--- loncom/interface/lonbulletin.pm	2009/11/19 18:05:32	1.49
+++ loncom/interface/lonbulletin.pm	2009/11/26 05:21:43	1.50
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Bulletin Board Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonbulletin.pm,v 1.49 2009/11/19 18:05:32 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: lonbulletin.pm,v 1.50 2009/11/26 05:21:43 faziophi Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ sub handler {
         foreach my $field (sort(keys(%syllabusfields))) {
             if (($syllabus{$field}) || ($allowed)) {
                 my $message=$syllabus{$field};
-                &Apache::lonfeedback::newline_to_br(\$message);
+                if (&Apache::lonfeedback::newline_to_br($message)) {
+                	&Apache::lonfeedback::newline_to_br(\$message);
+                }
                 $message
                     =~s/(https*\:\/\/[^\s]+)/\<a href=\"$1\"\>\<tt\>$1\<\/tt\>\<\/a\>/g;
                 if ($allowed) {