diff --git a/AlertConfig.plist b/AlertConfig.plist
index 50756c4..5852b01 100644
--- a/AlertConfig.plist
+++ b/AlertConfig.plist
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@
     },
     {
       Type = "Clear";
+      /* Set a good subject for the email.
+       */
       Subject = "Clear {Identifier} ({SeverityText})";
       Email = (
-        "myaccount@localhost.localdomain"
+        /* Send to the responsible email destination defined in the alarm
+         * or fall back to sending to myaccount@localhost.localdomain
+         */
+        "{ResponsibleEmail}myaccount@localhost.localdomain"
       );
       Stop = YES;               /* Don't go on to any general alerts */
     },
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@
       Type = "Alarm";
       Subject = "Alarm {Identifier} ({SeverityText})";
       Email = (
-        "myaccount@localhost.localdomain"
+        "{ResponsibleEmail}myaccount@localhost.localdomain"
       );
       Stop = YES;               /* Don't go on to any general alerts */
     },
diff --git a/EcAlerter.h b/EcAlerter.h
index ca94cee..f7787c3 100644
--- a/EcAlerter.h
+++ b/EcAlerter.h
@@ -237,9 +237,10 @@
  * </p>
  * <p>The <em>Email</em> array lists email addresses to which email
  * alerts are to be sent.<br />
- * The address '{ResponsibleEmail}' may be used, if the alert is for an alarm,
- * to email to the person/entity with primary responsibility for the alarm
- * (as defined by the userInfo dictionary of the alarm).<br />
+ * An address with the prefix '{ResponsibleEmail}' may be used as a
+ * special case.  It means that if an alarm has a ResponsibleEmail value
+ * set in its userInfo dictionary, that value is used as the address,
+ * otherwise the text after '{ResponsibleEmail}' is used as a fallback.<br />
  * An optional <em>Subject</em> field may be present in the rule ...
  * this is used to specify that the email is to be tagged with the given
  * subject line.  This <em>defeats</em> batching of messages in that
diff --git a/EcAlerter.m b/EcAlerter.m
index fb5d98b..4243c63 100644
--- a/EcAlerter.m
+++ b/EcAlerter.m
@@ -1131,9 +1131,22 @@ replaceFields(NSDictionary *fields, NSString *template)
 
       while ((d = [e nextObject]) != nil)
         {
-          if (YES == [d isEqualToString: @"{ResponsibleEmail}"])
+          if (YES == [d hasPrefix: @"{ResponsibleEmail}"])
             {
-              d = [m objectForKey: @"ResponsibleEmail"];
+              NSString  *s = [m objectForKey: @"ResponsibleEmail"];
+
+              if ([s length] > 0)
+                {
+                  /* Use the ResponsibleEmail address from the alarm
+                   */
+                  d = s;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  /* Use the fallback (remaining text in the address)
+                   */
+                  d = [d substringFromIndex: 18];
+                }
             }
           if (0 == [d length])
             {