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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description="naming of authors with unusual addresses"
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_begin_subtest "Add author with empty quoted real name"
+test_subtest_known_broken
+add_message '[subject]="author-naming: Initial thread subject"' \
+	    '[date]="Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:43:56 -0000"' \
+	    '[from]="\"\" <address@example.com>"'
+output=$(notmuch search --sort=oldest-first author-naming and tag:inbox | notmuch_search_sanitize)
+test_expect_equal "$output" "thread:XXX   2001-01-05 [1/1] address@example.com; author-naming: Initial thread subject (inbox unread)"
+
+test_done