Index: modules/simplenews/simplenews.module
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--- modules/simplenews/simplenews.module	(revision 61)
+++ modules/simplenews/simplenews.module	(working copy)
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@
 
   if (isset($tid) && $term = taxonomy_get_term($tid)) {
     $result = db_result(db_query("SELECT status FROM {blocks} WHERE module = '%s' AND delta = '%s'", 'simplenews', 'newsletter-'. $term->tid));
-    if (!$result) {
+    if (!$result && user_access(t('administer blocks'))) {
       drupal_set_message(t('The %block block is disabled. Click !here to enable this block.', array('%block' => $term->name, '!here' => l(t('here'), 'admin/build/block', array(), drupal_get_destination()))), 'error');
     }