User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: September 16, 2015/@comment-28122555-20150917154245/@comment-126761-20150917155735

Ah, 'autoconfirmed' is unrelated to email confirmation. Your account email is indeed unconfirmed - if you're not able to get a confirmation email via your preferences, please let us know via Special:Contact, and we'll get this sorted out.