title: Is there a reason to activate an account after registration?
body: <p>my question is about the workflow of a web registration. </p>
  
  <p>1) register with email + basic data </p>
  
  <p>2) activate the account with a special secret link &lt;- is this necessary?</p>
  
  <p>3) allow the user to log in to the system</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I want to make the process as simple as possible without a password to choose/remember.</p>
  
  <p>In more detail:
  After a user is registering on a web site I sent out a confirmation with a generated password to login on the site and proceed.</p>
  
  <p>Many sites sent an activation link first and then allow logging in to the system.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any reason to do this additional step when I generate the password and sent it out to the user?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your answers.</p>