Allow mailer to change default sender name

[mattiaz9]

Right now the name of the sender is the project name which is constraining. If someone has multi-domain project or simply wants to send mails for different scopes (eg: marketing campaign, direct contact ...) he can't change the name.

That would be a simple change of the mail/index.ts file from:

const from = `${defaultTemplateData.projectName} <${options.from || (env.EMAIL_FROM as string)}>`;

to:

const from = `${options.fromName || defaultTemplateData.projectName} <${options.from || (env.EMAIL_FROM as string)}>`;

[unleashit]

Just came across this after trying to figure out why "Directus" was always being prepended to EMAIL_FROM. It was because I was temporarily calling my project Directus 🤣 .

I agree with the poster this could be a nice feature. But I think it would at least be nice to document under https://docs.directus.io/self-hosted/config-options.html#email that the convention of designating the sender name and address together in "from email" is being overridden. For example, when I tried to set EMAIL_FROM like:

EMAIL_FROM='Company <no-reply@company.com>', this resulted in the "From" line:

From: "Directus >" <no-reply@company.com> (from the email header).

Had to scratch my head for a bit until finding this.

[unleashit]

Just went to try and make a PR with an edit the docs, but couldn't find them in the repo. If there's a different public repo somewhere I'd be happy to do it.

[Lukas-Sachse]

They decided to make it private some time ago. @phazonoverload can help you, he is working on the docs.

[rijkvanzanten]

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[Pachat]

@mattiaz9 In fact, for some reason,

const from = `${options.fromName || defaultTemplateData.projectName} <${options.from || (env.EMAIL_FROM as string)}>`;

has to be

const from = `${options.fromName || defaultTemplateData.projectName} <${options.from || (env.EMAIL_FROM as string)}`;

(without the >).
Because for some reason a > is added later in the Directus code.

[christianrr]

We would also need a possibility to override the from name in MailService's send method .

I would suggest to refine the code as follows. If only a plain email address is passed, it will be combined with the project name (current behavior). Otherwise, it will simply use the formatted name that is passed.

This would allow for using both plain and formatted addresses in both the EMAIL_FROM env variable as well as in the options.from parameter. Moreover, it would support passing Nodemailer's Address object in options.from.

I think this would provide most flexibility for future use-cases and is also fully downwards compatible.

let from = env['EMAIL_FROM'] as string;

// Nodemailer's EmailOptions for from support either plain addresses, formatted names or Address objects
if (options.from) {
	if (typeof options.from === 'string') {
		from = options.from;
	} else if (typeof options.from === 'object' && options.from.name && options.from.address)
		from = `${options.from.name} <${options.from.address}>`;
}

// From does not include formatted name, so construct one
if (from && !from.includes('<') && !from.includes('>')) from = `${defaultTemplateData.projectName} <${from}>`;

I would have a feature branch ready and could start a pull request. However, there is currently no issue open.

[christianrr]

@rijkvanzanten What do you think, can I start a Pull Request?

[glowkeeper]

Currently, I've set up a password-reset.liquid template, and it works nicely, except the from address ends up being Directus <my@emailaddress.com>, which looks totally unprofessional - much better would be My Name <my@emailaddress.com>. But short of writing my own password reset extensions (disclaimer - I did that on a past Directus project, but I'd prefer to avoid that with my current project), I can't see how to change the name. Is that what this thread is about? If so, can it be actioned, please?

[glowkeeper]

Aha! So I reread the original post, got a clue from "It was because I was temporarily calling my project Directus 🤣", found that setting, changed it, and now I have My Name <my@emailaddress.com>, which is much better - huzzah!

My problem now is that, much like the original postee, I'm using Directus as a backend proxy for some API services across multiple projects, and I want to send reset emails from those different projects - it would be great if I were able to assign different project names to those reset emails...