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@@ -13,27 +13,40 @@ You can customize some of the content in emails sent from your GitLab instance.
The logo in the header of some emails can be customized, see the [logo customization section](../appearance.md#navigation-bar).
-## Custom additional text **(PREMIUM SELF)**
+## Include author name in email notification email body **(PREMIUM SELF)**
-> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/5031) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 10.7.
+By default, GitLab overrides the email address in notification emails with the email address
+of the issue, merge request, or comment author. Enable this setting to include the author's email
+address in the body of the email instead.
-The additional text appears at the bottom of any email and can be used for
-legal/auditing/compliance reasons.
+To include the author's email address in the email body:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu >** **{admin}** **Admin**.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Preferences** (`/admin/application_settings/preferences`).
1. Expand **Email**.
-1. Enter your text in the **Additional text** field.
-1. Click **Save**.
+1. Select the **Include author name in email notification email body** checkbox.
+1. Select **Save changes**.
+
+## Enable multipart email **(PREMIUM SELF)**
+
+GitLab can send email in multipart format (HTML and plain text) or plain text only.
+
+To enable multipart email:
+
+1. On the top bar, select **Menu >** **{admin}** **Admin**.
+1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Preferences** (`/admin/application_settings/preferences`).
+1. Expand **Email**.
+1. Select **Enable multipart email**.
+1. Select **Save changes**.
-## Custom hostname for private commit emails
+## Custom hostname for private commit emails **(PREMIUM SELF)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/22560) in GitLab 11.5.
This configuration option sets the email hostname for [private commit emails](../../profile/index.md#use-an-automatically-generated-private-commit-email).
By default it is set to `users.noreply.YOUR_CONFIGURED_HOSTNAME`.
-In order to change this option:
+To change the hostname used in private commit emails:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu >** **{admin}** **Admin**.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Preferences** (`/admin/application_settings/preferences`).
@@ -42,10 +55,23 @@ In order to change this option:
1. Select **Save changes**.
NOTE:
-After the hostname gets configured, every private commit email using the previous hostname is not
+After the hostname is configured, every private commit email using the previous hostname is not
recognized by GitLab. This can directly conflict with certain [Push rules](../../../push_rules/push_rules.md) such as
`Check whether author is a GitLab user` and `Check whether committer is the current authenticated user`.
+## Custom additional text **(PREMIUM SELF)**
+
+You can add additional text at the bottom of any email that GitLab sends. This additional text
+can be used for legal, auditing, or compliance reasons, for example.
+
+To add additional text to emails:
+
+1. On the top bar, select **Menu >** **{admin}** **Admin**.
+1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Preferences** (`/admin/application_settings/preferences`).
+1. Expand **Email**.
+1. Enter your text in the **Additional text** field.
+1. Select **Save changes**.
+
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