diff --git a/conf/e2/config.xml b/conf/e2/config.xml
index 8389ba470..56c622d04 100644
--- a/conf/e2/config.xml
+++ b/conf/e2/config.xml
@@ -52,16 +52,4 @@
   <xi:include href="config://default/names-zombies.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config://default/names-ghouls.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config://default/names-dragons.xml"/>
-  <strings>
-    <string name="newbie_info_game">
-      <text locale="de">Bitte denke daran, deine Befehle mit dem Betreff
-      ERESSEA 2 BEFEHLE an eressea-server@eressea.kn-bremen.de zu senden.</text>
-      <text locale="en">Remember to send your orders to
-      eressea-server@eressea.kn-bremen.de with the subject ERESSEA 2 ORDERS.</text>
-    </string>
-    <string name="mailcmd">
-      <text locale="de">ERESSEA 2 BEFEHLE</text>
-      <text locale="en">ERESSEA 2 ORDERS</text>
-    </string>
-  </strings>
 </eressea>
diff --git a/conf/e3/config.xml b/conf/e3/config.xml
index 35716f332..ac05d5a5a 100644
--- a/conf/e3/config.xml
+++ b/conf/e3/config.xml
@@ -36,16 +36,4 @@
   <rules>
     <function name="wage" value="minimum_wage"/>
   </rules>
-  <strings>
-    <string name="newbie_info_game">
-      <text locale="de">Bitte denke daran, deine Befehle mit dem Betreff
-      ERESSEA 3 BEFEHLE an eressea-server@eressea.kn-bremen.de zu senden.</text>
-      <text locale="en">Remember to send your orders to
-      eressea-server@eressea.kn-bremen.de with the subject E3 ORDERS.</text>
-    </string>
-    <string name="mailcmd">
-      <text locale="de">ERESSEA 3 BEFEHLE</text>
-      <text locale="en">ERESSEA 3 ORDERS</text>
-    </string>
-  </strings>
 </eressea>
diff --git a/conf/e4/config.xml b/conf/e4/config.xml
index ac962202c..f9ede1a27 100644
--- a/conf/e4/config.xml
+++ b/conf/e4/config.xml
@@ -36,16 +36,4 @@
   <rules>
     <function name="wage" value="minimum_wage"/>
   </rules>
-  <strings>
-    <string name="newbie_info_game">
-      <text locale="de">Bitte denke daran, deine Befehle mit dem Betreff
-      ERESSEA 4 BEFEHLE an eressea-server@eressea.kn-bremen.de zu senden.</text>
-      <text locale="en">Remember to send your orders to
-      eressea-server@eressea.kn-bremen.de with the subject ERESSEA 4 ORDERS.</text>
-    </string>
-    <string name="mailcmd">
-      <text locale="de">ERESSEA 4 BEFEHLE</text>
-      <text locale="en">ERESSEA 4 ORDERS</text>
-    </string>
-  </strings>
 </eressea>
diff --git a/res/core/de/strings.xml b/res/core/de/strings.xml
index b23d44ffb..7d31fc678 100644
--- a/res/core/de/strings.xml
+++ b/res/core/de/strings.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     _x: preposition (15 /Schlumpf/schwerter)
     _a: including article (ein Schlumpf, a smurf)
    -->
+  <strings>
+    <string name="mailcmd">
+      <text locale="de">BEFEHLE</text>
+      <text locale="en">ORDERS</text>
+    </string>
+  </strings>
   <string name="vortex">
     <text locale="de">Wirbel</text>
     <text locale="en">vortex</text>
diff --git a/res/core/messages.xml b/res/core/messages.xml
index 130b58d03..6892ec4e5 100644
--- a/res/core/messages.xml
+++ b/res/core/messages.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <messages>
+  <message name="newbie_info_game" section="events">
+    <type>
+      <arg name="subject" type="string"/>
+      <arg name="email" type="string"/>
+    </type>
+      <text locale="de">Bitte denke daran, deine Befehle mit dem Betreff
+      $subject an $email zu senden.</text>
+      <text locale="en">Remember to send your orders to
+      $email with the subject ${subject}.</text>
+  </message>
   <message name="parse_error" section="errors">
     <type>
       <arg name="unit" type="unit"/>
diff --git a/src/creport.c b/src/creport.c
index 34cff9de3..e8e401190 100644
--- a/src/creport.c
+++ b/src/creport.c
@@ -1510,9 +1510,7 @@ report_computer(const char *filename, report_context * ctx, const char *bom)
     fprintf(F, "%d;Zeitalter\n", era);
     fprintf(F, "\"%s\";Build\n", eressea_version());
     if (mailto != NULL) {
-        // char mailcmd[64];
-        // snprintf(mailcmd, sizeof(mailcmd), "%s %d, %s", game_name(), game_id(), LOC(f->locale, "mailcmd"));
-        const char * mailcmd = LOC(f->locale, "mailcmd");
+        const char * mailcmd = get_mailcmd(f->locale);
         fprintf(F, "\"%s\";mailto\n", mailto);
         fprintf(F, "\"%s\";mailcmd\n", mailcmd);
     }
diff --git a/src/kernel/config.c b/src/kernel/config.c
index 88130056b..80a78df36 100644
--- a/src/kernel/config.c
+++ b/src/kernel/config.c
@@ -803,12 +803,25 @@ void free_gamedata(void)
     }
 }
 
