diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Models/EmailMessage.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Models/EmailMessage.cs
index 401045236..3edcd8731 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Models/EmailMessage.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Models/EmailMessage.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
         public string Body { get; set; }
         public string Recipients { get; set; }
         public string ReplyTo { get; set; }
+        public string From { get; set; }
         public string Bcc { get; set; }
-        public string CC { get; set; }
+        public string Cc { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Services/SmtpMessageChannel.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Services/SmtpMessageChannel.cs
index 9fe4f9fdd..750f04a91 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Services/SmtpMessageChannel.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Email/Services/SmtpMessageChannel.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
             IOrchardServices orchardServices,
             IShapeFactory shapeFactory,
             IShapeDisplay shapeDisplay) {
+
             _shapeFactory = shapeFactory;
             _shapeDisplay = shapeDisplay;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
 
         public void Process(IDictionary<string, object> parameters) {
 
-
             if (!_smtpSettings.IsValid()) {
                 return;
             }
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
                 Subject = Read(parameters, "Subject"),
                 Recipients = Read(parameters, "Recipients"),
                 ReplyTo = Read(parameters, "ReplyTo"),
+                From = Read(parameters, "From"),
                 Bcc = Read(parameters, "Bcc"),
-                CC = Read(parameters, "CC")
+                Cc = Read(parameters, "CC")
             };
 
             if (emailMessage.Recipients.Length == 0) {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Applying default Body alteration for SmtpChannel
+            // Apply default Body alteration for SmtpChannel.
             var template = _shapeFactory.Create("Template_Smtp_Wrapper", Arguments.From(new {
                 Content = new MvcHtmlString(emailMessage.Body)
             }));
@@ -69,18 +70,55 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
                 IsBodyHtml = true
             };
 
-            var section = (SmtpSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.net/mailSettings/smtp");
-            mailMessage.From = !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_smtpSettings.Address) 
-                ? new MailAddress(_smtpSettings.Address) 
-                : new MailAddress(section.From);
+            if (parameters.ContainsKey("Message")) {
+                // A full message object is provided by the sender.
+
+                var oldMessage = mailMessage;
+                mailMessage = (MailMessage)parameters["Message"];
+
+                if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mailMessage.Subject))
+                    mailMessage.Subject = oldMessage.Subject;
+
+                if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mailMessage.Body)) {
+                    mailMessage.Body = oldMessage.Body;
+                    mailMessage.IsBodyHtml = oldMessage.IsBodyHtml;
+                }
+            }
 
             try {
-                foreach (var recipient in emailMessage.Recipients.Split(new [] {',', ';'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)) {
+
+                foreach (var recipient in ParseRecipients(emailMessage.Recipients)) {
+                    mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(recipient));
+                }
+
+                if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(emailMessage.Cc)) {
+                    foreach (var recipient in ParseRecipients(emailMessage.Cc)) {
+                        mailMessage.CC.Add(new MailAddress(recipient));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(emailMessage.Bcc)) {
+                    foreach (var recipient in ParseRecipients(emailMessage.Bcc)) {
+                        mailMessage.Bcc.Add(new MailAddress(recipient));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(emailMessage.From)) {
+                    mailMessage.From = new MailAddress(emailMessage.From);
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Take 'From' address from site settings or web.config.
+                    mailMessage.From = !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_smtpSettings.Address)
+                        ? new MailAddress(_smtpSettings.Address)
+                        : new MailAddress(((SmtpSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("system.net/mailSettings/smtp")).From);
+                }
+
+                foreach (var recipient in ParseRecipients(emailMessage.Recipients)) {
                     mailMessage.To.Add(new MailAddress(recipient));
                 }
 
                 if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(emailMessage.ReplyTo)) {
-                    foreach (var recipient in emailMessage.ReplyTo.Split(new [] {',', ';'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)) {
+                    foreach (var recipient in ParseRecipients(emailMessage.ReplyTo)) {
                         mailMessage.ReplyToList.Add(new MailAddress(recipient));
                     }
                 }
@@ -93,7 +131,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
         }
 
         private SmtpClient CreateSmtpClient() {
-            // if no properties are set in the dashboard, use the web.config value
+            // If no properties are set in the dashboard, use the web.config value.
             if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_smtpSettings.Host)) {
                 return new SmtpClient(); 
             }
@@ -119,5 +157,9 @@ namespace Orchard.Email.Services {
         private string Read(IDictionary<string, object> dictionary, string key) {
             return dictionary.ContainsKey(key) ? dictionary[key] as string : null;
         }
+
+        private IEnumerable<string> ParseRecipients(string recipients) {
+            return recipients.Split(new[] {',', ';'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        }
     }
-}
+}
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