### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/1 "2017-03-23T13:36:02Z")
I’m trying to create users manually (I have a few reasons for doing this). I tried various combinations of
- `User.create()`
- `User.new()`
- setting the `active:true` or `approved:true` or `approve_by_id:1` or `password:'non-empty-string'` in the arguments of the above
- calling `.approve(, true)` ← according to [user.rb#L270](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/e8fc8f0bb644f97d0adb535fdfbb352bce26c2a1/app/models/user.rb#L270) it should trigger an email?
- calling `.activate()`
While new users are created fine, no email is ever sent to the new user. I can skip the `.activate()` step and then go to the GUI and click on the `Send activation email` which does send them an email to activate their account. Getting an activatin email is still not great, because the user does not know their password and involves a lot of mouse clicking. I would then either have to send them a separate email with their password, or edit the activation email to tell them to change their password … neither of those is really great.
What I really want is to send them the _“Welcome, please choose a password”_ email that has a link taking them straight to the screen where they choose a new password.
How can I trigger that email from the console?
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### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/2 "2017-03-23T14:06:25Z")
Correction: If I enable the `must approve users` options in Settings then an email is sent, but it is an activation email (similar to what I can generate by clicking “Send activation email”), whereas what I’d like is an email that takes them directly to the screen for choosing a password
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/3 "2017-03-23T14:34:00Z")
I guess you can use Invites feature for this functionality. Invited user can choose their password (optional) while accepting the invitation.
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### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/4 "2017-03-23T18:48:44Z")
I want to do it from the console with predefined usernames, and force users to only chose a password (I don’t want them to choose the username, the setting `username change period` is set to 0). I don’t think invites help me in this context …
Is there no way to trigger a “choose a password” email from the console?
I tried to to use `Jobs.enqueue()`, similarly to how it’s used in `User.send_approval_email()` [here](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/e8fc8f0bb644f97d0adb535fdfbb352bce26c2a1/app/models/user.rb#L1022) but I failed at generating an email hash
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/5 "2017-03-23T20:36:42Z")
You can do the same as what happens when they click “Send password reset email” in their preferences:
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### Author:  [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/6 "2017-03-26T18:17:01Z")
@neil awesome! Thanks. That was the pointer I needed.
I wanted the “choose a password” email (rather than “password reset” which is confusing for a new user), so I replaced `type: :forgot_password` with `type: :account_created` … job done.
For anyone looking for the full command list:
```plaintext
rails c
u = User.new({username: 'foo', email: 'foo@domain.com', name: 'Foo', trust_level: 1, password: SecureRandom.hex});
u.activate();
u.approve(1); # approved by user id 1, which is normally the first admin account
t = u.email_tokens.create(email: u.email);
Jobs.enqueue(:critical_user_email, type: :account_created, user_id: u.id, email_token: t.token);
```
The option `must approve users` is disabled in Settings.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/7 "2019-05-19T04:32:16Z")
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### Author:  [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-email-not-sent-when-adding-user-from-console/59765/8 "2019-05-19T10:16:13Z")