diff --git a/app/email_utils.py b/app/email_utils.py
index b3b747de..b48f34c1 100644
--- a/app/email_utils.py
+++ b/app/email_utils.py
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ def get_addrs_from_header(msg: Message, header) -> [str]:
         return ret
 
     for addrs in header_content:
-        # force convert header to string, sometimes addrs is Header object
-        addrs = str(addrs)
+        addrs = get_header_unicode(addrs)
         for addr in addrs.split(","):
             ret.append(addr.strip())