diff --git a/syncmail b/syncmail
index 2f462507..c3ff1e74 100755
--- a/syncmail
+++ b/syncmail
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def blast_mail(subject, people, filestodiff, contextlines, fromhost):
 	    for proc in os.popen("ps a -o user,command,tty | grep $(ps h -o tty %s)" % os.getpid() ).readlines() :
 		userp=string.split(proc,' ')[0]
 		if userp=="root" : break
-		else : user=user
+		else : user=userp
 	
 	domain = fromhost or getfqdn()
 	#Modif cosmétique pour afficher un sujet explicite :