Title: lost password e-mail reply
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# lost password e-mail reply

 *  [hvreformat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hvreformat/)
 * (@hvreformat)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-e-mail-reply/)
 * when i get the e-mail for lost password i get this address
    WordPress <wordpress@example.
   com>
 * i want to change the name of it to something like this
    Admin <admin@example.
   com>

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 *  [WP Libra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbum/)
 * (@wpbum)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-e-mail-reply/#post-1575146)
 * Did you change E-mail address in Settings -> General?
 *  Thread Starter [hvreformat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hvreformat/)
 * (@hvreformat)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-e-mail-reply/#post-1575153)
 * nope, is when you get the email whith the new password the sender is wordpress
 *  [WP Libra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbum/)
 * (@wpbum)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-e-mail-reply/#post-1575157)
 * I didnt test it and I am not sure if it would work…
 * But in wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php
 * Line 81
 * Set the From Name.
 * Default is ‘Root User’ so I really dont know if changing it would work. But I
   havent found anywhere else where it is set at.
 *  Thread Starter [hvreformat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hvreformat/)
 * (@hvreformat)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-e-mail-reply/#post-1575160)
 * i tried that and it didnt work

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 * [email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email/)
 * [lost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lost/)
 * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [hvreformat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hvreformat/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-e-mail-reply/#post-1575160)
 * Status: not resolved

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