Movable Type Knowledge Base: Set The EmailAddressMain Configuration Value

Question

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

You need to set the EmailAddressMain configuration value to your own email address in order to use notifications at lib/MT/App/NotifyList.pm line 33.

Answer

You need to set the EmailAddressMain variable for your email address in mt-config.cgi¹. Download the file from your server in ASCII mode and open it in a plain text editor. Look for this setting²:

EmailAddressMain you@alternate-email.com

Replace you@alternate-email.com with your preferred email address.

Then 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.

² If the setting does not exist in your copy of mt-config.cgi, you can just add it in anywhere in the file.

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