Zero total cart -- does not send email confirmation

[delliott]

I have the scenario where my cart could have a zero total.  Virtuemart 2 seems to set this to a PENDING mode transaction automatically regardless of what changes I make in the store Configuration->Checkout->Default Order Status to send an invoice (set to Pending).

My system.  Virtuemart 2.0.20b on Joomla 2.5.10 running on typical cpanel LAMP platform.

How can I force it to send the confirmation email to the customer and to the store owner?

ALSO--the cart module does not remove the products after clicking on the final confirmation.

[alatak]

Hello

Which payment method are you using?

[delliott]

I am using the Authorize.net AIM plugin.  I actually am using an emulator for authorize.net but the code is 99.9% original in the basic Authorize.net AIM plugin.