Substitute sender email address with a name in Apache commons email

Question

Is there a way to show sender's name instead of an e-mail address when sending an e-mail?

This is what I'm currently doing :

Email email = new HtmlEmail().setStartTLSRequired(true);
    email.setDebug(false);
    email.setHostName("smtp.test.ch");
    email.setSmtpPort(587);
    email.setAuthentication("***", "***");
    email.setFrom("testemail@test.ch");
    email.setSubject(subject);
    email.setMsg(message);
    email.addTo(to);
    email.send();

So I'd like to substitute "testemail@test.ch" with the name.

Thanks,

How using `setFrom(String email, String name)` where `name` is personal name of sender. — Wundwin Born, Nov 04 '14 at 08:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '14 at 08:25

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Try setting sender's email as below.

 email.setFrom("John Doe<testemail@test.ch>");

This will show the name of sender as John Doe in receiver's inbox.

answered Nov 04 '14 at 08:25

Shishir Kumar

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ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ · Answer 2 · 2015-10-01T18:27:11.813

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Take a look at the Doc... there are 3 Email.setFrom(...) methods and you are using the wrong one.

edited Oct 01 '15 at 18:27

answered Oct 01 '15 at 15:03

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Substitute sender email address with a name in Apache commons email

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