*** simplenews.module	Wed Mar 25 10:53:22 2009
--- simplenews.module	Mon Mar 23 11:24:12 2009
***************
*** 1936,1941 ****
--- 1936,1946 ----
      $name = variable_get('simplenews_from_name', $name_default);
    }
  
+   // set e-mail address as current user
+   global $user;
+   $address = $user->mail;
+   //
+   
    return array(
      'address' => $address,
      'formatted' => '"'. mime_header_encode($name) .'" <'. $address .'>',