# Watch topic using email address without requiring registration

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-topic-using-email-address-without-requiring-registration/214318
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 9, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-topic-using-email-address-without-requiring-registration/214318 "2022-01-09T21:23:16Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-topic-using-email-address-without-requiring-registration/214318/11 "2022-01-10T13:46:35Z")

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> [@alangibson](#):
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> Because people don’t like creating new user accounts. The drop off in the number of people that are willing to give out there email vs those willing to do the small amount of work to register is huge.

My wife regularly has other people sign up for things using her email address (Her last name is more common than “pfaffman”). This includes schools and doctors. Sending mail to an address that has not been validated is irresponsible and should be illegal. Sending email to someone who isn’t willing to register for an account is a **Really Bad Idea**.

Maybe there could be a way for them to send an email to request the behavior (they probably don’t have their mailer configured to send from the wrong address) or otherwise validate the email address.

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