use strict;
 
 my $P = $0;
-my $V = '0.26-beta5';
+my $V = '0.26-beta6';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
 
        push(@email_to, [format_email($name, $address, $email_usename), $role]);
     } elsif (!email_inuse($name, $address)) {
        push(@email_to, [format_email($name, $address, $email_usename), $role]);
-       $email_hash_name{lc($name)}++;
+       $email_hash_name{lc($name)}++ if ($name ne "");
        $email_hash_address{lc($address)}++;
     }
 
 
     ($name, $address) = parse_email($email);
 
-    if ($deduplicate_name_hash{lc($name)}) {
+    if ($name ne "" && $deduplicate_name_hash{lc($name)}) {
        $name = $deduplicate_name_hash{lc($name)}->[0];
        $address = $deduplicate_name_hash{lc($name)}->[1];
        $matched = 1;