Email Confirmation

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I've installed the sample store using osCommerce 2.2ms2 on an Apache server.  After getting the file permissions correct (on linux), I started to try out the features.  Unless I have done something stupid, I see a serious problem with email from osCommerce.

When you register a new user, you are prompted to input an email address.  Unlike this forum system, osCommerce DOES NOT REQUIRE a unique activation access to a special web page.  This means that I can go to a competitors store and register a spamtrap email address or the address of a serious spam hater to a non-confirmed newsletter or even to the regular store email.  This will result in a TOS (terms of service) violation with the ISP - you ARE spamming.

Repeated violations will end up with the ISP on an email block list - or with the store being kicked off of the ISP.   Are there any plans to add a confirmation step similar to the one used in this forum to osCommerce?  I believe that it would be a good idea...
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