Importance of verifying user email on web signup

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Published on 2010-04-26T14:17:48Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 14:23 UTC
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I know this question is crazy - but my employers client is demanding that email verification be removed from the sign up process (they feel it is impeding sign up). I wanted to garner feedback from the programming community at large as to their experience and opinions regarding sign up and email verification - and the possible consequences of removing this safeguard.

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