# Auto-activate new users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-activate-new-users/63414>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 26, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-activate-new-users/63414 "2017-05-26T02:50:39Z")\
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I’d do it with an import script. Are you not importing the old data?

You don’t need to assign a password, just see that they are active so that they receive the messages you want (e.g. Watch the category).

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