diff --git a/server/internal/notify/smtp.go b/server/internal/notify/smtp.go
index 98bfa41..e3f2135 100644
--- a/server/internal/notify/smtp.go
+++ b/server/internal/notify/smtp.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func dispatchSMTP(ch models.NotificationChannel, ev Event) error {
 	}
 
 	return sender.SendMonitorAlert(to, mail.MonitorEvent{
-		MonitorName: ev.MonitorName,
+		MonitorName: smtpAlertName(ev),
 		Type:        ev.Type,
 		OldStatus:   ev.OldStatus,
 		NewStatus:   ev.NewStatus,
@@ -36,3 +36,13 @@ func dispatchSMTP(ch models.NotificationChannel, ev Event) error {
 		Down:        ev.NewStatus == models.StatusDown,
 	})
 }
+
+// smtpAlertName is the name shown in the alert email. mail.MonitorEvent (in
+// vantage-shared) has no ServerName field, so the server is folded into the
+// name the same way title() folds it into the notification title.
+func smtpAlertName(ev Event) string {
+	if ev.ServerName == "" {
+		return ev.MonitorName
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s on %s", ev.MonitorName, ev.ServerName)
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/notify/smtp_test.go b/server/internal/notify/smtp_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd44c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/notify/smtp_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package notify
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSMTPAlertNameIncludesServerName(t *testing.T) {
+	ev := Event{MonitorName: "Disk full", ServerName: "web-01"}
+	if got, want := smtpAlertName(ev), "Disk full on web-01"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("smtpAlertName = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSMTPAlertNameWithoutServerNameUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	ev := Event{MonitorName: "Site"}
+	if got, want := smtpAlertName(ev), "Site"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("smtpAlertName = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}