--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/10/31 22:05:53	1.466
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/11/01 22:22:31	1.467
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.466 2006/10/31 22:05:53 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.467 2006/11/01 22:22:31 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2072,6 +2072,8 @@ sub getemails {
     if ($udom eq 'public' && $uname eq 'public') {
 	return;
     }
+    if (!$udom) { $udom=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
     my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
     my ($names,$cached)=&Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('emailscache',$id);
     if ($cached) {