diff -r 00d6e594a40e Lib/smtplib.py
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py	Wed Apr 13 14:20:30 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py	Wed Apr 13 15:36:47 2011 -0300
@@ -130,10 +130,9 @@
     """
 
 
-def quoteaddr(addr):
-    """Quote a subset of the email addresses defined by RFC 821.
-
-    Should be able to handle anything rfc822.parseaddr can handle.
+def _addrformat(addr, fmt="<%s>"):
+    """Extract a subset from the email addresses defined by RFC 821
+    and return without according to specific format.
     """
     m = (None, None)
     try:
@@ -142,12 +141,25 @@
         pass
     if m == (None, None):  # Indicates parse failure or AttributeError
         # something weird here.. punt -ddm
-        return "<%s>" % addr
+        return fmt % addr
     elif m is None:
         # the sender wants an empty return address
-        return "<>"
+        return fmt % ""
     else:
-        return "<%s>" % m
+        return fmt % m
+
+def _addronly(addr):
+    """Extract a subset from the email addresses defined by RFC 821
+    and return without pointed brackets.
+    """
+    return _addrformat(addr, fmt="%s")
+
+def quoteaddr(addr):
+    """Quote a subset of the email addresses defined by RFC 821.
+
+    Should be able to handle anything rfc822.parseaddr can handle.
+    """
+    return _addrformat(addr)
 
 def quotedata(data):
     """Quote data for email.
diff -r 00d6e594a40e Lib/test/test_smtplib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_smtplib.py	Wed Apr 13 14:20:30 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_smtplib.py	Wed Apr 13 15:36:47 2011 -0300
@@ -101,6 +101,27 @@
         self.assertEqual(smtp.sock.gettimeout(), 30)
         smtp.close()
 
+    def testQuoteaddr(self):
+        addr = 'some@email.org'
+        addr_expected = '<some@email.org>'
+        quoted_addr = smtplib.quoteaddr(addr)
+        self.assertEquals(addr_expected, quoted_addr)
+
+        addr = 'Someone <some@email.org>'
+        addr_expected = '<some@email.org>'
+        quoted_addr = smtplib.quoteaddr(addr)
+        self.assertEquals(addr_expected, quoted_addr)
+
+    def testAddronly(self):
+        addr = 'some@email.org'
+        addr_expected = addr
+        quoted_addr = smtplib._addronly(addr)
+        self.assertEquals(addr_expected, quoted_addr)
+
+        addr = 'Someone <some@email.org>'
+        addr_expected = 'some@email.org'
+        quoted_addr = smtplib._addronly(addr)
+        self.assertEquals(addr_expected, quoted_addr)
 
 # Test server thread using the specified SMTP server class
 def debugging_server(serv, serv_evt, client_evt):
@@ -331,7 +352,7 @@
 
     def smtp_VRFY(self, arg):
         raw_addr = email.utils.parseaddr(arg)[1]
-        quoted_addr = smtplib.quoteaddr(arg)
+        quoted_addr = smtplib._addronly(arg)
         if raw_addr in sim_users:
             self.push('250 %s %s' % (sim_users[raw_addr], quoted_addr))
         else:
@@ -342,7 +363,7 @@
         if list_name in sim_lists:
             user_list = sim_lists[list_name]
             for n, user_email in enumerate(user_list):
-                quoted_addr = smtplib.quoteaddr(user_email)
+                quoted_addr = smtplib._addronly(user_email)
                 if n < len(user_list) - 1:
                     self.push('250-%s %s' % (sim_users[user_email], quoted_addr))
                 else:
@@ -450,11 +471,11 @@
         smtp = smtplib.SMTP(HOST, self.port, local_hostname='localhost', timeout=15)
 
         for email, name in sim_users.items():
-            expected_known = (250, '%s %s' % (name, smtplib.quoteaddr(email)))
+            expected_known = (250, '%s %s' % (name, smtplib._addronly(email)))
             self.assertEqual(smtp.vrfy(email), expected_known)
 
         u = 'nobody@nowhere.com'
-        expected_unknown = (550, 'No such user: %s' % smtplib.quoteaddr(u))
+        expected_unknown = (550, 'No such user: %s' % smtplib._addronly(u))
         self.assertEqual(smtp.vrfy(u), expected_unknown)
         smtp.quit()
 
@@ -464,7 +485,7 @@
         for listname, members in sim_lists.items():
             users = []
             for m in members:
-                users.append('%s %s' % (sim_users[m], smtplib.quoteaddr(m)))
+                users.append('%s %s' % (sim_users[m], smtplib._addronly(m)))
             expected_known = (250, '\n'.join(users))
             self.assertEqual(smtp.expn(listname), expected_known)