diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts
index 42d86f9eb..47c3e502d 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   handleGoogleConfirmationEmail,
   isGoogleConfirmationEmail,
   isSubscriptionConfirmationEmail,
+  parseAuthor,
   parseUnsubscribe,
 } from './newsletter'
 import { handlePdfAttachment } from './pdf'
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ export const inboundEmailHandler = Sentry.GCPFunction.wrapHttpFunction(
             content: html,
             url: generateUniqueUrl(),
             title: subject,
-            author: from,
+            author: parseAuthor(from),
             text,
             unsubMailTo: unsubscribe.mailTo,
             unsubHttpUrl: unsubscribe.httpUrl,
diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts
index b3686b20e..715a8a6b6 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ const parseAddress = (address: string): string => {
   return ''
 }
 
+export const parseAuthor = (address: string): string => {
+  const parsed = addressparser(address)
+  if (parsed.length > 0) {
+    return parsed[0].name
+  }
+  return address
+}
+
 export const handleGoogleConfirmationEmail = async (
   email: string,
   subject: string