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RSS feed, HTML link in "from" field

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styko
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Hello,

I just subscribed to some arXiv RSS feeds (https://arxiv.org/help/rss). They are using HTML links in the "from" fields (which correspond to the authors). For instance, "<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/cond-mat/1/au:+Khalil_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nagi Khalil</a>" instead of "Nagi Khalil".

It looks like Thunderbird doesn't interpret the HTML links and do not remove them either. The "from" field is thus unreadable for a human being (see image). I would like either to have the link or to get rid of the HTML tags. How can it be done?

Best, A.

PS: Thunderbird 78.3.1 on Debian 10.6

Hello, I just subscribed to some arXiv RSS feeds (https://arxiv.org/help/rss). They are using HTML links in the "from" fields (which correspond to the authors). For instance, "<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/cond-mat/1/au:+Khalil_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nagi Khalil</a>" instead of "Nagi Khalil". It looks like Thunderbird doesn't interpret the HTML links and do not remove them either. The "from" field is thus unreadable for a human being (see image). I would like either to have the link or to get rid of the HTML tags. How can it be done? Best, A. PS: Thunderbird 78.3.1 on Debian 10.6
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sfhowes
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Most feeds show the author's name in the From header, even though there is no email address visible. The feed editors have attempted to embed the author's webpage instead, which for some reason conflicts with TB. The same feed viewed in Firefox with e.g. Feedbro, doesn't have this problem.

I suggest you click the Feedback button on one of these articles to ask the editors if their format is correct.