I apparently missed the setting for the site URL

[JaredBusch]

Just made a new user and got the confirm email notice. but...

http://localhost:4567/confirm/b635c936-151a-4c31-82cb-dc26de48abae

So where was that setting?

[JaredBusch]

Oh look right there in the manual that I stopped reading after the GUI was up...

404 Not Found

(docs.nodebb.org)