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VirtueMart 2 + 3 + 4 => Virtuemart Development and bug reports => Topic started by: nflmerch on November 01, 2011, 23:18:45 PM

Title: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: nflmerch on November 01, 2011, 23:18:45 PM
J1.7.2 and VM2 subrelease K

On the product flypage, the Recommend button (to email a friend a link to the product) makes you log in.   This does not happen in VM1.  Sorry if this is not a bug... if this expected behavior, how do I disable it?

But I would suspect the desired behavior would be to be able to Recommend to A Friend without having to register or log in. 
Title: Re: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: nflmerch on November 10, 2011, 01:00:48 AM
I still have this problem with subrelease M. 
I apologize if this is a Joomla question
Title: Re: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: Milbo on November 10, 2011, 03:12:48 AM
Sorry I hadnt time yet to look after it. Shouldnt be a joomla problem, but cant imagine why this happens.
Title: Re: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: jenkinhill on November 10, 2011, 15:27:55 PM
In order to reduce the spamming use of the recommend facility it makes sense to me if people have to be logged in to use it. Maybe it needs a switch.   (  http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=72804.0  )
Title: Re: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: PRO on November 10, 2011, 21:26:55 PM
shouldn't the link be using com_mailto  ? 
Title: Re: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: nflmerch on November 10, 2011, 21:54:12 PM
Thank you for the link to the security issue, I hadn't thought of that. 

But even if you have to login, can't a spammer just quickly create a fake account and login and begin spamming?
Title: Re: 'Recommend to a Friend' button makes you log in
Post by: osp on March 15, 2012, 09:15:29 AM
http://dev.virtuemart.net/issues/375