diff --git a/public/src/forum/login.js b/public/src/forum/login.js
index 9dca615a75..563db9d64e 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/login.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/login.js
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ define(function() {
 		});
 
 		document.querySelector('#content input').focus();
-
-		if(!config.emailSetup)
-			$('#reset-link').addClass('hide');
-		else
-			$('#reset-link').removeClass('hide');
-
 	};
 
 	return Login;
diff --git a/public/src/forum/topic.js b/public/src/forum/topic.js
index 518ea3d64b..b241c9cc5e 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/topic.js
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ define(['composer', 'forum/pagination'], function(composer, pagination) {
 
 		var insertAfter = findInsertionPoint();
 
-		parseAndTranslatePosts(data.posts, function(translatedHTML) {
+		parseAndTranslatePosts(data, function(translatedHTML) {
 			var translated = $(translatedHTML);
 
 			if(!infiniteLoaded) {
@@ -1112,8 +1112,8 @@ define(['composer', 'forum/pagination'], function(composer, pagination) {
 		});
 	}
 
-	function parseAndTranslatePosts(posts, callback) {
-		var html = templates.prepare(templates['topic'].blocks['posts']).parse({posts: posts});
+	function parseAndTranslatePosts(data, callback) {
+		var html = templates.prepare(templates['topic'].blocks['posts']).parse(data);
 		var regexp = new RegExp("<!--[\\s]*IF @first[\\s]*-->([\\s\\S]*?)<!--[\\s]*ENDIF @first[\\s]*-->", 'g');
 		html = html.replace(regexp, '');
 
diff --git a/public/templates/login.tpl b/public/templates/login.tpl
index 1557a6c2e3..8f7807421d 100644
--- a/public/templates/login.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/login.tpl
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
 				<div class="form-group">
 					<div class="col-lg-offset-2 col-lg-10">
 						<hr />
-						<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block"  id="login" type="submit">[[login:login]]</button> &nbsp; <a id="reset-link" class="hide" href="{relative_path}/reset">[[login:forgot_password]]</a>
+						<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block"  id="login" type="submit">[[login:login]]</button>
+						<!-- IF showResetLink -->
+						&nbsp; <a id="reset-link" href="{relative_path}/reset">[[login:forgot_password]]</a>
+						<!-- ENDIF showResetLink -->
 					</div>
 				</div>
 				<input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="{token}" id="csrf-token" />
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 375616c414..5f1bd0d4e2 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 		} else return;
 	};
 
+	Plugins.hasListeners = function(hook) {
+		return (Plugins.loadedHooks[hook] && Plugins.loadedHooks[hook].length > 0);
+	};
+
 	Plugins.fireHook = function(hook, args, callback) {
 		hookList = Plugins.loadedHooks[hook];
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index 58b818668d..e2ed523160 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ var path = require('path'),
 	posts = require('../posts'),
 	categories = require('../categories'),
 	categoryTools = require('../categoryTools')
+	meta = require('../meta'),
+	Plugins = require('../plugins'),
 	utils = require('../../public/src/utils'),
 	translator = require('../../public/src/translator'),
-	pkg = require('../../package.json'),
-	meta = require('../meta');
+	pkg = require('../../package.json');
 
 
 (function (Api) {
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				config.topicsPerPage = meta.config.topicsPerPage || 20;
 				config.postsPerPage = meta.config.postsPerPage || 20;
 				config.maximumFileSize = meta.config.maximumFileSize;
-				config.emailSetup = !!meta.config['email:from'];
 				config.defaultLang = meta.config.defaultLang || 'en';
 
 				res.json(200, config);
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ var path = require('path'),
 			app.get('/login', function (req, res) {
 				var data = {},
 					login_strategies = auth.get_login_strategies(),
-					num_strategies = login_strategies.length;
+					num_strategies = login_strategies.length,
+					emailersPresent = Plugins.hasListeners('action:email.send');
 
 				if (num_strategies == 0) {
 					data = {
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				}
 
 				data.authentication = login_strategies;
-
 				data.token = res.locals.csrf_token;
+				data.showResetLink = emailersPresent;
 
 				res.json(data);
 			});
diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics.js b/src/socket.io/topics.js
index 6ea39afbc9..b81b484610 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 var topics = require('../topics'),
 	threadTools = require('../threadTools'),
 	index = require('./index'),
+
+	async = require('async'),
+
 	SocketTopics = {};
 
 SocketTopics.post = function(socket, data, callback) {
@@ -236,12 +239,15 @@ SocketTopics.loadMore = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	var start = data.after,
 		end = start + postsPerPage - 1;
 
-	topics.getTopicPosts(data.tid, start, end, socket.uid, function(err, posts) {
-		if(err) {
-			return callback(err);
+	async.parallel({
+		posts: function(next) {
+			topics.getTopicPosts(data.tid, start, end, socket.uid, next);
+		},
+		privileges: function(next) {
+			threadTools.privileges(data.tid, socket.uid, next);
 		}
-
-		callback(err, {posts: posts});
+	}, function(err, results) {
+		callback(err, results);
 	});
 };
 
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 4728f4b824..4ddfa25f16 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -886,6 +886,10 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 
 	User.email = {
 		verify: function(uid, email) {
+			if (!plugins.hasListeners('action:email.send')) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			var confirm_code = utils.generateUUID(),
 				confirm_link = nconf.get('url') + '/confirm/' + confirm_code;