# SMTP custom configuration: add sender name input option

**URL:** <https://community.qnap.com/t/smtp-custom-configuration-add-sender-name-input-option/7558>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** qts\
**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/smtp-custom-configuration-add-sender-name-input-option/7558 "2026-11-13T20:34:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JOKURA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@JOKURA](https://community.qnap.com/u/JOKURA)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/smtp-custom-configuration-add-sender-name-input-option/7558/1 "2026-11-13T20:34:29Z")

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The current SMTP custom configuration does not allow to specifiy a sender name but just a sender email address. So the From-field looks like

From: [my.name@my.domain](mailto:my.name@my.domain)

With sender name, it would look like

From: Sender Name \<[my.name@my.domain](mailto:my.name@my.domain)\>

The configuration dialog does not accept such input, an extra input field is missing.

An (optional) sender name could improve much the the mail input - showing the message comes from my Qnap - and not from my mail gateway email address.

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**Author:** ![SteveKo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SteveKo](https://community.qnap.com/u/SteveKo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/smtp-custom-configuration-add-sender-name-input-option/7558/2 "2026-11-14T13:41:44Z")

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Thanks for your suggestion! I’ve forwarded your request for a sender name field in the custom SMTP settings to our product team. Could you also share your NAS model and firmware version? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![JOKURA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@JOKURA](https://community.qnap.com/u/JOKURA)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.qnap.com/t/smtp-custom-configuration-add-sender-name-input-option/7558/3 "2026-11-14T17:37:58Z")

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My current QNAP is TS 216 G with QTS 5.2.11.3661  
(My old one is TS 219P+ with QTS 3.4.1 - Update to 4.3.3 failed - so it’s now retired)