Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php	(revision 2822)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_tcemain.php	(working copy)
@@ -6381,25 +6381,43 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return emails addresses of be_users from input list.
+	 * Return emails addresses of be_users or be_groups from input list.
 	 *
-	 * @param	string		List of backend users, on the form "be_users_10,be_users_2" or "10,2" in case noTablePrefix is set.
-	 * @param	boolean		If set, the input list are integers and not strings.
+	 * @param	string		Mixed List of backend users and backend groups on the form "be_users_10,be_users_2,be_groups_11" 
+	 * @param	boolean		If set, the input list contain only backend users and are integers and not strings.
 	 * @return	array		Array of emails
 	 */
-	function notifyStageChange_getEmails($listOfUsers,$noTablePrefix=FALSE)	{
-		$users = t3lib_div::trimExplode(',',$listOfUsers,1);
+	function notifyStageChange_getEmails($listOfEntries,$noTablePrefix=FALSE)	{
+		if (!$noTablePrefix) {
+			preg_match_all('/be_groups_[0-9]*/', $listOfEntries, $groups);
+			preg_match_all('/be_users_[0-9]*/', $listOfEntries, $users);
+		} else {
+			$users = t3lib_BEfunc::trimExplode(',',$listOfEntries,1);
+		}
 		$emails = array();
-		foreach($users as $userIdent)	{
-			if ($noTablePrefix)	{
-				$id = intval($userIdent);
-			} else {
-				list($table,$id) = t3lib_div::revExplode('_',$userIdent,2);
+		if (count($users[0])>0) {
+			foreach($users[0] as $userRef) {
+				if ($noTablePrefix)	{
+					$id = intval($userRef);
+				} else {		
+					list($table,$id) = t3lib_div::revExplode('_',$userRef,2);
+				}
+				$user = t3lib_BEfunc::getRecord('be_users', $id, 'email');
+				if (strlen(trim($user['email'])))	{
+					$emails[$id] = $user['email'];
+				}
 			}
-			if ($table==='be_users' || $noTablePrefix)	{
-				if ($userRecord = t3lib_BEfunc::getRecord('be_users', $id, 'email'))	{
-					if (strlen(trim($userRecord['email'])))	{
-						$emails[$id] = $userRecord['email'];
+		}
+		if (!$noTablePrefix) {
+			if (count($groups[0])>0) {
+				$groupIds = array();
+				foreach($groups[0] as $groupRef) {
+					list($table,$id) = t3lib_div::revExplode('_',$groupRef,2);
+					$res = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery('*', 'be_users', 'pid=0 AND '.$GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->listQuery('usergroup',intval($id),'be_users').t3lib_BEfunc::deleteClause('be_users'));
+					while($row = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->sql_fetch_assoc($res))	{
+						if (strlen(trim($row['email'])))	{
+							$emails[$row['uid']] = $row['email'];
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}