# Onderwerp volgen via e-mailadres zonder registratie

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-topic-using-email-address-without-requiring-registration/214318
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [9 januari 2022 om 21:23 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: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [13 januari 2022 om 10:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-topic-using-email-address-without-requiring-registration/214318/30 "2022-01-13T10:42:18Z")

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Yep that was my original thought process but Active may not be the most useful property.

A full User is staged = false, active = true, so these are different attributes (note to self!)

> [@Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-user-statuses-roles-and-permissions/35171/1):
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> ### Active
> 
> Account has a verified email and is therefore active in Discourse instance
> 
> - Account may login to Discourse, inactive accounts may not login
> - Inactive accounts can only verify their email (and other routes as necessary to complete registration).
> 
> **Storage** : `active` boolean column in the `users` table

> [@Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-user-statuses-roles-and-permissions/35171/1):
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> ### Staged
> 
> A special placeholder account which is created automatically by the system for email integration
> 
> - No email digests are ever sent
> - Automatically watches all messages it participates in and receives notifications of replies
> - May reply via email to notifications
> - Username and Name are automatically picked
> - Account may still register with the same email and “take over” the staged account.
> - Forgot password will do nothing …when you attempt to send a password reset to a staged account
> 
> **Storage** : `staged` field in `users` table

Promising suggestion @mattdm … might well cut down the work involved significantly!

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