Show SITE_NAME as the email From display name.

Bare DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL addresses were rendering as "noreply" in inboxes; wrap them as "Monica Dhillon" <address>.
2026-08-09 06:54:20 -05:00
parent aed84b6e11
commit 5b53ef376d
3 changed files with 36 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -26,10 +26,17 @@ RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY=
 # SMTP2GO — fill in `.env` (not this file). Dev defaults to console backend
 # until you set EMAIL_BACKEND to the SMTP backend below.
 EMAIL_HOST=mail.smtp2go.com
+# SMTP login (not shown to recipients)
 EMAIL_HOST_USER=
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
 EMAIL_PORT=2525
 EMAIL_USE_TLS=true
+# Inbox From header. Bare address → local-part shows as name ("noreply").
+# Prefer quoted display name (SITE_NAME is auto-wrapped if you omit it):
+#   DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=noreply@mkdrealtor.com
+#   → "Monica Dhillon" <noreply@mkdrealtor.com>
+# Or set explicitly (must be allowed/verified in SMTP2GO):
+#   DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL="Monica Dhillon" <notifications-beta@mkdrealtor.com>
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=noreply@mkdrealtor.com
 # Console (default in DJANGO_ENV=dev) prints mail to container logs.
 # For real SMTP2GO delivery locally, uncomment: