diff -r d1d919f679f7 -r 2cc453284d5c mercurial/mail.py
--- a/mercurial/mail.py	Sun Sep 29 11:29:25 2019 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/mail.py	Mon Sep 30 00:01:58 2019 +0200
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@
 def _sendmail(ui, sender, recipients, msg):
     '''send mail using sendmail.'''
     program = ui.config('email', 'method')
-    stremail = lambda x: stringutil.email(encoding.strtolocal(x))
+    stremail = lambda x: (
+        procutil.quote(stringutil.email(encoding.strtolocal(x))))
     cmdline = '%s -f %s %s' % (program, stremail(sender),
                                ' '.join(map(stremail, recipients)))
     ui.note(_('sending mail: %s\n') % cmdline)