--- loncom/interface/lonmsg.pm	2006/04/23 04:04:38	1.182
+++ loncom/interface/lonmsg.pm	2006/04/25 19:45:50	1.183
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Routines for messaging
 #
-# $Id: lonmsg.pm,v 1.182 2006/04/23 04:04:38 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonmsg.pm,v 1.183 2006/04/25 19:45:50 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -406,25 +406,38 @@ sub user_crit_msg_raw {
     a critical message $message to the $user at $domain. If $sendback is true,
     a reciept will be sent to the current user when $user recieves the message.
 
+    Additionally it will check if the user has a Forwarding address
+    set, and send the message to that address instead
+
+    returns 
+      - in array context a list of results for each message that was sent
+      - in scalar context a space seperated list of results for each 
+           message sent
+
 =cut
 
 sub user_crit_msg {
     my ($user,$domain,$subject,$message,$sendback,$toperm,$sentmessage)=@_;
-    my $status='';
+    my @status;
     my %userenv = &Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['msgforward'],
                                        $domain,$user);
     my $msgforward=$userenv{'msgforward'};
     if ($msgforward) {
-       foreach (split(/\,/,$msgforward)) {
-	 my ($forwuser,$forwdomain)=split(/\:/,$_);
-         $status.=
-	   &user_crit_msg_raw($forwuser,$forwdomain,$subject,$message,
-                $sendback,$toperm,$sentmessage).' ';
+       foreach my $addr (split(/\,/,$msgforward)) {
+	 my ($forwuser,$forwdomain)=split(/\:/,$addr);
+         push(@status,
+	      &user_crit_msg_raw($forwuser,$forwdomain,$subject,$message,
+				 $sendback,$toperm,$sentmessage));
        }
     } else { 
-	$status=&user_crit_msg_raw($user,$domain,$subject,$message,$sendback,$toperm,$sentmessage);
+	push(@status,
+	     &user_crit_msg_raw($user,$domain,$subject,$message,$sendback,
+				$toperm,$sentmessage));
     }
-    return $status;
+    if (wantarray) {
+	return @status;
+    }
+    return join(' ',@status);
 }
 
 # =================================================== Critical message received