Might this work as well and be further simplified? 
if (/From:/) {
  m/^\w+:(\S+)$/ && push my @addr, Mail::Address->parse($1);
  $address = $addr[0]->address;
  $debug_text .= "Found $address at line $.\n";
}

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two notes. first, I dont see mention of $string anywhere so I am assuming you meant $address. second, im not sure why you needed to modify $_, when you could just stuff the match into $1, etc. third, semantically I didnt see any reason to say "Found address" when its clear that's what this codelet is doing. :) ymmv of course. also, from perldoc perlop: 
       s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx
                   s   Treat string as single line.
                   g   Replace globally, i.e., all occurrences.

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not quite sure why youre using either switch since youre matching a "From: foo@bar.com" not a "From: foo@bar.com baz bletch blah blah From: bar@brak.org".

sorry, this wasnt meant to be a round of perl golf, but there were a few simplifications i caught. :)

brother dep.

minor update:

would it be possible to just do this? 

if (/^From:(\S+)$/) {
  push my @addr, Mail::Address->parse($1);
  $address = $addr[0]->address;
  $debug_text .= "Found $address at line $.\n";
} else { next }

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in thread quoted-printable, and ugly code by philth

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