#3004·listmonk

Allow opting out of name fallback logic during subscriber import

Author: GgpsvCreated Apr 17, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelsenhancementstale

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The subscriber import logic derives a fallback name from the subscriber's email if the CSV row has no explicit value for name. The results of this can be awkward and thus not really usable in templates when you want to address them by their name. Not everyone's email contains their name or does so in the format that the parser expects.

The fallback logic in question: https://github.com/knadh/listmonk/blob/master/internal/subimporter/importer.go#L654

Describe the solution you'd like Opt-out of the name fallback behavior during import by adding a checkbox in the UI and a flag in the API endpoint.

I'd be happy to implement this.