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This is the sane approach. Nobody uses the bizarre address formats with quoted strings and embedded comments and whatnot. There are included in the RFC because

by goto11 5y ago

This is the sane approach. Nobody uses the bizarre address formats with quoted strings and embedded comments and whatnot. There are included in the RFC because of backwards compatibility with legacy email systems from before SMTP.

jeroenhd 5y ago
Quoted strings are actually used in the real world, though they're certainly not common. Shitty front ends are definitely putting an end to that, though.
- xeromal 5y ago
  I'd say that's for the better.