# Email template subject references

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/email-template-subject-references/10614>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 15, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/email-template-subject-references/10614 "2017-07-15T07:16:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![durkpotgieter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/durkpotgieter/32/58918_2.png) [@durkpotgieter](https://forum.manager.io/u/durkpotgieter)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/email-template-subject-references/10614/1 "2017-07-15T07:16:29Z")

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I already have emails templates setup in invoices to auto complete the invoice number when we hit email in the subject field. I would like to do the same with customer statement so it populated the customer name. This will assist when you look at email to know what you sent to which customer. I just can’t seem to get the correct reference in there. on invoice {{reference}} works great but does nothing on customer statement so I tried {{customer}}, {{Customer}} and {{customers}}. Any idea what else I can use here or if is possible at all?

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**Author:** ![sharpdrivetek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/sharpdrivetek/32/34244_2.png) [@sharpdrivetek](https://forum.manager.io/u/sharpdrivetek)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/email-template-subject-references/10614/2 "2017-07-15T07:22:45Z")

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I do not find any practical use for this requirement. Why would you need customer name when you would be mailing only their statement to them. Manager reports all customer or supplier statements separately. So it would never get mixed up.

Still if you need to show your customer name try using `{{ recipient.name }}`

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**Author:** ![durkpotgieter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/durkpotgieter/32/58918_2.png) [@durkpotgieter](https://forum.manager.io/u/durkpotgieter)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/email-template-subject-references/10614/3 "2017-07-15T07:37:54Z")

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That works thanx. Some customer asked to have that in as they only look at the subject when reading mails. Its more nice to have than a use case for it. I also can the see that I did send statement to a customer by name on emails tab instead of matching email to customer name.

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**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/email-template-subject-references/10614/4 "2023-01-18T15:25:42Z")

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Closed on January 18, 2023, 3:25pm UTC