epostcard into separate sub-module?

I like to be able to set the permissions for e-postcard functionality like the forward itself. So default off.
Personaly I don't see the added plus for this option, because it will result in being used by spammers, without leaving a trace where it actually comes from. With the added problem my sites are being blocked by projects like project honeypot: www.projecthoneypot.org. See the httpbl module that helps fighting the spammers of our world.

To marafa and others who have problems with this function: go to administer - menus and disable the menu-item.

I second this. How can the e-postcard be disabled? If it takes disabling the entire Forward module, that's what I'll do. This should be a completely separate function.

See the last sentence of my reaction #1 to know how to disable the e-postcard functionality.

... except that only disables the menu link that forward currently automatically adds to the menu. It does nothing to disable the function, so far as I can tell. Doesn't take a genius to type in the URL the menu item would have pointed to. Even a newbie can figure out that workaround, eh?

I totally agree with you. But for the short time it is an option.
The real solution is to be able to disable the option by setting a permission to use it and what role can use it.
I actually used it to send a message to a spammer (with as sender e-mail addres noreply@xxxxx) so not giving my personal address nor additonal info about my provider and so on. But for me, this is the rare occasion I see to use it, unless someone doesn't have a private/business e-mail address.

I also would like to give users access to just the 'email this page' link, and not the epostcard feature. I've created a very simple patch against version 5.x-1.12 which adds a new permission called 'access epostcard' which must be granted for users to be able to send epostcards. Apply this patch, then unless you grant that permission to a user, they will not be able to send epostcards. If you use this patch, please post a reply and change this issue's status to either 'code needs work' if you find a problem, or 'ready to be committed' if it does what you need.

Please note that user 1 will still be able to send epostcards and will still have the link present in the navigation menu.

Worked a treat for me, thanks mvc. Changed the status.

Yes I third or fourth this one. I upgraded a bunch of modules a few days ago and only just noticed the link now. I was thinking WTF did that come from? Definitely make it permission-based and off by default.

Fixed in CVS (DRUPAL-5) and will be in the next release. Thanks.

Thanks for the great module, I put this on almost every one of my sites!!

I would find it beneficial if forward and epostcard were two separate modules. Has there been any thought to pulling the two apart?

Postcard functionality can be disabled via the permissions. There are separate permissions for access forward and access epostcard. Since they can be controlled separately, I see no need to split the module in two (especially since both methods actually use the exact same code, relying only on a couple of different parameters).