feat: possibility to set mail from name (#4864)

Co-authored-by: Piyush Gupta <piyushguptaa2z123@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Johannes <johannes@formbricks.com>
2026-02-13 10:09:45 -06:00 · 2025-03-13 14:50:15 +02:00
parent 0164eca206
commit 2d028d18e5
10 changed files with 21 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ DATABASE_URL='postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/formbricks?schema=pu
 # See optional configurations below if you want to disable these features.

 MAIL_FROM=noreply@example.com
+MAIL_FROM_NAME=Formbricks
 SMTP_HOST=localhost
 SMTP_PORT=1025
 # Enable SMTP_SECURE_ENABLED for TLS (port 465)
@@ -207,3 +208,4 @@ UNKEY_ROOT_KEY=
 # Enable Prometheus metrics
 # PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=
 # PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER_PORT=
+
--- a/apps/web/modules/email/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/modules/email/index.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type SMTPTransport from "nodemailer/lib/smtp-transport";
 import {
  DEBUG,
  MAIL_FROM,
+  MAIL_FROM_NAME,
  SMTP_AUTHENTICATED,
  SMTP_HOST,
  SMTP_PASSWORD,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export const sendEmail = async (emailData: SendEmailDataProps): Promise<boolean>
    } as SMTPTransport.Options);

    const emailDefaults = {
-      from: `Formbricks <${MAIL_FROM ?? "noreply@formbricks.com"}>`,
+      from: `${MAIL_FROM_NAME ?? "Formbricks"} <${MAIL_FROM ?? "noreply@formbricks.com"}>`,
    };
    await transporter.sendMail({ ...emailDefaults, ...emailData });

--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ x-environment: &environment

    # Email Configuration
    # MAIL_FROM:
+    # MAIL_FROM_NAME:
    # SMTP_HOST:
    # SMTP_PORT:
    # SMTP_USER:
--- a/docker/formbricks.sh
+++ b/docker/formbricks.sh
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ EOT
    echo -n "Enter your SMTP configured Email ID: "
    read mail_from

+    echo -n "Enter your SMTP configured Email Name: "
+    read mail_from_name
+
    echo -n "Enter your SMTP Host URL: "
    read smtp_host

@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ EOT

  else
    mail_from=""
+    mail_from_name=""
    smtp_host=""
    smtp_port=""
    smtp_user=""
@@ -270,6 +274,7 @@ EOT

  if [[ -n $mail_from ]]; then
    sed -i "s|# MAIL_FROM:|MAIL_FROM: \"$mail_from\"|" docker-compose.yml
+    sed -i "s|# MAIL_FROM_NAME:|MAIL_FROM_NAME: \"$mail_from_name\"|" docker-compose.yml
    sed -i "s|# SMTP_HOST:|SMTP_HOST: \"$smtp_host\"|" docker-compose.yml
    sed -i "s|# SMTP_PORT:|SMTP_PORT: \"$smtp_port\"|" docker-compose.yml
    sed -i "s|# SMTP_SECURE_ENABLED:|SMTP_SECURE_ENABLED: $smtp_secure_enabled|" docker-compose.yml
--- a/docs/self-hosting/advanced/migration.mdx
+++ b/docs/self-hosting/advanced/migration.mdx
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ x-environment: &environment

