I also have a problem with Alert Email.
When a customer places an order, an email is sent to the customer, but I do not receive an email to tell me that an order has been placed.
The mail protocol that i use is "mail". When i check the error logs I get the following :

2017-06-20 14:49:30 - App Warning: AbanteCart core v.1.2.9 ADispatch: construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly, layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension! Execution stack: - /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/dispatcher.php(76): genExecTrace('full')
   - /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/dispatcher.php(289): ADispatcher->__construct('', Array)
   - /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/dispatcher.php(290): ADispatcher->dispatch(Object(ControllerCommonPage))
   - /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/page.php(98): ADispatcher->dispatch()
   - /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/router.php(155): APage->build('product/categor...')
   - /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/router.php(75): ARouter->_route()
   - /home/alignjpa/public_html/index.php(93): ARouter->processRoute('product/categor...') in /home/alignjpa/public_html/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 77

Does anyone know what i am doing wrong ?