# Adding username into generated emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849 "2016-12-06T10:20:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![andykelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andykelly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andykelly)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849/1 "2016-12-06T10:20:39Z")

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I really feel like i’m missing something painfully simple here, and I couldn’t find it during a search, so apologies if I am missing something.

When a user signs up with their Full Name (not the username they want to use), how do I populate the full name into the ‘confirm your account’ email? I know how to customise emails etc. I just cannot for the life of me find the code to insert the users Full Name.

Also, is there a way of adding the date sent as text in the email?

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849/2 "2017-08-02T00:00:57Z")

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We don’t currently support generic form email type replacements in emails. Only the fields that are currently represented in the email payload can be sent.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849/3 "2019-07-18T01:32:14Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849/4 "2023-01-08T13:40:43Z")

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-username-into-generated-emails/53849/5 "2023-01-08T13:43:04Z")

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