--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/10/13 22:03:26	1.465
+++ 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 1.465 2006/10/13 22:03:26 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.467 2006/11/01 22:22:31 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2066,6 +2066,27 @@ sub getnames {
 	return %loadnames;
     }
 }
+
+sub getemails {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    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 ($cached) {
+	return %{$names};
+    } else {
+	my %loadnames=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
+                    			   ['notification','critnotification',
+					    'permanentemail'],
+					   $udom,$uname);
+	&Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('emailscache',$id,\%loadnames);
+	return %loadnames;
+    }
+}
 
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