diff --git a/tests/auth/__init__.py b/tests/auth/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/auth/test_login.py b/tests/auth/test_login.py
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+from flask import url_for
+
+from app.extensions import db
+from app.models import User
+
+
+def test_unactivated_user_login(flask_client):
+    """Start with a blank database."""
+
+    # create user, user is not activated
+    User.create(email="a@b.c", password="password", name="Test User")
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    r = flask_client.post(
+        url_for("auth.login"),
+        data={"email": "a@b.c", "password": "password"},
+        follow_redirects=True,
+    )
+
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert (
+        b"Please check your inbox for the activation email. You can also have this email re-sent"
+        in r.data
+    )
+
+
+def test_activated_user_login(flask_client):
+    """Start with a blank database."""
+
+    # create user, user is not activated
+    User.create(email="a@b.c", password="password", name="Test User", activated=True)
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    r = flask_client.post(
+        url_for("auth.login"),
+        data={"email": "a@b.c", "password": "password"},
+        follow_redirects=True,
+    )
+
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert b"/auth/logout" in r.data