shortuser should stop before the first space character.
Examples:
"Foo Bar <foo.bar AT example DOT com>" -> "foo.bar"
(instead of "foo.bar AT example DOT com>" as it was before.)
"Foo Bar" -> "Foo"
<item>
<title>#desc|strip|firstline|strip|escape#</title>
<link>#url#?f=#filenode|short#;file=#file|urlescape#</link>
<description><![CDATA[#desc|strip|escape|addbreaks#]]></description>
<author>#author|obfuscate#</author>
<pubDate>#date|rfc822date#</pubDate>>
</item>