diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Address.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Address.pm
index 469a23e..ad5159e 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Address.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Address.pm
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ sub canonify {
     my ($dummy, $path) = @_;
 
     # strip delimiters
-    return if $path !~ /^<(.*)>$/;
+    if ($path !~ /^<(.*)>$/) {
+        return undef, undef, 'missing delimiters'; ## no critic (undef)
+    };
     $path = $1;
 
     my $domain = $domain_expr || "$subdomain_expr(?:\.$subdomain_expr)*";
@@ -204,18 +206,22 @@ sub canonify {
     $path =~ s/^\@$domain(?:,\@$domain)*://;
 
     # empty path is ok
-    return '' if $path eq '';
+    if ($path eq '') {
+        return '', undef, 'empty path';
+    };
 
     # bare postmaster is permissible, perl RFC-2821 (4.5.1)
     if ( $path =~ m/^postmaster$/i ) {
-        return 'postmaster';
+        return 'postmaster', undef, 'bare postmaster';
     }
 
     my ($localpart, $domainpart) = ($path =~ /^(.*)\@($domain)$/);
-    return if !defined $localpart;
+    if (!defined $localpart) {
+        return;
+    };
 
     if ($localpart =~ /^$atom_expr(\.$atom_expr)*/) {
-        return $localpart, $domainpart;  # simple case, we are done
+        return $localpart, $domainpart, 'local matches atom';  # simple case, we are done
     }
 
     if ($localpart =~ /^"(($qtext_expr|\\$text_expr)*)"$/) {
@@ -223,7 +229,7 @@ sub canonify {
         $localpart =~ s/\\($text_expr)/$1/g;
         return $localpart, $domainpart;
     }
-    return;
+    return undef, undef, 'fall through';  ## no critic (undef)
 }
 
 sub parse {
diff --git a/t/qpsmtpd-address.t b/t/qpsmtpd-address.t
index c9123b8..2fc7dec 100644
--- a/t/qpsmtpd-address.t
+++ b/t/qpsmtpd-address.t
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ BEGIN {
 __new();
 __config();
 __parse();
+__canonify();
 
 done_testing();
 
@@ -186,3 +187,26 @@ sub __config {
         is($sender->config($_->{pref}), $_->{expected}, $_->{descr});
     }
 }
+
+sub __canonify {
+
+    my $as = 'foo@x.example.com';
+    my $ao = Qpsmtpd::Address->new($as);
+    ok( ! defined $Qpsmtpd::Address::domain_expr, "domain_expr is undef");
+    ok( $Qpsmtpd::Address::subdomain_expr, "subdomain_expr is defined, $Qpsmtpd::Address::subdomain_expr");
+
+    my @r = Qpsmtpd::Address->canonify('sample@path');
+    is_deeply(\@r, [ undef, undef, "missing delimiters" ], 'canonify, missing delimiters');
+
+    @r = Qpsmtpd::Address->canonify('');
+    is_deeply(\@r, [ undef, undef, "missing delimiters" ], 'canonify, empty path');
+
+    @r = Qpsmtpd::Address->canonify('<postmaster>');
+    is_deeply(\@r, [ 'postmaster', undef, "bare postmaster" ], 'canonify, bare postmaster');
+
+    @r = Qpsmtpd::Address->canonify('<postmaster@test>');
+    is_deeply(\@r, [ 'postmaster', 'test', 'local matches atom' ], 'canonify, postmaster@test');
+
+    @r = Qpsmtpd::Address->canonify('<postmáster@test>');
+    is_deeply(\@r, [ 'postmáster', 'test', 'local matches atom' ], 'canonify, postmáster@test, local matches atom');
+}