Steffan --
...and then Steffan Hoeke said...
% On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 06:35:03PM +0200, Bodo Moeller muttered:
% > On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 06:25:58PM +0200, Steffan Hoeke wrote:
% >
% > > some of the adresses have the form
% > > "My name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
% > > others, on the other hand have
% > > my other name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
% >
% > The quotes are necessary when the string contains special characters
% > such as . or @. Usually the quotes can be omitted, and are.
%
% Okay, this, i understand.
% But the names that appear WITH the quotes are the ones with the special characters
in them.
Of course; that's what he just said! :-)
% Why doesn't mutt hide the " " ?
No, no, you're missing the point; the quotes are necessary not [just]
because of mutt but because of RFC header definition. mutt can't hide
the quotes when those special characters are there, because the quotes
have to be present when the message gets sent -- and if they didn't show
up, folks would get nervous.
Why doesn't mutt show the quotes all of the time, you ask? My guess is
that the code strips and rewrites the address, however it's specified,
down to its simplest form, and that ususally means no quotes.
%
% And another question..
% is it possible to seperate the 'name' and 'address' so they're not seperated by just
a space?
No idea; sorry. You could always patch the sources, but I don't know what
the RFCs have to say about non-space whitespace embedded in headers...
%
% Thnx,
% Steffan
:-D
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