Parsing the From field

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I am unsure of how to parse first name, last name and e-mail address from the 'From:' field of an e-mail.

What I am struggling with is if the name has more than two words 
- Such as the last name being multiple words
- A name a business or department is given instead of a personal name
- If the person has included their middle name, middle initial or degrees (“Dr.”)
- If last name has multiple words

Also the formatting of the from field changes in various e-mail programs:

From: Ron Piggott <ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Ron Piggott" <ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: <ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If there is more than 2 words for the name I would like them to be assigned to the last name.

Ron


Ron Piggott



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