gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/lib/modbase.php b/lib/modbase.php
index 64617bf5fe..806ab0bc15 100644
--- a/lib/modbase.php
+++ b/lib/modbase.php
@@ -690,9 +690,9 @@ abstract class PopScanModBase implements PopScanModule
         ) {
             $md = true;
         }
-        if (!Customization::callHook("AlwaysDisplayVendorMessages")) {
+        #if (!Customization::callHook("AlwaysDisplayVendorMessages")) {
             $constraints['unseen'] = true;
-        }
+        #}
         $unseen = $repo('overview', $constraints);
         if (!$unseen) {
             $md = false;
@@ -710,9 +710,9 @@ abstract class PopScanModBase implements PopScanModule
             $md = true;
         }
 
-        if (empty($_SESSION['vendormessageseen']) && $popup && !current_user()->isAuthenticated()) {
-            $md = $this->checkPopupsForUnAuthUser($popup);
-        }
+#        if (empty($_SESSION['vendormessageseen']) && $popup && !current_user()->isAuthenticated()) {
+#            $md = $this->checkPopupsForUnAuthUser($popup);
+#        }
 
         if ($this->_show_unread_msg_count) {
             $this->cached_message_data['n_unread_messages'] = is_array($unseen) ? count($unseen) : 0;
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ abstract class PopScanModBase implements PopScanModule
 
         if ($md) {
             $this->cached_message_data['has_messages'] = true;
-            $_SESSION['vendormessageseen'] = true;
+#            $_SESSION['vendormessageseen'] = true;
         }
 
         return $this->cached_message_data;