+my @ignore_emails = ();
+my $ignore_file = which_conf(".get_maintainer.ignore");
+if (-f $ignore_file) {
+ open(my $ignore, '<', "$ignore_file")
+ or warn "$P: Can't find a readable .get_maintainer.ignore file $!\n";
+ while (<$ignore>) {
+ my $line = $_;
+
+ $line =~ s/\s*\n?$//;
+ $line =~ s/^\s*//;
+ $line =~ s/\s+$//;
+ $line =~ s/#.*$//;
+
+ next if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/);
+ if (rfc822_valid($line)) {
+ push(@ignore_emails, $line);
+ }
+ }
+ close($ignore);
+}
+