diff --git a/ietf/bin/set_admin_permissions b/ietf/bin/set_admin_permissions
index 7f1a11c9b..06fbd324d 100755
--- a/ietf/bin/set_admin_permissions
+++ b/ietf/bin/set_admin_permissions
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def main():
              'meeting.add_meeting','meeting.change_meeting','meeting.delete_meeting',
              'meeting.add_room','meeting.change_room','meeting.delete_room',
              'meeting.add_urlresource','meeting.change_urlresource','meeting.delete_urlresource',
+             'message.add_announcementfrom','message.change_announcementfrom','message.delete_announcementfrom',
              'person.add_person','person.change_person','person.delete_person',
              'person.add_alias','person.change_alias','person.delete_alias',
              'person.add_email','person.change_email','person.delete_email',
diff --git a/ietf/message/migrations/0008_auto_20170906_1525.py b/ietf/message/migrations/0008_auto_20170906_1525.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4845ba809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/message/migrations/0008_auto_20170906_1525.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.7 on 2017-09-06 15:25
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('message', '0007_auto_20170731_0508'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='announcementfrom',
+            name='address',
+            field=models.CharField(max_length=255),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ietf/message/models.py b/ietf/message/models.py
index 51b04cf83..c92323655 100644
--- a/ietf/message/models.py
+++ b/ietf/message/models.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SendQueue(models.Model):
 class AnnouncementFrom(models.Model):
     name = models.ForeignKey(RoleName)
     group = models.ForeignKey(Group)
-    address = models.EmailField()
+    address = models.CharField(max_length=255)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.address