Hoosgot

http://psankar.blogspot.com/2008/07/email-name-quotes.html asks Hoosgot,

Dear Lazyweb, Is there any standard / RFC on adding quotes to names before the email address ? Say, 1) My Name 2) “My Name” Which among the above two is valid ? What is the need for the quotes ? We can easily parse the name without the quote also. Anything within is email and anything preceding it is the name (until the previous comma or the beginning of line). On thinking more, I could think of only one problem which this might solve. A name can have comma, Like, “Charles, The King” So, in this case alone, it is not possible to parse the sender correctly without the quote. Overall, my question is : Is there any RFC or …

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