True. It would be fair enough if I were signing up for a mailing list, but it's rarely clear to me as a user why any web site wants my email address. Is it to send me emails reminding me to check the site? Is it to help me "keep in touch" (with my new friend [email protected])? Is it just standard practice taught in web-dev school? Am I being overly cynical to think someone is trying to turn my inbox into a billboard, that we both know I don't want that, and that the confirmation link is used to stop my little brain from outsmarting him with a bogus address? What do those of you on the other side of this issue think about it?