diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 522d72e..165f1c5 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index bc5c1fe..c6e3acb 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@
         <dependent-module archiveName="portal-manager-2.4.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/portal-manager/portal-manager">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="social-util-library-1.6.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/social-util-library/social-util-library">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
         <dependent-module archiveName="pickitem-widget-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/pickitem-widget/pickitem-widget">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
         <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-2.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="social-networking-library-1.16.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/social-networking-library/social-networking-library">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="usermanagement-core-2.4.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/usermanagement-core/usermanagement-core">
+        <dependent-module archiveName="usermanagement-core-2.4.2-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/usermanagement-core/usermanagement-core">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
         <dependent-module archiveName="notifications-common-library-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/notifications-common-library/notifications-common-library">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="aslsocial-1.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/applicationSupportLayerSocial/applicationSupportLayerSocial">
+        <dependent-module archiveName="aslsocial-1.6.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/applicationSupportLayerSocial/applicationSupportLayerSocial">
             <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
         </dependent-module>
         <property name="java-output-path" value="/social-networking-library-ws/target/classes"/>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 222c1f5..f194ff0 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset
+		component="org.gcube.portal.social-networking-library-ws.2-2-4"
+		date="2019-07-22">
+		<Change>bug fix #17269, SocialNetworking service passes wrong email sender in email notifications</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset
 		component="org.gcube.portal.social-networking-library-ws.2-2-3"
 		date="2019-04-05">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b12ed3..5b7ad1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 	<artifactId>social-networking-library-ws</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>social-networking-library-ws</name>
 	<description>Rest interface for the social networking library.</description>
 	<properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.java
index 1e88ff7..c815f1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portal/social/networking/caches/SocialNetworkingSiteFinder.java
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ public class SocialNetworkingSiteFinder {
 			}else{
 				String siteName = matchingGateway.getGroupName();
 				String emailSender = (String)groupManager.readCustomAttr(matchingGateway.getGroupId(), EMAIL_SENDER_SITE_CUSTOM_FIELD);
+				emailSender = emailSender.replace("\"", ""); //this is because otherwise it would contains double quotes and postfix would use it as first part before @ e.g. senderEmail="aginfra@d4science.org"@d4science.org
 				String siteLandingPagePath = GCubePortalConstants.PREFIX_GROUP_URL + matchingGateway.getFriendlyURL();
 				String siteUrl = discoverHostOfServiceEndpoint(siteName);
 				SocialNetworkingSite site = new SocialNetworkingSite(siteName, emailSender, siteUrl, siteLandingPagePath);