### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/1 "2014-06-02T13:15:57Z")
As a user, I want to see the full name of a given poster when I receive an e-mail notification of content that person created, so that I can better associate the e-mail notification with the people I know on the Discourse site itself.
Rationale: When full names are enabled on the site, naturally, you see them above each post. However, the e-mail “From” field is structured like “`userid `”. If `userid` was replaced with the full name, it’d match the user experience on the web.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/2 "2014-06-03T01:52:36Z")
Yes, this has been requested before and I agree. With full names enabled email should use full name in the from: field too.
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### Author:  [@lake54](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lake54)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/3 "2014-08-15T14:59:56Z")
Another +1 based on feedback from users of my forum too. There are a number of regulars that contribute to our forum, so instead of seeing JohnSmith123, it would be nice (and much preferred) to see their actual name. I have a semi-related feature request too here:
> [@(Mailing List) Link to private message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-link-to-private-message/18897):
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> One of the “benefits” with a traditional mailing list is that you can email a contributor directly. Discourse (amongst others) prevents this because it hides the user’s email address (a good thing). Would it be possible to have a link to PM a user, either by going to the website (with the composer on screen, with their username filled in), or alternatively (possibly preferred?) a link to a tokenized email to allow them to initiate a PM with a user via email? So instead of replies+%{reply\_key}, …
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/4 "2014-10-06T15:40:13Z")
Checking in on the status/viability of this idea now that subject lines are “complete”. Any drawbacks to switching from userid to full name in the From field?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/5 "2014-10-06T19:07:42Z")
Sure @techapj can you add this to your list? Only if full names are shown on the site, and there’s also that “never show full names, ever” site setting that should be respected.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/6 "2014-10-21T18:09:14Z")
PR sent for this feature!
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/2897](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/2897)
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/7 "2014-10-21T22:06:22Z")
Looks good to me; the newbies on our Ebola team will appreciate this. Thanks @techAPJ!
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-names-on-web-but-not-e-mails/16162/8 "2014-10-24T17:56:21Z")