# Use display name for email if possible

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-display-name-for-email-if-possible/34474
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2015年十月14日 01:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-display-name-for-email-if-possible/34474 "2015-10-14T01:40:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![coderanger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/coderanger/32/47147_2.png) [@coderanger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coderanger)
#### Post date: [2015年十月14日 01:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-display-name-for-email-if-possible/34474/1 "2015-10-14T01:40:58Z")

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It would be cool if emails would use the user’s display name for the From header, and fall back to the username if that isn’t set.

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2016年四月6日 18:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-display-name-for-email-if-possible/34474/4 "2016-04-06T18:45:54Z")

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Been fixed for quite some time!