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superfluous(?) quotes in mail alias expansion
From: |
Gregor Zattler |
Subject: |
superfluous(?) quotes in mail alias expansion |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:58:08 +0100 |
Dear Emacs users and developers,
the fine manual has this to say regarding mail aliases:
If an address contains a space, quote the whole
address with a pair of double quotes, like this:
alias jsmith "John Q. Smith <none@example.com>"
Note that you need not include double quotes around
individual parts of the address, such as the
person’s full name. Emacs puts them in if they are
needed. For instance, it inserts the above address
as ‘"John Q. Smith" <none@example.com>’.
This describes correctly how this mechanism works,
regarding it's outcome, but not why.
I understand it's necessary to somehow mark in the
alias definition where an address starts and ends,
since there can be several.
But I don't know why it's "needed" to put quotes around
the
John Q. Smith
part of the address. Actually they seem to be
superfluous and aesthetically not pleasing. To me it
seems as quotes would be only needed if the string
contained `@' or `,'!?
Are the quotes really necessary (for what) and if not:
Is it possible to get rid of the Quotes?
Thanks, Gregor
- superfluous(?) quotes in mail alias expansion,
Gregor Zattler <=