# While using DiscourseConnect, is the CONFIRM Account needed?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963
**Category:** SSO
**Tags:** discourseconnect
**Created:** [November 29, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963 "2023-11-29T12:30:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/1 "2023-11-29T12:30:02Z")
Hi,
We have been using [discourse connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) for sometime. Even though the user creation is authenticated via our internal system, discourse still send the user “CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT” email.
Note: The Internal System is already double opt-in.
Questions
1. Is only users **who confirmed** the account **will receive** Digest email?
2. If yes, is there a way to de-activate that. And the email digest goes to all users who are added in discourse system.
3. If the first answer is no, I can simply de-activate “CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT” email.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/2 "2023-11-29T13:17:55Z")
There’s a parameter that you can pass that tells [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) that you’ve authenticated the email. I can’t remember what it is, but I think if you look in the docs or spec you should be able to find it.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/3 "2023-11-29T14:21:48Z")
Are you setting `require_activation` in the SSO payload?
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### Author:  [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/4 "2023-11-29T14:47:41Z")
Yes the require\_activation parameter is being included in the payload. We are sending this as true.
so if we send that as false, Can we de-activate the confirm account email?
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/5 "2023-11-29T15:38:04Z")
Yes; setting `require_activation` to true is telling Discourse that, essentially, the email is unconfirmed and Discourse needs to confirm it itself.
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### Author:  [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/6 "2023-11-30T11:54:05Z")
One last question, as all previous users who have not confirmed this, can i manually update this users status?
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/7 "2023-11-30T16:20:03Z")
Yes - if you run `activate!` on the `User` object from the console, it’ll activate them.
Also, you _might_ be able to use the `sync_sso` endpoint with the right parameters… but I’m not sure about that. Similarly, it _might_ activate them next time they log in if the right parameters are passed.
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### Author:  [@JKBaseer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JKBaseer)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/8 "2023-12-06T01:23:26Z")
Thanks Michael, is there a document you can refer me to identify where I can find the exact things to run on the console? (Like the folder section where this need to run, and the command)
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/9 "2023-12-06T02:03:44Z")
From from the rails console, as an example:
```plaintext
User.find_by(username: 'bbaggins').activate!
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-using-discourseconnect-is-the-confirm-account-needed/286963/10 "2024-01-05T02:03:52Z")
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