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25.1.50; mail-extract-address-components doesn't work on single-named people

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From: Rasmus <rasmus <at> gmx.us>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22594: 25.1.50;
 mail-extract-address-components doesn't work on single-named people
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:54:30 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> (mail-extract-address-components "Rasmus <rasmus <at> gmx.us>")
>> => (nil "rasmus <at> gmx.us")
>>
>> There's the weird
>>
>> (setq mail-extr-ignore-single-names t)
>>
>> variable, but there is no difference in the result.
>
> It was because the user name and the full name were the same.  I've now
> changed it to return the name, anyway (if mail-extr-ignore-single-names
> isn't set).
>
> That's one weird and huge function with a *lot* of functionality...

I haven't check your patch, but I noticed the following funny behavior as
well:

(mail-extract-address-components "Rasmu s  <rasmus <at> gmx.us>")
=> ("Rasmu s." "rasmus <at> gmx.us")

Why is the period added?  That seems uncalled for...

Rasmus

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