# Activation email skipped because "user is anonymous"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-email-skipped-because-user-is-anonymous/131214>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 17, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-email-skipped-because-user-is-anonymous/131214 "2019-10-17T04:55:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-email-skipped-because-user-is-anonymous/131214/2 "2019-10-17T12:59:45Z")

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Do you have anonymous mode enabled? It is disabled by default in Discourse.

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