1/ Make sure the activation link is already included in the welcome message:

( Welcome message is the email sent out after user has registered for your site. It has user’s login, activation link…) a/ If you want to use the default welcome message for all memberships

b/ If you want each membership to have its own welcome message:

===========> Go to Membership Manager

Now if you go to system configuration/system variables as shown in screenshot a/  above, you will see there is  some thing new:

2/ Manually copy and send welcome message that contains activation link via admin

3/OR Let users get a resend activation link on their own

a/ Turn resend activation on on login page

b/ Point user to the login page  to get activation link resent by the system:

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