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## Settings

### Verify your e-mail

The first thing you'll want to do is verify your e-mail address. 

Go to **Settings** > **Email** to verify your e-mail address.

Note: because your Misskey instance is sending out e-mails for the very first time, the e-mails have an increased chance of being marked as **spam**. Please check your spam folder if the e-mail does not arrive in your inbox.

### Two-factor authentication

As the admin user of your Misskey instance you enjoy extraordinary powers. To ensure these powers are safeguarded we highly recommend you enable two-factor authentication.

Go to **Settings** > **Security** > **Register a new device** to enable two-factor authentication.

## Control Panel

### Open Registration

You probably want to familiarize yourself with Misskey before you start accepting new users. With this in mind we recommend you temporarily disable new user registrations.

Go to **Control Panel** > **Settings** > **General** and *disable* **Enable new user registration** for now. You can re-enable it later.