Answers.Body: <p>Yeah... sounds like a registration workflow issue.  If they click on the activation link and it's past the time it's valid, the page does have a link where they can resend it, but that's only going to be helpful if they got the email in the first place.</p>
  
  <p>I think for now you'll have to use the "Resend Activation Email" button in the CP.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Users are falling into the following state:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Tried to sign up with public registration</li>
  <li>Never clicked or never received (or so they claim) the verification email.</li>
  <li>Users try to sign up and email is already taken</li>
  <li>Users cannot reset password as their account is not verified.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Is this a problem? Or am I missing something. Is there a way to activate when they click the reset password link email?</p>
  
  <p>Apart from resending verification email manually for all 100+ users is there anything else i can do?</p>
  
Tags: <users>
Title: Users in odd state of pending and needing password reset
ThreadText: # Users in odd state of pending and needing password reset
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-02)
  
  Users are falling into the following state:
  
  * Tried to sign up with public registration
  * Never clicked or never received (or so they claim) the verification email.
  * Users try to sign up and email is already taken
  * Users cannot reset password as their account is not verified.
  
  Is this a problem? Or am I missing something. Is there a way to activate when they click the reset password link email?
  
  Apart from resending verification email manually for all 100+ users is there anything else i can do?
  
  **Tags:** users
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-10-02. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Yeah... sounds like a registration workflow issue. If they click on the activation link and it's past the time it's valid, the page does have a link where they can resend it, but that's only going to be helpful if they got the email in the first place.
  
  I think for now you'll have to use the "Resend Activation Email" button in the CP.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks, should I mark this as the answer to the question?  
  > **username_1**: Might as well...  
  
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