diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index a76d4b7f1a..43fb017373 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 		});
 
 		createHeaderTooltips();
-		app.showEmailConfirmWarning();
 		app.showCookieWarning();
 		registerServiceWorker();
 
@@ -740,7 +739,24 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 	app.showEmailConfirmWarning = async (err) => {
 		const storage = await app.require('storage');
 
-		if (!app.user.uid || parseInt(storage.getItem('email-confirm-dismiss'), 10) === 1) {
+		let showModal = false;
+		switch (ajaxify.data.template.name) {
+			case 'recent': {
+				showModal = !ajaxify.data.canPost;
+				break;
+			}
+
+			case 'category': {
+				showModal = !ajaxify.data.privileges['topics:create'];
+				break;
+			}
+
+			case 'topic': {
+				showModal = !ajaxify.data.privileges['topics:reply'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!showModal || !app.user.uid || parseInt(storage.getItem('email-confirm-dismiss'), 10) === 1) {
 			return;
 		}
 		var msg = {
@@ -758,7 +774,6 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 				app.removeAlert('email_confirm');
 				ajaxify.go('user/' + app.user.userslug + '/edit/email');
 			};
-			app.alert(msg);
 		} else if (!app.user['email:confirmed'] && !app.user.isEmailConfirmSent) {
 			msg.message = err ? err.message : '[[error:email-not-confirmed]]';
 			msg.clickfn = function () {
@@ -770,12 +785,11 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 					app.alertSuccess('[[notifications:email-confirm-sent]]');
 				});
 			};
-
-			app.alert(msg);
 		} else if (!app.user['email:confirmed'] && app.user.isEmailConfirmSent) {
 			msg.message = '[[error:email-not-confirmed-email-sent]]';
-			app.alert(msg);
 		}
+
+		app.alert(msg);
 	};
 
 	app.parseAndTranslate = function (template, blockName, data, callback) {
diff --git a/public/src/client/category.js b/public/src/client/category.js
index 62fbc49516..43c828a4af 100644
--- a/public/src/client/category.js
+++ b/public/src/client/category.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ define('forum/category', [
 			},
 		});
 
+		app.showEmailConfirmWarning();
+
 		hooks.fire('action:topics.loaded', { topics: ajaxify.data.topics });
 		hooks.fire('action:category.loaded', { cid: ajaxify.data.cid });
 	};
diff --git a/public/src/client/recent.js b/public/src/client/recent.js
index 35f886c582..93e3593039 100644
--- a/public/src/client/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/client/recent.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ define('forum/recent', ['topicList'], function (topicList) {
 		app.enterRoom('recent_topics');
 
 		topicList.init('recent');
+		app.showEmailConfirmWarning();
 	};
 
 	return Recent;
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic.js b/public/src/client/topic.js
index c6cce374c9..adf46848e5 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ define('forum/topic', [
 		$(window).on('scroll', updateTopicTitle);
 
 		handleTopicSearch();
+		app.showEmailConfirmWarning();
 
 		hooks.fire('action:topic.loaded', ajaxify.data);
 	};