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Update MailAddress.xml with constructor details #12299

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Expand Up @@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ If `displayName` contains non-ASCII characters, the iso-8859-1 character set is

If `address` contains a display name, and `displayName` is not `null` and is not equal to <xref:System.String.Empty?displayProperty=nameWithType>, `displayName` overrides the value specified in `address`.

The <xref:System.Net.Mail.MailAddress.%23ctor(System.String,System.String)> constructor does not check if the `displayName` parameter is valid. This method removes surrounding quotes not displayed by the <xref:System.Net.Mail.MailAddress.DisplayName> property. Quotes will be added before transmission. <xref:System.Text.Encoding.UTF8> encoding will be applied to the <xref:System.Net.Mail.MailAddress.DisplayName> property before transmission.

## Examples

The following code example uses this constructor to create <xref:System.Net.Mail.MailAddress> instances for the sender and recipient of an email message.
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