# Activating users without email?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-users-without-email/103305>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2 בדצמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-users-without-email/103305 "2018-12-02T17:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [2 בדצמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activating-users-without-email/103305/4 "2018-12-02T18:10:04Z")

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Sending anything other than a verification email initially to an account is really bad juju, the user can typo their email address or specify _anything_ with no consequence.

Email verification can’t be disabled, it’s central to Discourse.

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