# 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: ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdm/32/216484_2.png) [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-topic-using-email-address-without-requiring-registration/214318/28 "2022-01-13T05:10:14Z")

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There is already code there to create “staged” users if you allow topics to be created by mail. These have a random username and are each associated with an email address. You can “claim” the account by logging in and validating that email address.

See

> [@What is a staged user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-staged-user/107843):
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> I am struggling to find any resource on what a staged user is, what makes them different from a regular user and how this is beneficial to the community, the admin or the stages user themselves. What is/are staged users? confused

Maybe building on this would help?

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