-const char * game_name(void) {
+const char * game_name(void)
+{
     const char * param = config_get("game.name");
     return param ? param : global.gamename;
 }
 
+const char * game_name_upper(void)
+{
+    static char result[32]; // FIXME: static result
+    char *r = result;
+    const char *param = game_name();
+    const char *c = param;
+    while (*c && (r-result)<sizeof(result)) {
+        *r++ = (char)toupper(*c++);
+    }
+    *r = '\0';
+    return result;
+}
+
 int game_id(void) {
     return config_get_int("game.id", 0);
 }
-
diff --git a/src/kernel/config.h b/src/kernel/config.h
index 2c761ab9d..43189400c 100644
--- a/src/kernel/config.h
+++ b/src/kernel/config.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ extern "C" {
     param_t getparam(const struct locale *lang);
 
     const char * game_name(void);
+    const char * game_name_upper(void);
     int game_id(void);
     /* returns a value between [0..xpct_2], generated with two dice */
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/config.test.c b/src/kernel/config.test.c
index 719ff840e..ca362d6a1 100644
--- a/src/kernel/config.test.c
+++ b/src/kernel/config.test.c
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ static void test_config_inifile(CuTest *tc) {
     iniparser_set(ini, "game:name", "Eressea");
     config_set_from(ini);
     CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "Eressea", config_get("game.name"));
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "Eressea", game_name());
+    CuAssertStrEquals(tc, "ERESSEA", game_name_upper());
     CuAssertIntEquals(tc, 42, game_id());
     iniparser_freedict(ini);
     test_cleanup();
diff --git a/src/report.c b/src/report.c
index 3c15f54f4..a37c38bf8 100644
--- a/src/report.c
+++ b/src/report.c
@@ -2081,19 +2081,24 @@ report_plaintext(const char *filename, report_context * ctx,
     }
 
     if (f->age <= 2) {
-        const char *s;
-        s = locale_getstring(f->locale, "newbie_info_game");
-        if (s) {
-            newline(out);
-            centre(out, s, true);
+        const char *email;
+        const char *subject;
+        email = config_get("game.email");
+        subject = get_mailcmd(f->locale);
+        m = msg_message("newbie_info_game", "email subject", email, subject);
+        if (m) {
+            nr_render(m, f->locale, buf, sizeof(buf), f);
+            msg_release(m);
+            centre(out, buf, true);
         }
         if ((f->options & want(O_COMPUTER)) == 0) {
-            f->options |= want(O_COMPUTER);
+            const char *s;
             s = locale_getstring(f->locale, "newbie_info_cr");
             if (s) {
                 newline(out);
                 centre(out, s, true);
             }
+            f->options |= want(O_COMPUTER);
         }
     }
     newline(out);
diff --git a/src/reports.c b/src/reports.c
index 0da8aed94..c6df944a3 100644
--- a/src/reports.c
+++ b/src/reports.c
@@ -1945,6 +1945,13 @@ static void eval_regions(struct opstack **stack, const void *userdata)
     opush(stack, var);
 }
 
+const char *get_mailcmd(const struct locale *loc)
+{
+    static char result[64]; // FIXME: static return buffer
+    snprintf(result, sizeof(result), "%s %d %s", game_name_upper(), game_id(), LOC(loc, "mailcmd"));
+    return result;
+}
+
 static void eval_trail(struct opstack **stack, const void *userdata)
 {                               /* order -> string */
     const faction *report = (const faction *)userdata;
diff --git a/src/reports.h b/src/reports.h
index 99dd7ebf6..cc197bed4 100644
--- a/src/reports.h
+++ b/src/reports.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ extern "C" {
     int stream_printf(struct stream * out, const char *format, ...);
 
     int count_travelthru(struct region *r, const struct faction *f);
+    const char *get_mailcmd(const struct locale *loc);
 
 #define GR_PLURAL     0x01      /* grammar: plural */
 #define MAX_INVENTORY 128       /* maimum number of different items in an inventory */