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joshu on Aug 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Please confirm your email address

This is good. I wish more people would talk about email praxis because it seems like voodoo a lot of the time.

Do we even really need to confirm email addresses?

moeffju on Aug 19, 2011 [–]

Yes, at least in Germany, you have to show that the user confirmed their email, or risk a cease and desist when you mail them otherwise. Some lawyers send those for fun and profit.

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