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How to safely create friendly From addresses including name and email
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formatted_from_header.rb
# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/12695434343/how-to-safely-create-friendly-from-addresses-including
require 'mail'
# You already have +name+ and +email+ from the contact form.
address = Mail::Address.new email # john@example.com
address.display_name = name # John Doe
# Set the From or Reply-To header to the following:
address.format # John Doe <john@example.com>
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