Email confirmation feature

[gordonpn]

As a user, I want to confirm my subscription to the newsletter, so that I don't receive random unwanted subscriptions.

Acceptance criteria

• The link in the email would look like something like https://deals.gordon-pn.com/confirm/aebafcacecf7fa16a68f6b26b0abfcee (or use parameters)
• When the link is clicked, search the database for a matching hash and set confirmed column to true
• Show a page to the user to say that their email has been confirmed successfully
• Adjust newsletter service to only email those with confirmed emails
• If a user subscribes again, then simply send a new confirmation email but do not add a row

Depends on

• Unsubscribe and subscribe feature

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