diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
index 2d3cbe3b1..24287d775 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/conf/default_settings.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CACHE2_SECTORIZE = True
 CACHE2_EXPIRATION_SECS = 0
 
 CLOSEDOMAIN_TIMEOUT = 0
-CLOSEDOMAIN_NOTIFY = ['pablo@insophia.com']
+CLOSEDOMAIN_NOTIFY = []
 
 CLUSTER_LOGDIR = ''