2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mail_handler/backends/mail_backend.rb b/lib/mail_handler/backends/mail_backend.rb
index bc4bf564c..0e198adf0 100644
--- a/lib/mail_handler/backends/mail_backend.rb
+++ b/lib/mail_handler/backends/mail_backend.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ module MailHandler
                 address.address = email
                 address.to_s
             end
+
+            def address_from_string(string)
+                Mail::Address.new(string).address
+            end
         end
     end
 end
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diff --git a/lib/mail_handler/backends/tmail_backend.rb b/lib/mail_handler/backends/tmail_backend.rb
index 1c5489145..0a1236e77 100644
--- a/lib/mail_handler/backends/tmail_backend.rb
+++ b/lib/mail_handler/backends/tmail_backend.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ module MailHandler
                 name = name.gsub(/(["\\])/, "\\\\\\1")
                 TMail::Address.parse('"' + name + '" <' + email + '>').to_s
             end
+
+            def address_from_string(string)
+                TMail::Address.parse(string).address
+            end
+
         end
     end
 end
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