diff --git a/weboob/applications/monboob/monboob.py b/weboob/applications/monboob/monboob.py
index 62528818..cb586fc8 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/monboob/monboob.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/monboob/monboob.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Monboob(ReplApplication):
 
     def get_email_address_ident(self, msg, header):
         s = msg.get(header)
-        m = re.match('.*<(.*)@(.*)>', s)
+        m = re.match('.*<([^@]*)@(.*)>', s)
         if m:
             return m.group(1)
         else: