Movable Type Knowledge Base: Email Notifications Have Not Been Configured

Question

When someone tries to add their address to my notification list, this error comes up:

Email notifications have not been configured! The weblog owner needs to set the EmailVerificationSecret configuration variable.

Answer

If you wish to add a form to your site so that visitors can sign up for site update notifications, you will also need to set the EmailVerificationSecret variable in mt-config.cgi¹. This setting allows Movable Type to secure the notification signup process so that visitors have to verify their email addresses.

Here are the steps to enable this setting:

Download mt-config.cgi from your server in ASCII mode and open it in a plain text editor.

Add this line anywhere in the file:

EmailVerificationSecret your_secret_string

Replace your_secret_string with a text string of your choosing. It can be a real word or nonsense, just as long as it is something that outsiders wouldn't be able to guess.
You should also Set The EmailAddressMain Configuration Value.
Save mt-config.cgi and upload it back to your server in ASCII mode.

¹ In versions prior to 3.2, the configuration file is named mt.cfg.

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