from datetime import datetime
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-from email.utils import formatdate, make_msgid, formataddr
-from email.header import Header
+from email.utils import formatdate, make_msgid
 
 from pgcommitfest.mailqueue.util import send_mail, send_simple_mail
 from pgcommitfest.userprofile.util import UserWrapper
                                msg['Subject'] = 'Re: %s' % form.thread.subject
 
                        msg['To'] = settings.HACKERS_EMAIL
-                       msg['From'] = formataddr((str(Header(u"%s %s" % (request.user.first_name, request.user.last_name), 'utf-8')), UserWrapper(request.user).email))
+                       msg['From'] = UserWrapper(request.user).encoded_email_header
 
                        # CC the authors of a patch, if there are any
                        authors = list(patch.authors.all())
                        if len(authors):
-                               msg['Cc'] = ", ".join(["%s %s <%s>" % (a.first_name, a.last_name, UserWrapper(a).email) for a in authors])
+                               msg['Cc'] = ", ".join([UserWrapper(a).encoded_email_header for a in authors])
 
                        msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=True)
                        msg['User-Agent'] = 'pgcommitfest'
 
 from Crypto.Hash import SHA256
 from Crypto import Random
+from email.utils import formataddr
+from email.header import Header
 
 from models import UserProfile
 
                                return self.user.email
                except UserProfile.DoesNotExist:
                        return self.user.email
+
+       @property
+       def encoded_email_header(self):
+               return formataddr((
+                       str(Header(u"%s %s" % (self.user.first_name, self.user.last_name), 'utf-8')),
+                       self.email))