From b252aeb29b4fd88e806b1499e372b724c8f3e3a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Lachapelle <flachapelle@inverse.ca>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:03:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(mail(js)): expect the recipient to become a string when
 saving a message

---
 .../js/Mailer/Message.service.js               | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/Message.service.js b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/Message.service.js
index 717a29622a..cf02869b12 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/Message.service.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/js/Mailer/Message.service.js
@@ -275,8 +275,22 @@
    */
   Message.prototype.$shortAddress = function(type) {
     var address = '';
-    if (this[type] && this[type].length > 0) {
-      address = this[type][0].name || this[type][0].email || '';
+    if (this[type]) {
+      if (angular.isString(this[type])) {
+        // The recipient is a string; try to extract the name
+        var emailRE = /<?(([\w\!\#$\%\&\'\*\+\-\/\=\?\^\`{\|\}\~]+\.)*[\w\!\#$\%\&\'\*\+\-\/\=\?\^\`{\|\}\~]+@((((([a-z0-9]{1}[a-z0-9\-]{0,62}[a-z0-9]{1})|[a-z])\.)+[a-z]{2,})|(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(\:\d{1,5})?))/i;
+        var match = this[type].match(emailRE);
+        if (match) {
+          address = this[type].substring(0, match.index);
+          address = address.replace(/^\"? *(.+?)\"? *$/, "$1");
+        }
+        if (!address.length)
+          address = this[type];
+      }
+      else if (this[type].length > 0) {
+        // We have an array of objects; pick the first one
+        address = this[type][0].name || this[type][0].email || '';
+      }
     }
 
     return address;