes from Kemedes for crash fixes when using /tell, /report, or /marriage propose on Superclient.