Make a signup form.
User enters info into a signup form.
Signup form feeds into a backend that writes that info to a database and emails you a message.
Once oyu have click the "activated" link, that page will feed the databse "activated" and the account will authenticate correctly upon database lookup.
Just a simple overview of a simplified process 
Jkrohn
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