    # Email Configuration
    MAIL_FROM:
+    MAIL_FROM_NAME:
    SMTP_HOST:
    SMTP_PORT:
    SMTP_SECURE_ENABLED:
--- a/docs/self-hosting/configuration/environment-variables.mdx
+++ b/docs/self-hosting/configuration/environment-variables.mdx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ These variables are present inside your machine’s docker-compose file. Restart
 | RATE_LIMITING_DISABLED       | Disables rate limiting if set to 1.                                                                            | optional                                                |                                                                           |
 | INVITE_DISABLED              | Disables the ability for invited users to create an account if set to 1.                                       | optional                                                |                                                                           |
 | MAIL_FROM                    | Email address to send emails from.                                                                             | optional (required if email services are to be enabled) |                                                                           |
+| MAIL_FROM_NAME               | Email name/title to send emails from.                                                                          | optional (required if email services are to be enabled) |                                                                           |
 | SMTP_HOST                    | Host URL of your SMTP server.                                                                                  | optional (required if email services are to be enabled) |                                                                           |
 | SMTP_PORT                    | Host Port of your SMTP server.                                                                                 | optional (required if email services are to be enabled) |                                                                           |
 | SMTP_USER                    | Username for your SMTP Server.                                                                                 | optional (required if email services are to be enabled) |                                                                           |
--- a/docs/self-hosting/configuration/smtp.mdx
+++ b/docs/self-hosting/configuration/smtp.mdx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ To enable email functionality, configure the following environment variables:
 ```bash
 # Basic SMTP Configuration
 MAIL_FROM=noreply@yourdomain.com
+MAIL_FROM_NAME=Formbricks
 SMTP_HOST=smtp.yourprovider.com
 SMTP_PORT=587
 SMTP_USER=your_username
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ If you're using the one-click setup with Docker Compose, you can either:
 environment:
  # Email Configuration
  MAIL_FROM: noreply@yourdomain.com
+  MAIL_FROM_NAME: Formbricks
  SMTP_HOST: smtp.yourprovider.com
  SMTP_PORT: 587
  SMTP_USER: your_username
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ environment:

 ```bash
 MAIL_FROM=noreply@yourdomain.com
+MAIL_FROM_NAME=Formbricks
 SMTP_HOST=smtp.sendgrid.net
 SMTP_PORT=587
 SMTP_USER=apikey
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ SMTP_PASSWORD=your_sendgrid_api_key

 ```bash
 MAIL_FROM=noreply@yourdomain.com
+MAIL_FROM_NAME=Formbricks
 SMTP_HOST=email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
 SMTP_PORT=587
 SMTP_USER=your_ses_access_key
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ SMTP_PASSWORD=your_ses_secret_key

 ```bash
 MAIL_FROM=your_email@gmail.com
+MAIL_FROM_NAME=Formbricks
 SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
 SMTP_PORT=587
 SMTP_USER=your_email@gmail.com
--- a/packages/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/constants.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export const SMTP_PASSWORD = env.SMTP_PASSWORD;
 export const SMTP_AUTHENTICATED = env.SMTP_AUTHENTICATED !== "0";
 export const SMTP_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED_TLS = env.SMTP_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED_TLS !== "0";
 export const MAIL_FROM = env.MAIL_FROM;
+export const MAIL_FROM_NAME = env.MAIL_FROM_NAME;

 export const NEXTAUTH_SECRET = env.NEXTAUTH_SECRET;
 export const ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 30;
--- a/packages/lib/env.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/env.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const env = createEnv({
    INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY: z.string().optional(),
    IS_FORMBRICKS_CLOUD: z.enum(["1", "0"]).optional(),
    MAIL_FROM: z.string().email().optional(),
+    MAIL_FROM_NAME: z.string().optional(),
    NEXTAUTH_SECRET: z.string().min(1),
    NOTION_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID: z.string().optional(),
    NOTION_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET: z.string().optional(),
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ export const env = createEnv({
    INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY: process.env.INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY,
    IS_FORMBRICKS_CLOUD: process.env.IS_FORMBRICKS_CLOUD,
    MAIL_FROM: process.env.MAIL_FROM,
+    MAIL_FROM_NAME: process.env.MAIL_FROM_NAME,
    NEXTAUTH_SECRET: process.env.NEXTAUTH_SECRET,
    NEXT_PUBLIC_FORMBRICKS_API_HOST: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_FORMBRICKS_API_HOST,
    NEXT_PUBLIC_FORMBRICKS_ENVIRONMENT_ID: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_FORMBRICKS_ENVIRONMENT_ID,
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
        "IS_FORMBRICKS_CLOUD",
        "INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY",
        "MAIL_FROM",
+        "MAIL_FROM_NAME",
        "NEXT_PUBLIC_LAYER_API_KEY",
        "NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCSEARCH_APP_ID",
        "NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCSEARCH_API_KEY",