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by bluepuma77 649 days ago
It could be a good thing to have a confirmed email in the database, in case a 3-letter-agency knocks on your door because of some highly illegal content on your site.
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I have to unsubscribe from five things a week that are clearly other people using my email address to sign up for things.

Someone used my email address to sign up for a Mint account. And the only way you can delink Mint is to call Mint or log into someone else’s financial account. I’m no lawyer but that seems like a very, very bad idea to me.

Usually you have to click a unique confirmation link in the email to activate the account.
My inbox says otherwise. Many sites don’t require the activation code to start using the account apparently. Fucking internet, man.