Out of curiousity, have you tried seeing what Mail::Message makes of it? (Not suggesting that your $job would let you switch, just curious about the side-by-side comparison on the same, broken email.)

My frequent worry about Email::Simple is that it might be too simple in how it deals with things that aren't standards compliant. I've had good luck with Mail::Message in the past -- I've accepted its heavier weight and learning curve for the robustness I've seen on broken emails.

The following code should be a quick test if you've got it installed. (Read STDIN, print addresses to STDOUT). 

use strict;
use warnings;
use Mail::Message;

local $\ = "\n";

my $msg = Mail::Message->read(\*STDIN);
print $_->format for $msg->to;

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Update: I went ahead and quickly tried it on a sample email -- adding an extra "to:" header after all the other headers. The sample code above gave both the "To:" and "to:" addresses.

-xdg

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