R. David Murray added the comment:
The return value is correct. Interpreted as an email address, 'randomstring'
is a local mailbox.
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resolution: -> not a bug
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
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Python tracker
New submission from Livio Bencik :
```
from email.utils import parseaddr
parseaddr('randomstring')
```
returns ('', 'randomstring'), instead of ('', '') as the documentation says.
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components: email
messages: 386062
nosy: barry, lbenc135, r.david.murray
priority: normal
severity:
