diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5c1fc6e2b..0ee1de140 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ backtrace_printer = { version = "1.3.0" }
 # cli
 clap = { version = "4.4.7", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 colored = "2"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.7", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.7", features = [
+    "charset",
+    "http2",
+    "json",
+    "macos-system-configuration",
+    "rustls-tls",
+], default-features = false }
 
 
 sea-orm = { version = "1.1.0", features = [
diff --git a/loco-new/base_template/config/development.yaml.t b/loco-new/base_template/config/development.yaml.t
index cd1bf250d..259657ae2 100644
--- a/loco-new/base_template/config/development.yaml.t
+++ b/loco-new/base_template/config/development.yaml.t
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ server:
   host: http://localhost
   # Out of the box middleware configuration. to disable middleware you can changed the `enable` field to `false` of comment the middleware block
   middlewares:
-  {%- if settings.asset %}   
-    {%- if settings.asset.kind == "server" %} 
+  {%- if settings.asset %}
+    {%- if settings.asset.kind == "server" %}
     static:
       enable: true
       must_exist: true
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ server:
         uri: "/static"
         path: "assets/static"
       fallback: "assets/static/404.html"
-  {%- elif settings.asset.kind == "client" %} 
+  {%- elif settings.asset.kind == "client" %}
     static:
       enable: true
       must_exist: true
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ server:
         path: "frontend/dist"
       fallback: "frontend/dist/index.html"
   {%- endif -%}
-  
+
   {%- endif -%}
-   
+
 {%- if settings.background%}
 
 # Worker Configuration
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ mailer:
     # auth:
     #   user:
     #   password:
+    # Override the SMTP hello name (default is the machine's hostname)
+    # hello_name:
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Initializers Configuration
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 31eeccb1a..340159230 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ pub struct SmtpMailer {
     pub secure: bool,
     /// Auth SMTP server
     pub auth: Option<MailerAuth>,
+    /// Optional EHLO client ID instead of hostname
+    pub hello_name: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Authentication details for the mailer
diff --git a/src/mailer/email_sender.rs b/src/mailer/email_sender.rs
index e392365b5..3cb2b86ca 100644
--- a/src/mailer/email_sender.rs
+++ b/src/mailer/email_sender.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 //! sending emails with options like sender, recipient, subject, and content.
 
 use lettre::{
-    message::MultiPart, transport::smtp::authentication::Credentials, AsyncTransport, Message,
-    Tokio1Executor, Transport,
+    message::MultiPart,
+    transport::smtp::{authentication::Credentials, extension::ClientId},
+    AsyncTransport, Message, Tokio1Executor, Transport,
 };
 use tracing::error;
 
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ impl EmailSender {
                 .credentials(Credentials::new(auth.user.clone(), auth.password.clone()));
         }
 
+        if let Some(hello_name) = config.hello_name.as_ref() {
+            email_builder = email_builder.hello_name(ClientId::Domain(hello_name.clone()));
+        }
+
         Ok(Self {
             transport: EmailTransport::Smtp(email_builder.build()),
         })