Is "Tell a Friend" e-mail invitation possible in iTunes U

In the iTunes Music Store, one can "Tell a Friend" about a podcast by clicking on the "Tell a Friend" link that appears in the upper right of every channel description frame. This leads to a forms interface that sends an e-mail invitation to subscribe to that podcast to one or more individuals or even to a mailing list (if the sending address is that of a subscriber).
So, is there a way to invoke this feature in iTunes U? The label might need to be different (Invite Subscribers instead of Tell a Friend) but the same functionality would be very useful to content developers.

Interesting question.
Just playing devil's advocate here, I think that such a feature would have to be "opt-in" by the iTunes U admin and individual content creators.
I guess what I foresee is a lot of e-mail, directed to me as an admin, complaining about "spam" if such a feature were made real at our site.
Not saying it's a bad idea though ... just the opposite. Just trying to figure the kinds of things people would bring up.

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