# Help with the email prefix

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [August 25, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208 "2016-08-25T16:36:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![alankeny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@alankeny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alankeny)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208/1 "2016-08-25T16:36:48Z")

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The description of the variable `email prefix` says: **The [label] used in the subject of emails. It will default to ‘title’ if not set.** We’ve found that setting `email prefix` replaces the variable `site title` throughout the email message including the message body.

Our site is called LibraryTalk, but we would like to use [LT] in subject lines to keep them as short as possible. Setting `email prefix` to LT leads to a Signup message like this:

```
Subject: [LT] Confirm your new account

Welcome to LT!

Click the following link to confirm and activate your new account:

```

How can we use an abbreviation in the subject line but use the site title in the body of email messages without editing every email template?

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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 26, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208/2 "2016-08-26T01:37:01Z")

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Hmm, that setting should only affect the prefix in the header. Can you verify @techapj?

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208/3 "2016-08-26T19:14:37Z")

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Just checked, this is a legit issue. Will fix.

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208/4 "2017-03-22T08:50:46Z")

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Fixed via:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1853a4852cbffea038eee26dd542bc59b54d5ee1](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1853a4852cbffea038eee26dd542bc59b54d5ee1)

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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: [March 22, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-the-email-prefix/49208/5 "2017-03-22T23:15:37Z")

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