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    create table #tblDoc

    (

    FromSender varchar(150)

    )

    insert #tblDoc

    select 'John Doe1 <John.Doe1@abcd.com>' union all

    select 'John Doe2 <John.Doe2@abcd.com>' union all

    select 'John Doe3 <John.Doe3@abcd.com>' union all

    select 'Some longer name <LongEmailAddressHere@LongDomainName.com>' union all

    select 'Short <e@e.e>'

    SELECT substring(FromSender, CHARINDEX('<', FromSender) + 1, CHARINDEX('>', FromSender) - CHARINDEX('<', FromSender) - 1)

    from #tblDoc

    drop table #tblDoc

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