From: Herb Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bowie > > That will match a name in quotes, but the real name is not > > required to be quoted if there are no spaces or odd characters. > > > > To: Herb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ... is a perfectly good header and will not match your pattern. > > > > It will also not match a missing real name field, which the OP wanted. > > Useful criticism -- thanks. > > ...and yet I have never seen one of these > "fake" real names without the quotes, probably > because these are always in this format: > > "Firstname Lastname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Removing the quotes will however simplify the > whole thing though.
I was speaking hypothetically until I examined my inbox at home and found that my wife's emails do not have quotes around my name. She is using the current version of Thunderbird, so this probably happens enough to cause problems if you don't allow for it. Bowie
