diff --git a/sysutils/monit/Makefile b/sysutils/monit/Makefile
index f4c825342..6ffa5b491 100644
--- a/sysutils/monit/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/monit/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PLUGIN_NAME=		monit
-PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.0
+PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.1
 PLUGIN_COMMENT=		Proactive system monitoring
 PLUGIN_MAINTAINER=	frank.brendel@eurolog.com
 PLUGIN_DEPENDS=		monit
diff --git a/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Monit/Monit.xml b/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Monit/Monit.xml
index 49af87c54..8f6bfebf3 100644
--- a/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Monit/Monit.xml
+++ b/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Monit/Monit.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
          </events>
          <format type="TextField">
             <Required>N</Required>
-            <mask>/^([ 0-9a-zA-Z.,_\x{00A0}-\x{FFFF}]){1,255}$/u</mask>
+            <mask>/^.{1,255}$/u</mask>
             <ValidationMessage>Message format should be a string between 1 and 255 characters.</ValidationMessage>
          </format>
          <reminder type="IntegerField">
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
          </reminder>
          <description type="TextField">
             <Required>N</Required>
-            <mask>/^([\t\n\v\f\r 0-9a-zA-Z.,_\x{00A0}-\x{FFFF}]){1,255}$/u</mask>
+            <mask>/^.{1,255}$/u</mask>
             <ValidationMessage>Enter a description.</ValidationMessage>
          </description>
       </alert>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
          </enabled>
          <name type="TextField">
             <Required>Y</Required>
-            <mask>/^([0-9a-zA-Z\._-]){1,255}$/u</mask>
+            <mask>/^([0-9a-zA-Z\._\-]){1,255}$/u</mask>
             <ValidationMessage>Should be a string between 1 and 255 characters. Allowed characters are letters and numbers as well as underscore, minus and dot.</ValidationMessage>
          </name>
          <type type="OptionField">
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@
       <test type="ArrayField">
          <name type="TextField">
             <Required>Y</Required>
-            <mask>/^([0-9a-zA-Z._ ]){1,255}$/u</mask>
-            <ValidationMessage>Should be a string between 1 and 255 characters.</ValidationMessage>
+            <mask>/^([0-9a-zA-Z\._\- ]){1,255}$/u</mask>
+            <ValidationMessage>Should be a string between 1 and 255 characters. Allowed characters are letters and numbers as well as underscore, minus, dot and space.</ValidationMessage>
          </name>
          <condition type="TextField">
             <Required>Y</Required>
-            <mask>/^([\t\n\v\f\r 0-9a-zA-Z.:\-,_()%\x{00A0}-\x{FFFF}]){1,255}$/u</mask>
+            <mask>/^.{1,255}$/u</mask>
             <ValidationMessage>Should be a string between 1 and 255 characters.</ValidationMessage>
          </condition>
          <action type="OptionField">
diff --git a/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Monit/post-install.php b/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Monit/post-install.php
index c448c622b..7ee2100b9 100755
--- a/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Monit/post-install.php
+++ b/sysutils/monit/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Monit/post-install.php
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ $alertSettings = array();
 if (!empty($cfgObj->notifications->smtp->notifyemailaddress)) {
     $alertSettings['recipient'] = $cfgObj->notifications->smtp->notifyemailaddress;
 }
+if (!empty($cfgObj->notifications->smtp->fromaddress)) {
+	$alertSettings['format'] = 'from: ' . $cfgObj->notifications->smtp->fromaddress;
+}
 
 // define some tests
 $defaultTests = array(