Bug: Can't send mail with full "From" address

Using Net::SMTP, mailnotify does not work with a "From" address like:
TWiki Administrator <twiki-admin@somewhere.com>.
(The full address form has been added to mailnotify notifications to lower the chance of getting caught by spam filters)

We encountered this issue on a TWiki server migration from a Solaris box to a Linux box.

Test case

• For below environment, call the mailnotify script
• Net::SMPT reports: Illegal format: <TWiki Administrator <twiki-admin@somewhere.com>
• Notice the extra < in the beginning

Environment

-- PeterThoeny - 08 Jul 2004

Follow up

Fix record

For the envelop only, remove the name part from the "From" address, e.g. change <TWiki Administrator <twiki-admin@somewhere.com> to twiki-admin@somewhere.com. Keep the "From" in the mail header unchanged so that spam filters do not catch the notifications.

Fix in SVN:

Index: Net.pm
===================================================================
--- Net.pm      (revision 1564)
+++ Net.pm      (working copy)
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
         if( scalar( @arr ) ) {
             $from = $arr[0];
             $from =~ s/^From:\s*//io;
+            $from =~ s/.*<(.*?)>.*/$1/o; # extract "user@host" out of "Name <user@host>"
         }
         if( ! ( $from ) ) {
             return "ERROR: Can't send mail, missing 'From:'";

-- PeterThoeny - 08 Jul 2004