"""Return a tuple consisting of the name and email parsed from a
standard 'name <email>' string
"""
- str_list = re.findall('^(.*)\s+<(.*)>$', string)
+ string = re.sub('([^\w\s<>@.])', '\\\\\\1', string)
+ str_list = re.findall('^(.*)\s*<(.*)>\s*$', string)
if not str_list:
raise CmdException, 'Incorrect "name <email>" string: %s' % string
"""Return a tuple consisting of the name, email and date parsed
from a 'name <email> date' string
"""
- str_list = re.findall('^(.*)\s+<(.*)>\s+(.*)$', string)
+ string = re.sub('([^\w\s<>@.])', '\\\\\\1', string)
+ str_list = re.findall('^(.*)\s*<(.*)>\s*(.*)\s*$', string)
if not str_list:
raise CmdException, 'Incorrect "name <email> date" string: %s' % string