diff --git a/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in b/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
index d19f75db..09f4b845 100644
--- a/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
+++ b/codepot/etc/codepot.ini.in
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ cloc_command_path =  "@CFGDIR@/cloc.pl"
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 code_folder_readme = "README.wiki,README.txt,README"
 
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; Email address to use when sending notification emails
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+email_sender = ""
+
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Codepot sets this revision property to assign a tag to a specific revision. 
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -287,3 +292,4 @@ svn_restriction_allowed_subdir_depth_max = "0"
 ; Set it to an empty string to allow all users.
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 codepot_user_executor = "root"
+
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/code.php b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/code.php
index 9b71172e..5d5f0821 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/code.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/controllers/code.php
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ class Code extends Controller
 					if ($this->form_validation->run())
 					{
 						$review_comment = $this->input->post('new_review_comment');
-						if ($this->code_review->insertReview ($projectid, $rev, $login['id'], $review_comment) === FALSE)
+						$review_sno = $this->code_review->insertReview ($projectid, $rev, $login['id'], $review_comment);
+						if ($review_sno === FALSE)
 						{
 							$data['popup_error_message'] = 'Cannot add code review comment';
 						}
@@ -561,6 +562,13 @@ class Code extends Controller
 						{
 							// this is a hack to clear form data upon success
 							$this->form_validation->_field_data = array();
+
+							// TODO: message localization
+							$email_subject =  sprintf ('New review message #%d by %s in %s', $review_sno, $login['id'], $projectid);
+							$email_message = 'See ' . current_url();
+							$this->projects->emailMessageToMembers (
+								$projectid, $this->login, $email_subject, $email_message
+							);
 						}
 					}
 					else
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/models/dbloginmodel.php b/codepot/src/codepot/models/dbloginmodel.php
index 465eb445..8d5837a6 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/models/dbloginmodel.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/models/dbloginmodel.php
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ class DbLoginModel extends LoginModel
 
 	function changePassword ($userid, $passwd)
 	{
-		$this->db->trans_start ();
-		$this->db->trans_complete ();
+		$this->db->trans_begin ();
 
 		$this->db->where ('userid', $userid);
 		$this->db->set ('passwd', format_password($passwd,5));
@@ -91,8 +90,28 @@ class DbLoginModel extends LoginModel
 
 	function queryUserInfo ($userid)
 	{
+		$this->db->trans_start ();
+
+		$this->db->select ('email');
+		$this->db->where ('userid', $userid);
+		$query = $this->db->get ('user_account');
+
+		if ($this->db->trans_status() == FALSE)
+		{
+			$this->db->trans_complete ();
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
+		$result = $query->result ();
+		if (empty($result))
+		{
+			$this->db->trans_complete ();
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
 		$user['id'] = $userid;
-		$user['email'] = '';
+		$user['email'] = $result[0]->email;
+
 		return $user;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/models/ldaploginmodel.php b/codepot/src/codepot/models/ldaploginmodel.php
index c5f875a9..898fb0f5 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/models/ldaploginmodel.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/models/ldaploginmodel.php
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ class LdapLoginModel extends LoginModel
 
 	function queryUserInfo ($userid)
 	{
-		$ldap = @ldap_connect (
-			CODEPOT_LDAP_SERVER_HOST, CODEPOT_LDAP_SERVER_PORT);
+		//$ldap = @ldap_connect (
+		//	CODEPOT_LDAP_SERVER_HOST, CODEPOT_LDAP_SERVER_PORT);
+		$ldap = @ldap_connect (CODEPOT_LDAP_SERVER_URI);
 		if ($ldap === FALSE)
 		{
 			$this->setErrorMessage ("Can't connect to LDAP server");
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/models/projectmodel.php b/codepot/src/codepot/models/projectmodel.php
index db95fcc0..17401377 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/models/projectmodel.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/models/projectmodel.php
@@ -559,6 +559,34 @@ class ProjectModel extends Model
 
 		return $out;
 	}
+
+	function emailMessageToMembers ($projectid, $login_model, $subject, $message)
+	{
+		$this->db->trans_start ();
+		$this->db->select ('userid');
+		$this->db->where ('projectid', $projectid);
+		$query = $this->db->get ('project_membership');
+		$this->db->trans_complete ();
+		if ($this->db->trans_status() === FALSE) return FALSE;
+
+		$recipients = '';
+		foreach ($query->result() as $v)
+		{
+			$m = $login_model->queryUserInfo ($v->userid);
+			if ($m !== FALSE && $m['email'] != '')
+			{
+				if (!empty($recipients)) $recipients .= ', ';
+				$recipients .= $m['email'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		$additional_headers = '';
+		if (CODEPOT_EMAIL_SENDER != '') $additional_headers .= 'From: ' . CODEPOT_EMAIL_SENDER . "\r\n";
+
+		if (empty($recipients)) return FALSE;
+		mail ($recipients, $subject, wordwrap($message, 70, "\r\n"), $additional_headers);
+		return TRUE;
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/codepot/src/config.php.in b/codepot/src/config.php.in
index b92329c7..af4d2c88 100644
--- a/codepot/src/config.php.in
+++ b/codepot/src/config.php.in
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ function load_ini ($file)
 		array ('footer',                       'string',      ''),
 		array ('cloc_command_path',            'string',      CODEPOT_CFG_DIR.'/cloc.pl'),
 		array ('code_folder_readme',           'string',     'README'),
-		array ('svn_tag_property',             'string',     'codepot:tag'),
+		array ('email_sender',                 'string',     ''),
 
+		array ('svn_tag_property',             'string',     'codepot:tag'),
 
 		// these items are not used by php but by subersion hooks written in perl.
 		array ('svn_read_access',                          'string',      'member'),