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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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