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How do you confirm your email?
What’s the best approach to confirm user email address: sending an email confirmation link or sending a verification code in email?
- Send the verification link to the user provided email address.
- Send verification code in the email which user can enter on “verify account” page in mobile app.
What does it mean to confirm your email address?
Confirming your email address certifies that you are the owner of the email address you provided. When you provide your email address, we will send an email to that address. (You may need to check your spam or junk email folder.) You have 15 minutes to click the link in the message to confirm your email address.
How can I verify my Cognito account?
Call the SignUp API action, and provide the email address and phone number for the UserAttributes parameter. At this point, Amazon Cognito sends a verification code to the user’s phone. In your app interface, present a confirmation page where the user enters the verification code.
What’s the best approach to confirm user email address?
For registration, the user’s email address and password is required. I want to confirm the user’s email address before giving him full access to the application. If user’s email address is confirmed then he can use all options otherwise user is restricted to certain options. To confirm the email address, should I:
Why is the email confirmation field must die?
The email confirmation field does not solve the incorrect submission problem. Not only that, but it forces users to do more work than they’d rather do. Users can end up making typing errors in both fields. This will cause them to spend more time correcting their input which can frustrate them.
Why do I copy and paste my email in the confirmation field?
One research study discovered that “60% of the test subjects consistently copy/pasted their e-mail when they retyped it in a confirmation field”. Users copy and paste their email often because retyping it is too much work. The users also didn’t believe that they would mistype their email but were surprised when they did.
When do I need to use email verification?
Important account notifications require a verified email, such as suspicious activity or priority messages. Imagine signing up for online banking and fraud alerts are being sent to a non-existent email. There are some cases where email verification may not be immediately (or at all) necessary.