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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el b/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el
index 07c21e33de9..7078b564f67 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mail-extr.el
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ we will assume that \"John Q. Smith\" is the fellow's name."
:type 'boolean
:group 'mail-extr)
-(defcustom mail-extr-ignore-single-names t
+(defcustom mail-extr-ignore-single-names nil
"*Whether to ignore a name that is just a single word.
If true, then when we see an address like \"Idiot <dumb@stupid.com>\"
we will act as though we couldn't find a full name in the address."
@@ -710,7 +710,8 @@ Unless NO-REPLACE is true, at each of the positions in LIST-SYMBOL
(defun mail-extract-address-components (address &optional all)
"Given an RFC-822 address ADDRESS, extract full name and canonical address.
Returns a list of the form (FULL-NAME CANONICAL-ADDRESS).
-If no name can be extracted, FULL-NAME will be nil.
+If no name can be extracted, FULL-NAME will be nil. Also see
+`mail-extr-ignore-single-names'.
If the optional argument ALL is non-nil, then ADDRESS can contain zero
or more recipients, separated by commas, and we return a list of
@@ -719,9 +720,9 @@ each recipient. If ALL is nil, then if ADDRESS contains more than
one recipients, all but the first is ignored.
ADDRESS may be a string or a buffer. If it is a buffer, the visible
- (narrowed) portion of the buffer will be interpreted as the address.
- (This feature exists so that the clever caller might be able to avoid
- consing a string.)"
+\(narrowed) portion of the buffer will be interpreted as the address.
+\(This feature exists so that the clever caller might be able to avoid
+consing a string.)"
(let ((canonicalization-buffer (get-buffer-create " *canonical address*"))
(extraction-buffer (get-buffer-create " *extract address components*"))
value-list)