class Mail::Address

def local(output_type = :decode)

a.local #=> 'mikel'
a = Address.new('Mikel Lindsaar (My email address) ')

the address
Returns the local part (the left hand side of the @ sign in the email address) of 
def local(output_type = :decode)
  parse unless @parsed
  Encodings.decode_encode("#{@data.obs_domain_list}#{get_local.strip}", output_type) if get_local
end