# Email alerts, only getting @ in From:

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/email-alerts-only-getting-in-from/9645>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/email-alerts-only-getting-in-from/9645 "2020-04-29T20:22:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![funkytwig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@funkytwig](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/funkytwig)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/email-alerts-only-getting-in-from/9645/1 "2020-04-29T20:22:26Z")

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Hi everybody. Loving mattermost. I’m currently running a server. I got email notifications working. For DMs the from field is just a @. Is this a setup thing. Is there a way of setting up a bridge so when people hit reply it goes back into the MM channel. Alternatively, the person’s name would be cool (without email address)

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**Author:** ![amy.blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/amy.blais/32/7481_2.png) [@amy.blais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/amy.blais)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/email-alerts-only-getting-in-from/9645/2 "2020-04-29T20:43:40Z")

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What Mattermost server version are you on?

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**Author:** ![funkytwig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@funkytwig](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/funkytwig)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/email-alerts-only-getting-in-from/9645/3 "2020-04-29T21:43:19Z")

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Sorry, should of said that. 5.21.0.

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**Author:** ![jesse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jesse/32/5168_2.png) [@jesse](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jesse)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/email-alerts-only-getting-in-from/9645/4 "2020-04-30T18:58:20Z")

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@funkytwig, unfortunately the server is hard-coded to the particular messaging format you observe. Take a look at `app/notification_email.go` if you want to take a stab at changing this for yourself, and feel free to make a feature request over at [https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general](https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general).