Index: invite.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/invite/invite.module,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -u -p -r1.22 invite.module
--- invite.module	3 Dec 2007 02:57:12 -0000	1.22
+++ invite.module	25 Dec 2007 15:04:06 -0000
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ function _invite_get_emails($string) {
 
   $emails = array_unique(split("[,\n\r]", $string));
   foreach ($emails as $email) {
-    $email = trim($email);
+    $email = preg_replace('/^.*<(.*)>$/', '${1}', trim($email));
     if ($email) {
       if (preg_match($rx, $email, $match)) {
         $valid_emails[] = $match[1];