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Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
> (let ((mail-extr-disable-voodoo nil)) ;; Enable voodoo.
>   (mail-extract-address-components "王ヶ頭ホテル <ougatou@example.com>"))
>  => ("王. ヶ. 頭. ホテル" "ougatou@example.com")

Why would one _want_ to enable the "voodoo" for Japanese names?

[Indeed, why does this "voodoo" exist in the first place???  Even for
western names, it seems kind of stupid... but clearly somebody went to a
lot of trouble to implement it.]

-Miles

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