currently the mail server is not running so new members do not receive activation wizard …
How do I activate them all with one click of a button or with a command line and how to remove activation of electronic mail?
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In a support thread titled ‘How do I activate all inactive members at the click of a button?’, savas reports that their mail server is down, preventing new users from receiving activation emails — estimating 5k–10k inactive users. codinghorror questions why the mail server is offline and how many users need activation, suggesting fixing the server first. savas insists on finding a bulk activation method despite plans to fix the server later. Stephen explains activation is required to comply with email verification policies. codinghorror notes manual activation is possible via user admin pages, but savas finds this impractical for 10k users. codinghorror humorously questions how 10k users signed up so quickly. pfaffman suggests a Rails command like User.all.update_all(active: true) but warns it’s risky without backups and research. savas clarifies the users migrated from IP.Board (25k+ total), now re-registering on Discourse. zogstrip flags 481k queued jobs as a critical issue, urging proper Sidekiq setup for Discourse stability. The thread highlights the need to fix underlying infrastructure (mail server, Sidekiq) before attempting bulk activation, which is discouraged without safeguards.
Why isn’t the mail server running? How many new users do you need to activate?
its hard to sai bc i can see the number of inactive users but alot …
I suggest you fix your mail server.
i do this later but im asking how tu active all users …
Activation is required because you don’t have the right to email users with unverified email addresses.
You need to fix your email.
? im tocking about not aproved users
You can manually activate users by visiting their admin page and pressing the “activate” button.
i cnow that but its a long and borring time to active a 10k users
How do you have 10k new users signing up in a few days? Are you Taylor Swift?
You can search here for something like “rails update users” and get some examples. Something like
User.all.update_all(active: true)
You should not do that without a bit more research and taking a backup. It might kill your dog.
i changed forum from ipboard to discourse the forum got in ipboard more then 25k users so thei reregistered to discourse
481k jobs in the queue is not healthy 
You need to ensure sidekiq is properly running, otherwise your Discourse won’t function properly.