diff --git a/syncmail b/syncmail
index d015e287..fbb040be 100755
--- a/syncmail
+++ b/syncmail
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def blast_mail(subject, people, entries, contextlines, fromhost, replyto, charse
         # Create the smtp connection to the localhost
         conn = smtplib.SMTP()
         conn.connect(MAILHOST, MAILPORT)
-        user = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
+        user = os.getenv("SUDO_USER", pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0])
         name = string.split(pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[4], ',')[0]
         
         # Modif pour avoir le bon from (=> signature automatique)