1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/sendbugmail.pl b/contrib/sendbugmail.pl
index f4bebabc6..51de9407d 100755
--- a/contrib/sendbugmail.pl
+++ b/contrib/sendbugmail.pl
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ if ($changer !~ /$match/) {
     print STDERR "Changer \"$changer\" doesn't match email regular expression.\n";
     usage();
 }
-if(!login_to_id($changer)) {
-    print STDERR "\"$changer\" is not a login ID.\n";
+my $changer_user = new Bugzilla::User({ name => $changer });
+unless ($changer_user) {
+    print STDERR "\"$changer\" is not a valid user.\n";
     usage();
 }
 
 # Send the email.
-my $outputref = Bugzilla::BugMail::Send($bugnum, {'changer' => $changer });
+my $outputref = Bugzilla::BugMail::Send($bugnum, {'changer' => $changer_user });
 
 # Report the results.
 my $sent = scalar(@{$outputref->{sent}});