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I'm not a fan of this idea:

From a user experience point of view, it's much more effort (at least 3 clicks more) to have to open an email client, open an email, and click a link, as opposed to just entering a password.

Also as airlinenut mentioned, it would allow others to send you an annoying email just by entering your email address, and any methods to prevent this (captcha etc) will just make it even harder for the user.

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People sending you annoying emails with this method is not really an issue as anyone that knows your email can (and does) find easy ways to annoy you (spam, phishing, chain letters etc.). I do agree however that the user experience is a deal breaker. I'd rather enter a password than open a client and wait for an email to arrive just so I can log in.

Seconded. In fact, most if not all apps let you login upon sign-up instantly deferring the e-mail verification to anytime in the next 15 days.

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