Title: Serious bug
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Serious bug

 *  [hermet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hermet/)
 * (@hermet)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-bug-1/)
 * Serious bug
 * You have serious bug in your plugin.
    When person subscribe email via frontend,
   he is redirected to #mc_signup page. If you reload that same page 20 or 100 times
   it will send 20 or 100 emails for confirmation subscription, and spam filters
   will recognize this as spam, after 20 or 30 emails. Tested on yahoo email service.
   Please fix this ASAP!!
 * Second thing.
    In mailchimp_widget.php line 100
 *     ```
       <div id="mc-indicates-required">
       	* = <?php esc_html_e('required field', 'mailchimp_i18n'); ?>
       </div><!-- /mc-indicates-required -->
       ```
   
 * ‘required field’ should really be in mailchimp_i18n-es_LANG .po and .mo file
 * Best regards
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/)

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 *  [mc_tak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_tak/)
 * (@mc_tak)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-bug-1/#post-3968327)
 * Hey there,
 * Thanks for posting! In testing a bit on my end by submitting an email address
   into the plugin form, then refreshing the page numerous times, I’m afraid that
   I was not able to replicate the issue of multiple copies being sent. In submitting
   the form, I found that the email address field was being cleared out each time,
   and the form was not resubmitting that data.
 * So that we can take a closer look, can you provide me with the browser that you’re
   using, as well as the version of the browser? Also, can you confirm what method
   you’re using to add the form to your site (for example, shortcode or widget)?
 * In regards to the “required field” question, the include PO files should actually
   include that text string as a translatable field already. here’s a screenshot
   of my “mailchimp_i18n-es_ES.po” file: [http://screencast.com/t/2B5H23GZ92Fm](http://screencast.com/t/2B5H23GZ92Fm)
 * If you’re not seeing that text string listed or if I’ve misunderstood your question,
   please feel free to post back here and I’d be happy to help!
 *  Thread Starter [hermet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hermet/)
 * (@hermet)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-bug-1/#post-3968328)
 * Hi there mc_tak
    Thank you for look into it. You can test of what I am talking
   about on this page: [http://www.hdlu.hr/](http://www.hdlu.hr/) Mailchimp **Widget**
   is on the right side panel, last one. Enter your e-mail, and click “Prijava” 
   after that, when green notification emerge, refresh browser several time. Check
   your inbox. I tested in Firefox 19, and latest Chrome. Wordpress is 3.5.2, MC
   plugin 1.2.14 as Widget.
 * Thank you for .po notification, seems that I miss that one.
 *  Thread Starter [hermet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hermet/)
 * (@hermet)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-bug-1/#post-3968329)
 * So do not retype and resubmit the form.
    Enter e-mail** once**. Hit “Prijava”(
   Subscribe) and then refresh the page 5-6 time on browser refresh button.
 *  [mc_tak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_tak/)
 * (@mc_tak)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-bug-1/#post-3968341)
 * Hey there,
 * Thanks for posting that additional info. In testing the interaction of submitting
   and refreshing the page in both Firefox and Chrome, I’m receiving a notification
   to confirm form resubmission. Clicking cancel results in no additional opt-in
   confirmation emails, while clicking ‘Confirm’ on this popup WILL create additional
   opt-in confirmation emails, which is an expected interaction since the user is
   confirming sending that form data again.
 * From what’s being described, it sounds like there may not be a confirm resubmission
   prompt on your end, which does seem a bit odd, as that’s typically something 
   that your browser should have enabled to show. Can you confirm that there is 
   no resubmission prompt? If there isn’t, are you able to replicate the interaction
   on another machine using the same browsers?
 * As a general area of concern, I can offer to pass along this interaction for 
   consideration in future development of the plugin, but to clarify, the current
   expectation is that submitting, refreshing the page, and clicking ‘confirm’ on
   the prompt WILL in fact generate a new opt-in confirmation email.
 * Look forward to hearing back!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-bug-1/#post-3968341)
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