Spaces being removed from "From" header

[N. Jackson]

I'm just getting Gnus set up for sending email, so I'm probably doing
something wrong, but it seems that Gnus (or message mode?) is removing
spaces from my "From" headers.

I create a new email using the m command from the Group buffer, for
example. then I type in a "From" header like this:

    From: Firstname M. Lastname <myemail@somedomain.whatever>

but when the email arrives at its destination, the header is changed to:

    From: Firstname M.Lastname <myemail@somedomain.whatever>

with the space after the middle initial removed.

Is this a bug, or am I just doing something stupid?


This is with Gnus v5.13 on GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu,
GTK+ Version 3.8.2) of 2013-08-14 on buildvm-15.phx2.fedoraproject.org.