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qhoxie on Oct 16, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why haven't signup confirmation emails die...

There are a lot of reasons to do it depending on the application.

One that comes to mind from my own experience is if you need a valid email address for further transactions.

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