GNU bug report logs - #56824
29.0.50; mail-header-parse-address drops the 1st character from the name

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 56824 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56824: 29.0.50; mail-header-parse-address drops the 1st character from the name
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 13:46:40 +0200

Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Should I call `mail-header-parse-addresses' _first_ and then
> `mail-decode-encoded-word-string'?

Yup.  Or use the RAWP parameter to `mail-header-parse-addresses' and
then parse with `mail-header-parse-address' with a DECODE parameter.

>> You're probably looking for `mail-header-parse-address-lax':
>>
>> (mail-header-parse-address-lax "Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>")
>> -> ("stepnem <at> gmail.com" . "Štěpán Němec")
>
> ... Or maybe I should keep the current order of processing and use
> `mail-header-parse-address-lax'?

No, that'll always be less reliable, because the -lax version uses
heuristics.  This makes a difference when the address is something weird
like the name part containing an @ character (like
"=?utf-8?Q?=40ndr=C3=A9?= <andre <at> example.com>" decoded to, "@ndré
<andre <at> example.com>" which is valid and appears in the wild).

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