diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 7e633a08e8..83b9073d14 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ $config['alert'] = array(
 
 $config['alerts']['email']['default']      = NULL;    // Default alert recipient
 $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = FALSE;   // Only use default recipient
-$config['alerts']['email']['enable']       = TRUE;    // Enable email alerts
+$config['alerts']['email']['enable']       = FALSE;   // Enable email alerts
 $config['alerts']['bgp']['whitelist']      = NULL;    // Populate as an array() with ASNs to alert on.
 $config['alerts']['port']['ifdown']        = FALSE;   // Generate alerts for ports that go down