diff --git a/doc/config.html b/doc/config.html
index 86a952c0..c8fd3f75 100755
--- a/doc/config.html
+++ b/doc/config.html
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ Subst on edit author = $full_name
       </li>
       <li>
         <code><b>Type &lt;attribute&gt; = date | datetime | numeric |
-        userlist</b></code><br>
+        userlist | useremail</b></code><br>
         A normal attribute can contain strings of any type. With this option,
         attributes can be forced to be numeric or to be a date/time, or to
         consist of a list of all users from the password file. When new logbook
@@ -1427,7 +1427,11 @@ Subst on edit author = $full_name
         If the attribute type is <b><code>userlist</code></b>, a drop-down box
         is displayed which contains all user names from the current password
         file. This can be useful for example in a bug tracking system, where a
-        new entry gets assigned to an individual.
+        new entry gets assigned to an individual. The type 
+        <b><code>useremail</code></b> is similar, just a list of email addresses
+        of all registered users. This can be used to send email notification
+        to assigned people by using this attribute in an 
+        <b><code>Email all = &lt;attribute&gt;</code></b> statement. 
       </li>
       <li>
         <code><b>Change &lt;attribute&gt; = &lt;string&gt;</b></code><br>
diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 02a14292..a9d94a4b 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ char author_list[MAX_N_LIST][NAME_LENGTH] = {
 #define AF_TIME              (1<<10)
 #define AF_NUMERIC           (1<<11)
 #define AF_USERLIST          (1<<12)
-#define AF_HIDDEN            (1<<13)
+#define AF_USEREMAIL         (1<<13)
+#define AF_HIDDEN            (1<<14)
 
 /* attribute format flags */
 #define AFF_SAME_LINE              1
@@ -6776,6 +6777,9 @@ and attr_flags arrays */
                attr_flags[i] |= AF_NUMERIC;
             if (strieq(type, "userlist"))
                attr_flags[i] |= AF_USERLIST;
+            if (strieq(type, "useremail"))
+               attr_flags[i] |= AF_USEREMAIL;
+
          }
       }
 
@@ -9422,6 +9426,32 @@ void show_edit_form(LOGBOOK * lbs, int message_id, BOOL breply, BOOL bedit, BOOL
 
                rsprintf("</td>\n");
 
+            } else if (attr_flags[index] & AF_USEREMAIL) {
+
+               rsprintf("<td%s class=\"attribvalue\">\n", title);
+
+               /* display drop-down box with list of users */
+               rsprintf("<select name=\"%s\"", ua);
+               rsprintf(" onChange=\"mod();\">\n");
+
+               /* display emtpy option */
+               rsprintf("<option value=\"\">- %s -\n", loc("please select"));
+
+               for (i = 0;; i++) {
+                  if (!enum_user_line(lbs, i, login_name, sizeof(login_name)))
+                     break;
+                  get_user_line(lbs, login_name, NULL, NULL, str, NULL, NULL);
+
+                  if (strieq(str, attrib[index]))
+                     rsprintf("<option selected value=\"%s\">%s\n", str, str);
+                  else
+                     rsprintf("<option value=\"%s\">%s\n", str, str);
+               }
+
+               rsprintf("</select>\n");
+
+               rsprintf("</td>\n");
+
             } else {
 
                /* show normal edit field */