diff --git a/scipost_django/mails/migrations/0007_alter_maillogrelation_value.py b/scipost_django/mails/migrations/0007_alter_maillogrelation_value.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..de9e3e0ff30ba67f62f2a0c9441da6a27bc633ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scipost_django/mails/migrations/0007_alter_maillogrelation_value.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2021-11-10 16:26
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('mails', '0006_auto_20190220_1633'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='maillogrelation',
+            name='value',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/scipost_django/mails/models.py b/scipost_django/mails/models.py
index 1e953bc6b50d154c33842bee5259367a831cd605..079e3a29fa6fb93b6c951589c1fb33404edc2870 100644
--- a/scipost_django/mails/models.py
+++ b/scipost_django/mails/models.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class MailLogRelation(models.Model):
     mail = models.ForeignKey('mails.MailLog', on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='context')
 
     name = models.CharField(max_length=254)
-    value = models.CharField(max_length=254, blank=True)
+    value = models.TextField(blank=True)
 
     content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
diff --git a/scipost_django/templates/email/prescreening_failed.html b/scipost_django/templates/email/prescreening_failed.html
index e1737753d71193b3d926704249867a5e7131ce09..c6974a49c8f9f961986797ee155ade6eba668672 100644
--- a/scipost_django/templates/email/prescreening_failed.html
+++ b/scipost_django/templates/email/prescreening_failed.html
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 <p>by {{ object.author_list }}</p>
 <p>has unfortunately not passed the pre-screening stage.</p>
 {% if message_for_authors %}
-  {{ message_for_authors|linebreaks }}
+  <p>You will find more details in the "message for authors" below.</p>
 {% endif %}
 <p>In view of this, we are unable to proceed further with the handling of your manuscript. We hope you can easily find an alternative publishing venue.</p>
 <p>Despite this unsuccessful outcome, we thank you very much for your contribution, and hope to be able to be of service to you in the future.</p>
 <p>Sincerely,</p>
 <p>The SciPost Team.</p>
+{% if message_for_authors %}
+  <h4>Message for authors</h4>
+  {{ message_for_authors|linebreaks }}
+{% endif %}
 
 {% include 'email/_footer.html' %}