lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/MDA.pm  | 2 --
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
index 51216aaa1c28943cf396fffeaaa9b9dace0770ee..f4d19e0208d1355101e8e03cd521b99b6c568b8f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ 	$title = PublicInbox::Hval->new_oneline($title)->as_html;
 	my $type = index($title, '&') >= 0 ? "\ntype=\"html\"" : '';
 
 	my $from = mime_header($header_obj, 'From') or return 0;
-	my @from = Email::Address->parse($from);
+	my @from = Email::Address->parse($from) or return 0;
 	my $name = PublicInbox::Hval->new_oneline($from[0]->name)->as_html;
 	my $email = $from[0]->address;
 	$email = PublicInbox::Hval->new_oneline($email)->as_html;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/MDA.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/MDA.pm
index fe04ded9ea737d4d8788e1d4be8c1be52e9ab66a..16da7afac2bb8a6f357f57b79db41bf8c86911af 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/MDA.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/MDA.pm
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@
 	my $from = $mime->header('From');
 	my @from = Email::Address->parse($from);
 	my $name = $from[0]->name;
-	defined $name or $name = '';
 	my $email = $from[0]->address;
-	defined $email or $email = '';
 	($name, $email, $mime->header('Date'));
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index fe37a9fc618e8e68d95bcdfa2bd0cf9cdf8426b1..f4e7282697ef1001252c2b68e6a498a269ab6f6d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ 	my $mid = PublicInbox::Hval->new_msgid($mid_raw);
 	my $from = PublicInbox::Hval->new_oneline($mime->header('From'))->raw;
 	my @from = Email::Address->parse($from);
 	$from = $from[0]->name;
-	(defined($from) && length($from)) or $from = $from[0]->address;
 
 	$from = PublicInbox::Hval->new_oneline($from)->as_html;
 	$subj = PublicInbox::Hval->new_oneline($subj)->as_html;