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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1057#note_8163

I use Thunderbird and it displays the name and the FTN address of the message
author quite nicely and replies go to FTN netmail address (via the Synchronet
SMTP server) perfectly without mangling the name of the original author.

Which RFC are you referring to?

Per RFC822, the bit in parenthesis are comments and may or may not be
rendered, but including the comment in quotes along with the name of the
sender seems wrong. Still, how it's "rendered" by the news reader doesn't
really seem to be a concern as much as leaving the name field in tact.
> The comment construct permits message originators to add  text which  will 
be  useful  for  human readers, but which will be ignored by the formal
semantics.
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