diff --git a/modoboa/lib/email_utils.py b/modoboa/lib/email_utils.py
index 123478f1e..4fb6c7a38 100644
--- a/modoboa/lib/email_utils.py
+++ b/modoboa/lib/email_utils.py
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ from modoboa.lib import u2u_decode
 class EmailAddress(object):
 
     def __init__(self, address):
-        self.fulladdress = u2u_decode.u2u_decode(address).strip("\r\t\n")
-        (self.name, self.address) = parseaddr(self.fulladdress)
-        if self.name == "":
+        self.name, self.address = u2u_decode.decode_address(address)
+        if self.name:
+            self.fulladdress = "{} <{}>".format(self.name, self.address)
+        else:
             self.fulladdress = self.address
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/modoboa/lib/tests.py b/modoboa/lib/tests.py
index 3fbab598a..aac065fcb 100644
--- a/modoboa/lib/tests.py
+++ b/modoboa/lib/tests.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 from modoboa.core import models as core_models
 
 from . import sysutils
+from . import u2u_decode
 
 try:
     s = socket.create_connection(('127.0.0.1', 25))
@@ -103,3 +104,46 @@ class ModoAPITestCase(ParametersMixin, APITestCase):
         """Setup."""
         super(ModoAPITestCase, self).setUp()
         self.client.credentials(HTTP_AUTHORIZATION='Token ' + self.token.key)
+
+
+class U2UTestCase(TestCase):
+    """Test RFC1342 decoding utilities."""
+
+    def test_header_decoding(self):
+        """Simple decoding."""
+        samples = [
+            ("=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=20Profitez de tous les services en ligne sur "
+             "impots.gouv.fr?=",
+             "Profitez de tous les services en ligne sur impots.gouv.fr"),
+            ("=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Accus=E9?= de =?ISO-8859-1?Q?r=E9ception?= de "
+             "votre annonce",
+             "Accusé de réception de votre annonce"),
+            ("Sm=?ISO-8859-1?B?9g==?=rg=?ISO-8859-1?B?5Q==?=sbord",
+             "Sm\xf6rg\xe5sbord")
+        ]
+        for sample in samples:
+            self.assertEqual(u2u_decode.u2u_decode(sample[0]), sample[1])
+
+    def test_address_header_decoding(self):
+        """Check address decoding."""
+        mailsploit_sample = (
+            "=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?==?utf-8?Q?=00?="
+            "=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?=@mailsploit.com")
+        expected_result = (
+            "=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?==?utf-8?Q??="
+            "=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?=@mailsploit.com")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            u2u_decode.decode_address(mailsploit_sample),
+            ("", expected_result)
+        )
+        mailsploit_sample = (
+            '"=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?==?utf-8?Q?=0A=00?="\n'
+            '<=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?==?utf-8?Q?=0A=00?='
+            '@mailsploit.com>')
+        expected_result = (
+            'potus@whitehouse.gov',
+            '=?utf-8?b?cG90dXNAd2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Y=?==?utf-8?Q??='
+            '@mailsploit.com')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            u2u_decode.decode_address(mailsploit_sample),
+            expected_result)
diff --git a/modoboa/lib/u2u_decode.py b/modoboa/lib/u2u_decode.py
index 39c498977..e8aa6ee03 100644
--- a/modoboa/lib/u2u_decode.py
+++ b/modoboa/lib/u2u_decode.py
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from email.header import decode_header, make_header
+from email.utils import parseaddr
 import re
 
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 
 # check spaces between encoded_words (and strip them)
-sre = re.compile(r'\?=[ \t]+=\?')
+sre = re.compile(r"\?=[ \t]+=\?")
 # re pat for MIME encoded_word (without trailing spaces)
-mre = re.compile(r'=\?[^?]*?\?[bq]\?[^?\t]*?\?=', re.I)
+mre = re.compile(r"=\?[^?]*?\?[bq]\?[^?\t]*?\?=", re.I)
+# re do detect encoded ASCII characters
+ascii_re = re.compile(r"=[\dA-F]{2,3}", re.I)
 
 
 def clean_spaces(m):
@@ -24,6 +27,14 @@ def clean_spaces(m):
     return m.group(0).replace(" ", "=20")
 
 
+def clean_non_printable_char(m):
+    """Strip non printable characters."""
+    code = int(m.group(0)[1:], 16)
+    if code < 20:
+        return ""
+    return m.group(0)
+
+
 def decode_mime(m):
     """Substitute matching encoded_word with unicode equiv."""
     h = decode_header(clean_spaces(m))
@@ -34,20 +45,34 @@ def decode_mime(m):
     return u
 
 
+def clean_header(header):
+    """Clean header function."""
+    header = "".join(header.splitlines())
+    header = sre.sub("?==?", header)
+    return ascii_re.sub(clean_non_printable_char, header)
+
+
 def u2u_decode(s):
     """utility function for (final) decoding of mime header
 
     note: resulting string is in one line (no \n within)
     note2: spaces between enc_words are stripped (see RFC2047)
-
-    >>> u2u_decode('=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=20Profitez de tous les services en ligne sur impots.gouv.fr?=')
-    u' Profitez de tous les services en ligne sur impots.gouv.fr'
-    >>> u2u_decode('=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Accus=E9?= de =?ISO-8859-1?Q?r=E9ception?= de votre annonce')
-    u'Accus\xe9 de r\xe9ception de votre annonce'
-    >>> u2u_decode('Sm=?ISO-8859-1?B?9g==?=rg=?ISO-8859-1?B?5Q==?=sbord')
-    u'Sm\xf6rg\xe5sbord'
     """
-    s = ''.join(s.splitlines())
-    s = sre.sub('?==?', s)
-    u = mre.sub(decode_mime, s)
-    return u
+    return mre.sub(decode_mime, clean_header(s)).strip(" \r\t\n")
+
+
+def decode_address(value):
+    """Special function for address decoding.
+
+    We need a dedicated processing because RFC1342 explicitely says
+    address MUST NOT contain encoded-word:
+
+      These are the ONLY locations where an encoded-word may appear.  In
+      particular, an encoded-word MUST NOT appear in any portion of an
+      "address".  In addition, an encoded-word MUST NOT be used in a
+      Received header field.
+    """
+    phrase, address = parseaddr(clean_header(value))
+    if phrase:
+        phrase = mre.sub(decode_mime, phrase)
+    return phrase, address