# Bypass email activation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 10, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230 "2018-10-10T22:14:15Z")
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### Author: ![matotubol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@matotubol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matotubol)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/1 "2018-10-10T22:14:15Z")

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A quick question i just installed discourse on virtualbox (for development purpose) and its working fine i just need to bypass the activation email.. Is there a way i can confirm my account without having to send the mail since i dont have a mail cloud server atm..

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/2 "2018-10-10T22:34:12Z")

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If you want to create an admin account, the `admin:create` rake task is your best friend 😉

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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 10, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/3 "2018-10-10T22:42:31Z")

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For development, I assume, since you are in virtualbox?

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### Author: ![matotubol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@matotubol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matotubol)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/4 "2018-10-10T22:43:35Z")

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Yes, for development purpose and testing 🙂

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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: [October 10, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/5 "2018-10-10T22:44:55Z")

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Check out #dev-install for howtos on building local development environments

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### Author: ![matotubol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@matotubol](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matotubol)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/6 "2018-10-10T22:46:33Z")

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Thats even better, didnt know it exsisted 🙂 thanks alot!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypass-email-activation/99230/7 "2018-11-09T22:54:55Z")

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