Invite link UI is confusing

[Merlin04]

Currently, when I type an email into "add expense" or into a group's "add members" box, I get this screen:

It's not clear what the difference between "Send invite to user" and "Add to Split Pro" is, and I also can't tell what the warning message is saying. Does "Add to Split Pro" not actually send an invite email? What does it do instead?

[FireheadJuran]

Hi @Merlin04,

what I figured out is that you can use something like "test@email.com" when adding a user via "Add to Split Pro". In that case, the account is created in the database, but no invitation email is sent. Because of that, fake email addresses can technically be used there.

However, if you use "Send invite to user", Split Pro will send an email to the specified address. The user is then created in the database and can log in afterwards.

Additional information from my side:
My Split Pro instance only uses "magic link" authentication. Therefore, I configured SMTP and enabled the following variables:

ENABLE_SENDING_INVITES=true
DISABLE_EMAIL_SIGNUP=true

This means that nobody can create an account in my Split Pro instance unless someone explicitly invite them first.

Regarding the warning itself, I cannot really say much more besides: please do not misuse the system for spam or similar activities.

BR,
FH