On Saturday, 19 May 2007 at 02:11, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > 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: "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In short, if the sender has added unnecessary quotes, this may be for > a good reason, and it may be better to keep them.
Personally, I get a lot more mail from "Silly User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> than from John "Superbad" Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so I prefer safe dequoting.
