--- app/models/mail_handler.rb.org	2014-03-26 22:51:45.499726487 +0100
+++ app/models/mail_handler.rb	2014-03-26 23:13:53.366105100 +0100
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@
       issue.subject = '(no subject)'
     end
     issue.description = cleaned_up_text_body
+    # copy the sender email address to the ticket if option copy_sender_to_ticket is enabled
+    unless @@handler_options[:copy_sender_to_ticket]
+	sender_addr = email.from.to_a.first.to_s.strip
+    	issue.description = "Reported by e-mail by [#{sender_addr}]:\n" + issue.description;
+    end
 
     # add To and Cc as watchers before saving so the watchers can reply to Redmine
     add_watchers(issue)