Index: privatemsg.module
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--- privatemsg.module	(revision 1709)
+++ privatemsg.module	(working copy)
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@
 
   $fragments['select'][]      = 'pmi.thread_id';
   $fragments['select'][]      = 'pm.subject';
+  $fragments['select'][]      = 'pm.author';
   $fragments['select'][]      = 'MAX(pm.timestamp) as timestamp';
   $fragments['select'][]      = 'MAX(pmi.new) as new';
   $fragments['inner_join'][]  = 'INNER JOIN {pm_index} pmi ON pm.mid = pmi.mid';
@@ -973,4 +974,3 @@
 
  return $output;
 }
-