jakartaee / jakartaee/mail-api

Non US-ASCII characters in display name parsed incorrectly by InternetAddress(String)

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Description

Non US-ASCII characters end up **unencoded** in _encodedDisplay_ field when constructor InternetAddress(String) is used to parse valid addresses e.g. `"тест" `.

The workaround is to use InternetAddress(String address, String display) or InternetAddress(String address, String display, String charset)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported address parsing with InternetAddress(String), then compare its behavior with the overloads that accept a display name and charset. The work is done when valid non-US-ASCII display names are correctly encoded in the encodedDisplay field without requiring a workaround.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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