Anonymous user cannot verify or unsubscribe his email address from newsletter subscription

[Ashish Nagar <as...@hotwaxmedia.com>]

Hi all,

I reviewed the newsletter subscription functionality in ecommerce. I 
found that when a registered user signs up for subscription, a 
confirmation mail is sent to the user's mail address. Following the link 
in the mail, a registered user can activate his subscription entering 
the verification code sent to him.

My concern is for the anonymous user. When anonymous user signs up for 
newsletter, no verification mail is sent to the user. The partyId is set 
to _NA_ and the statusId is set to CLPT_ACCEPTED in the ContactListParty 
entity.

I think a verification mail must be sent to the entered email address of 
the anonymous user, so that he should be able to verify his email 
address before getting it subscribed for newsletter. The mail will 
contain a link following which an anonymous user would be able to 
subscribe and unsubscribe for newsletter subscription.

Also in MarketingServices.java "createContactListParty" service is 
called using userLogin as "system". I was wondering is it correct to use 
"system" userLogin instead of "anonymous" userLogin?

Please put your thoughts and suggestions on this. If all agree, i will 
create issue for this and provide a patch for the same.


Thanks & Regards,
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Ashish Nagar