diff --git a/src/main/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddress.java b/src/main/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddress.java
index b5cd2ae..6504097 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddress.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddress.java
@@ -1,22 +1,42 @@
 package io.rocketbase.mail.dto;
 
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.ToString;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+@EqualsAndHashCode(of = {"email", "name"})
 @Getter
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class EmailAddress {
 
     private final String email;
-
     private final String name;
 
+    private static final Pattern NAME_EMAIL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\"([^\"]*)\"\\s*<([^>]*)>");
+    private static final Pattern EMAIL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("<([^>]*)>");
+
     public EmailAddress(String email) {
         this.email = email;
         this.name = null;
     }
 
+    public static EmailAddress parse(String email) {
+        Matcher emailNameMatcher = NAME_EMAIL_PATTERN.matcher(email);
+        if (emailNameMatcher.matches()) {
+            return new EmailAddress(emailNameMatcher.group(2),emailNameMatcher.group(1) );
+        }
+        Matcher emailMatcher = EMAIL_PATTERN.matcher(email);
+        if (emailMatcher.matches()) {
+            return new EmailAddress(emailMatcher.group(1) );
+        }
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid email address: " + email);
+    }
+
     public String toRecipient() {
         if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(name)) {
             return "\"%s\" <%s>".formatted(name, email);
@@ -24,4 +44,9 @@ public String toRecipient() {
             return "<%s>".formatted(email);
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return toRecipient();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddressTest.java b/src/test/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddressTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d3508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/rocketbase/mail/dto/EmailAddressTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package io.rocketbase.mail.dto;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class EmailAddressTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void parseSimple() {
+        EmailAddress email = EmailAddress.parse("<marten@rocketbase.io>");
+        assertThat(email, equalTo(new EmailAddress("marten@rocketbase.io")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void parseCombined() {
+        EmailAddress whiteSpace = EmailAddress.parse("\"Marten Prieß\" <marten@rocketbase.io>");
+        EmailAddress without = EmailAddress.parse("\"Marten Prieß\"<marten@rocketbase.io>");
+        EmailAddress compared = new EmailAddress("marten@rocketbase.io", "Marten Prieß");
+        assertThat(whiteSpace, equalTo(compared));
+        assertThat(without, equalTo(compared));
+    }
+
+    @Test()
+    void checkFailure() {
+        try {
+            EmailAddress error = EmailAddress.parse("\"Marten Prieß\" <marten@rocketbase.io");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e, instanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class));
+        }
+    }
+}
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