deb-email(7)                      dpkg suite                      deb-email(7)


NAME
       deb-email - Debian package email address format

SYNOPSIS
       Name "quoted, text" S. Surname <name@example.org>

DESCRIPTION
       Email addresses as used for Debian package metadata in binary and
       source packages.  These consist of a name, followed by at least one
       space, and then an email address.

       The name is composed of one or more quoted (") or non-quoted parts.
       These parts can contain any UTF-8 character except for angle brackets
       (<>), double quotes ("), and control characters.  A comma (,) is only
       allowed inside double quoted parts.

       The email address is contained inside angle brackets (<>), and is
       composed of a local part separated by an at sign (@) followed by the
       domain part.

       Both local and domain parts can contain any UTF-8 character except for
       angle brackets (<>), at sign (@) double quotes ("), space ( ), and
       control characters.

       Note: A domain part with a single label is allowed but will emit a
       warning, as those domains are either for local hosts, or a TLD which
       are not supposed to receive mail.

       Note: A domain part is expected to be encoded in UTF-8, and not in
       IDNA/Punycode, for readability and general handling reasons.

       Multiple addresses must be separated with a comma.

1.23.11-dirty                     2026-09-09                      deb-email(7)