# Email updates without signing up

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-updates-without-signing-up/27437>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [10 Abril , 2015 22:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-updates-without-signing-up/27437 "2015-04-10T22:37:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Post date:** [11 Abril , 2015 22:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-updates-without-signing-up/27437/13 "2015-04-11T22:39:02Z")

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> [@purldator](#):
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> Right. The question in the OP was “do they need to make a full account to get a digest?”

Agreed, and the current answer, afaik, is “yes users need a full account”.

My point in posting isn’t directly in line with the OP request for a new feature, rather, I’m pointing out two related issues which @Alex_Flom needs to know about, given how discourse currently works.

- If new users fail to validate their account via an authenticator (ie google, if the admin set that up) or by clicking the confirmation link they were emailed, their account [will be silently deleted in 7 days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-signups-who-never-validate-email-deleted-after-7-days/22736) (by default)

- According to @codinghorror 's [post here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-digest-emails-sent-to-people-who-have-no-last-seen-date/25146/), new users will not get digests unless they have logged in once.

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