# Real names not showing up in email notifications

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-names-not-showing-up-in-email-notifications/15563>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-names-not-showing-up-in-email-notifications/15563 "2014-05-12T14:46:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/real-names-not-showing-up-in-email-notifications/15563/1 "2014-05-12T14:46:42Z")

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Real names are not showing up in email notifications. Instead it shows the username of the user who wrote the post. This seems to be a bug since elsewhere in discourse it displays the real name when that feature is turned on in admin.

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