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diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 1c123e685f..7d1c79c2f9 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -233,7 +233,21 @@ int split_ident_line(struct ident_split *split, const char *line, int len)
if (!split->mail_end)
return status;
- for (cp = split->mail_end + 1; cp < line + len && isspace(*cp); cp++)
+ /*
+ * Look from the end-of-line to find the trailing ">" of the mail
+ * address, even though we should already know it as split->mail_end.
+ * This can help in cases of broken idents with an extra ">" somewhere
+ * in the email address. Note that we are assuming the timestamp will
+ * never have a ">" in it.
+ *
+ * Note that we will always find some ">" before going off the front of
+ * the string, because will always hit the split->mail_end closing
+ * bracket.
+ */
+ for (cp = line + len - 1; *cp != '>'; cp--)
+ ;
+
+ for (cp = cp + 1; cp < line + len && isspace(*cp); cp++)
;
if (line + len <= cp)
goto person_only;