# Validation email for new users... thoughts on best way?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-email-for-new-users-thoughts-on-best-way/107593>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 23, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-email-for-new-users-thoughts-on-best-way/107593 "2007-06-23T20:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jz176](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jz176](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jz176)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-email-for-new-users-thoughts-on-best-way/107593/1 "2007-06-23T20:33:03Z")

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im looking to implement validation emails for new users i.e the basic  
you create an account and must reply to the email we sent you to  
confirm…

after some searching im not finding any solid information as to the  
generally accepted best practice in implementing this. really all i’ve  
found is a couple “this is how i figured out to go about doing it”  
results.

could anyone point me in the right direction on this? are there any  
plugins or anything out there for this purpose?

i know lotsa rails powered sites gotta have this, i know i’ve come  
across a couple that did myself, but i can’t find anything solid on how  
to do it.

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**Author:** ![jz176](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jz176](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jz176)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validation-email-for-new-users-thoughts-on-best-way/107593/2 "2007-06-24T02:03:01Z")

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Joe Zz wrote:

> im looking to implement validation emails for new users i.e the basic  
> you create an account and must reply to the email we sent you to  
> confirm…
> 
> after some searching im not finding any solid information as to the  
> generally accepted best practice in implementing this. really all i’ve  
> found is a couple “this is how i figured out to go about doing it”  
> results.

No need to reinvent the wheel here. Go check out how activation works in  
acts\_as\_authenticated:  
[http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Acts+as+Authenticated](http://technoweenie.stikipad.com/plugins/show/Acts+as+Authenticated)

Chris K.  
[http://kampers.net](http://kampers.net)