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Verify your podcast owner email for the RSS feed

Verify the podcast owner email so it is written into your RSS feed: the 6-digit code, how long it lasts, why apps cannot send you the claim code without it.

Updated November 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Your podcast's owner email goes into the RSS feed only after you verify it. Until then the feed has no owner address, so Spotify, Apple and the other apps have nowhere to send the code that proves the show is yours. If the owner email is the same address as your verified StreamLive Pro account, it is verified at once. Any other address gets a 6-digit code by email, valid for 30 minutes.

Before you start

• A show with an owner email. The address is set in Show settings, in the podcast card under Connections (Podcast hosting). See Podcast cover art and show details: what each app needs.
• An address you are happy to make public. The owner email is published in the feed, where anyone who opens the feed can read it. Many podcasters use a separate address for the show.
• Access to that inbox for the next half hour.

Steps

1. Open the show. In Connections open the podcast card and choose your show.
2. Find the owner email line. It is on the Automation and privacy card, above the show's tabs. It says either Verified or Not verified yet. If it says to add an owner email first, add it in Show settings and come back.
3. Click Verify. If the address matches your verified account email, it turns Verified right away and you are done.
4. Otherwise, click Send code. The screen shows where the code went, partly hidden. The email says which podcast it is for.
5. Enter the 6-digit code and click Confirm. The line turns Verified, and the address is written into your feed (in the owner field and the feed lock).
6. Check the feed. Click Check feed. The owner email error should be gone.
7. Submit the feed to the apps. Now each app can send its own ownership code to that address: Publish your podcast to Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Limits of the code

Two different codes

People mix these up, so it helps to keep them apart:

1. Our code proves to StreamLive Pro that you control the address, so we may publish it in your feed. You enter it in StreamLive Pro.
2. The app's code comes later, from Spotify, Apple or another app, to the same address. You enter it in that app to prove the show is yours. Each app has its own steps; Apple lists what a feed must include on its own page (Apple: podcast requirements).

Without step 1, step 2 cannot happen, because the address is not in the feed.

Which address to choose

• A separate address for the show, for example one you open only for the podcast. It is published in the feed, so it is better not to use your private address.
• An address you will keep. If you change it, you verify again, and until then the feed has no owner address.
• Your account address, if you do not mind it being public. Then no code is needed at all: it is verified the moment you click Verify.

After verifying, go on to the first episode: Add an episode to your podcast RSS feed. The recording itself happens in the studio: A tour of the podcast studio in your browser.

What can go wrong

Frequently asked questions

Why does my podcast feed have no email?

Because the owner email is not verified yet. Only a verified address is written into the feed. Verify it on the Automation and privacy card.

Do I need a code if the owner email is my account email?

No. If it is the same address as your verified StreamLive Pro account, it is verified the moment you click Verify.

How long is the verification code valid?

Thirty minutes. After that, send a new code.

Will everyone see my email?

Yes, anyone who opens the RSS feed can read it. That is how podcast apps reach the owner. Use an address you are happy to make public.

I changed the owner email. Do I verify again?

Yes. A new address must be verified before it goes into the feed.

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