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Why do I have to enter my email twice?
A web site with a form to enter an email address twice is for the purpose of verifying that you’ve typed in the address correctly. Often times, bogus email addresses get placed back into the mail queue if they cannot be delivered, which wastes resources (disk space and processing time).
Why do you have to enter password twice?
2 Answers. It is to avoid typos. If you have to type the password twice chances are you’ll make your password what you want. They want to avoid having people whose password is “blah” having to retrieve their password later on because they typed “blaj” by mistake.
What is the meaning of Confirm password?
Many think the confirm password field is necessary to include when creating a password. If users mistype their password, they won’t recognize it. The confirm password catches typos by prompting users to type their password twice.
Why do I have to enter my email address twice?
Asking users to enter email addresses twice doesn’t prevent some users entering the wrong address twice, and annoys those users with at least a few brain cells – it is essentially pointless.
Can a bot enter the same email address twice?
I’ve seen people say that entering the email address twice is an ‘anti-bot’ technique, but that’s total nonsense. If a bot can enter an email address once, it can just as easily enter it twice.
What should be the rule for sign up?
The rule should be to indicate the strength of the password, but if the password doesn’t fall into the common category, don’t stop the user from signing up. The rationale is simple — if they have to come up with a new password, they’ll most likely forget it and the next time they want to login, they’ll drop off.
When to forego the mandatory email confirmation?
In a case where a mandatory email confirmation will be sent right after sign up, you can forego the confirmation and instead just provide a link to change the email address they entered if they don’t receive the confirmation.