Re: Question regarding the use of double quotes in an email header
On 2007-05-18 14:41:19 -0700, Brendan Cully wrote:
> On Friday, 18 May 2007 at 23:37, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > I disagree. Removing quotes can also confuse the user, just like this
> > can confuse a mail software. For instance, consider the following
> > "From:" header:
> >
> > From: "<address1@xxxxxxx>" <address2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Mutt shouldn't dequote unless the quotes aren't necessary. So in this
> case, mutt shouldn't dequote.
And even if they aren't necessary, one doesn't necessarily want to
remove them. For instance:
From: firstname "pseudo" surname <address@xxxxxxx>
In short, if the sender has added unnecessary quotes, this may be for
a good reason, and it may be better to keep them.
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