diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
index c87798d..9f2e661 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/mail"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -785,10 +784,10 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 		return
 	}
 
-	subject := pr.Subject
+	subject := strings.TrimSpace(pr.Subject)
 
 	// set subject
-	if len(subject) == 0 {
+	if subject == "" {
 		subject = "None"
 	} else if len(subject) > 256 {
 		// subject too big
@@ -796,28 +795,20 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 		return
 	}
 
-	nntp.headers.Set("Subject", subject)
+	nntp.headers.Set("Subject", safeHeader(subject))
 	if isSage(subject) {
 		nntp.headers.Set("X-Sage", "1")
 	}
 
-	name := pr.Name
-
+	name := strings.TrimSpace(pr.Name)
 	var tripcode_privkey []byte
-
-	// set name
-	if len(name) == 0 {
+	// tripcode
+	if idx := strings.IndexByte(name, '#'); idx >= 0 {
+		tripcode_privkey = parseTripcodeSecret(name[idx+1:])
+		name = strings.TrimSpace(name[:idx])
+	}
+	if name == "" {
 		name = "Anonymous"
-	} else {
-		idx := strings.Index(name, "#")
-		// tripcode
-		if idx >= 0 {
-			tripcode_privkey = parseTripcodeSecret(name[idx+1:])
-			name = strings.Trim(name[:idx], "\t ")
-			if name == "" {
-				name = "Anonymous"
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	if len(name) > 128 {
 		// name too long
@@ -830,10 +821,7 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 		msgid = genMessageID(pr.Frontend)
 	}
 
-	nntp.headers.Set("From", (&mail.Address{
-		Name:    name,
-		Address: "poster@" + pr.Frontend,
-	}).String())
+	nntp.headers.Set("From", formatAddress(safeHeader(name), "poster@" + pr.Frontend))
 	nntp.headers.Set("Message-ID", msgid)
 
 	// set message
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go
index a0a8922..cc4706b 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/message.go
@@ -156,10 +156,7 @@ func newPlaintextArticle(message, email, subject, name, instance, message_id, ne
 	nntp := &nntpArticle{
 		headers: make(ArticleHeaders),
 	}
-	nntp.headers.Set("From", (&mail.Address{
-		Name:    name,
-		Address: email,
-	}).String())
+	nntp.headers.Set("From", formatAddress(name, email))
 	nntp.headers.Set("Subject", subject)
 	if isSage(subject) {
 		nntp.headers.Set("X-Sage", "1")
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
index e3c6706..a7efb67 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/util.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"mime"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/mail"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
 func DelFile(fname string) {
@@ -174,6 +176,121 @@ func safeHeader(s string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(safeHeaderReplacer.Replace(s))
 }
 
+func isVchar(r rune) bool {
+	// RFC 5234 B.1: VCHAR =  %x21-7E ; visible (printing) characters
+	// RFC 6532 3.2: VCHAR =/ UTF8-non-ascii
+	return (r >= 0x21 && r <= 0x7E) || r >= 0x80
+}
+
+func isAtext(r rune) bool {
+	// RFC 5322: Printable US-ASCII characters not including specials.  Used for atoms.
+	switch r {
+	case '(', ')', '<', '>', '[', ']', ':', ';', '@', '\\', ',', '.', '"':
+		return false
+	}
+	return isVchar(r)
+}
+
+func isWSP(r rune) bool { return r == ' ' || r == '\t' }
+
+func isQtext(r rune) bool {
+	if r == '\\' || r == '"' {
+		return false
+	}
+	return isVchar(r)
+}
+
+func writeQuoted(b *strings.Builder, s string) {
+	last := 0
+	b.WriteByte('"')
+	for i, r := range s {
+		if !isQtext(r) && !isWSP(r) {
+			if i > last {
+				b.WriteString(s[last:i])
+			}
+			b.WriteByte('\\')
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+			last = i + utf8.RuneLen(r)
+		}
+	}
+	if last < len(s) {
+		b.WriteString(s[last:])
+	}
+	b.WriteByte('"')
+}
+
+func formatAddress(name, email string) string {
+	// somewhat based on stdlib' mail.Address.String()
+
+	b := &strings.Builder{}
+
+	if name != "" {
+		needsEncoding := false
+		needsQuoting := false
+		for _, r := range name {
+			if r >= 0x80 || (!isWSP(r) && !isVchar(r)) {
+				needsEncoding = true
+				break
+			}
+			if !isAtext(r) {
+				needsQuoting = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		if needsEncoding {
+			// Text in an encoded-word in a display-name must not contain certain
+			// characters like quotes or parentheses (see RFC 2047 section 5.3).
+			// When this is the case encode the name using base64 encoding.
+			if strings.ContainsAny(name, "\"#$%&'(),.:;<>@[]^`{|}~") {
+				b.WriteString(mime.BEncoding.Encode("utf-8", name))
+			} else {
+				b.WriteString(mime.QEncoding.Encode("utf-8", name))
+			}
+		} else if needsQuoting {
+			writeQuoted(b, name)
+		} else {
+			b.WriteString(name)
+		}
+
+		b.WriteByte(' ')
+	}
+
+	at := strings.LastIndex(email, "@")
+	var local, domain string
+	if at >= 0 {
+		local, domain = email[:at], email[at+1:]
+	} else {
+		local = email
+	}
+
+	quoteLocal := false
+	for i, r := range local {
+		if isAtext(r) {
+			// if atom then okay
+			continue
+		}
+		if r == '.' && r > 0 && local[i-1] != '.' && i < len(local)-1 {
+			// dots are okay but only if surrounded by non-dots
+			continue
+		}
+		quoteLocal = true
+		break
+	}
+
+	b.WriteByte('<')
+	if !quoteLocal {
+		b.WriteString(local)
+	} else {
+		writeQuoted(b, local)
+	}
+	b.WriteByte('@')
+	b.WriteString(domain)
+	b.WriteByte('>')
+
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+
 type int64Sorter []int64
 
 func (self int64Sorter) Len() int {