Chilkat2-Python
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Set the Sender Display Name
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.FromName property, which is the display name of the sender. Changing this property updates the display-name portion of the MIME From header while preserving the email address. This example sets the address and display name separately, then reads back the combined From header.
Background: The display name is the friendly label a mail client shows instead of the raw address — for example, showing
John Smith rather than john.smith@example.com. It is purely cosmetic and plays no part in message routing; the same address can be paired with any display name. When a display name contains special characters or non-ASCII text, it must be quoted or MIME-encoded in the header, which Chilkat handles for you.Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads
import chilkat2
# Demonstrates the Email.FromName property (the name of the sender).
# Setting it updates the display-name portion of the From header while
# preserving the email address.
email = chilkat2.Email()
email.FromAddress = "john.smith@example.com"
email.FromName = "John Smith"
print("FromName = " + email.FromName)
print("From = " + email.From)