If you install the Access Manager SDK without a web container by running the Java ES 5 installer with the Configure Now option, the com.iplanet.am.notification.url property in the AMConfig.properties file is set to NOTIFICATION_URL. If you don't perform any additional web container configuration, users will not receive notifications from the remote Access Manager server.
Workaround: Reset this property as follows: com.iplanet.am.notification.url=""