--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/10/12 19:46:27	1.464
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/10/31 22:05:53	1.466
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.464 2006/10/12 19:46:27 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.466 2006/10/31 22:05:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2067,6 +2067,25 @@ sub getnames {
     }
 }
 
+sub getemails {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    if ($udom eq 'public' && $uname eq 'public') {
+	return;
+    }
+    my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    my ($names,$cached)=&Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('emailscache',$id);
+    if ($cached) {
+	return %{$names};
+    } else {
+	my %loadnames=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
+                    			   ['notification','critnotification',
+					    'permanentemail'],
+					   $udom,$uname);
+	&Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('emailscache',$id,\%loadnames);
+	return %loadnames;
+    }
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenname
 
 =pod
@@ -3388,6 +3407,10 @@ table.LC_whatsnew tr.LC_empty_row td {
   text-align: center;
   padding: 8px;
 }
+table.LC_whatsnew tr.LC_empty_row td {
+  padding: 4ex
+}
+
 
 table.LC_whatsnew {
 }