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		joshwa on March 28, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Activation emails The other legitimate use of email is for actual features that use email-- internal messaging, invitations, notifications, reminders, etc. All your users have it-- have you thought about when your users might like to be notified about new activity relating to them? (opt-in, of course)

mixmax on March 28, 2008 [–]

You're absolutely right - this is a good reason for having a users e-mail. There are probably many others as well.

You just shouldn't request an obligatory email adress, or even worse a confirmation by email, unless you really have to. It tends to scare a lot of users away.

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