diff --git a/www/account_manager/index.php b/www/account_manager/index.php
index c6d5e28..ade7f0d 100644
--- a/www/account_manager/index.php
+++ b/www/account_manager/index.php
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ $people = ldap_get_user_list($ldap_connection);
 foreach ($people as $account_identifier => $attribs){
 
  $group_membership = ldap_user_group_membership($ldap_connection,$account_identifier);
+ if (isset($people[$account_identifier]['mail'])) { $this_mail = $people[$account_identifier]['mail']; } else { $this_mail = ""; }
 
  print " <tr>\n   <td><a href='${THIS_MODULE_PATH}/show_user.php?account_identifier=" . urlencode($account_identifier) . "'>$account_identifier</a></td>\n";
  print "   <td>" . $people[$account_identifier]['givenname'] . "</td>\n";
  print "   <td>" . $people[$account_identifier]['sn'] . "</td>\n";
- print "   <td>" . $people[$account_identifier]['mail'] . "</td>\n";
+ print "   <td>$this_mail</td>\n";
  print "   <td>" . implode(", ", $group_membership) . "</td>\n";
  print " </tr>\n";
 }
diff --git a/www/account_manager/new_user.php b/www/account_manager/new_user.php
index 7a8e4eb..c029eed 100644
--- a/www/account_manager/new_user.php
+++ b/www/account_manager/new_user.php
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ foreach ($attribute_map as $attribute => $attr_r) {
 if (isset($_GET['account_request'])) {
 
   $givenname[0]=filter_var($_GET['first_name'], FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
-  $new_account_r['givenname'] = $givenname;
+  $new_account_r['givenname'] = $givenname[0];
   unset($new_account_r['givenname']['count']);
 
   $sn[0]=filter_var($_GET['last_name'], FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
-  $new_account_r['sn'] = $sn;
+  $new_account_r['sn'] = $sn[0];
   unset($new_account_r['sn']['count']);
 
   $mail[0]=filter_var($_GET['email'], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
diff --git a/www/account_manager/show_user.php b/www/account_manager/show_user.php
index 8ea59d2..ba3a549 100644
--- a/www/account_manager/show_user.php
+++ b/www/account_manager/show_user.php
@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ if ($ldap_search) {
 
       include_once "mail_functions.inc.php";
 
-      $mail_body = parse_mail_text($new_account_mail_body, $password, $account_identifier, $givenname, $sn);
-      $mail_subject = parse_mail_text($new_account_mail_subject, $password, $account_identifier, $givenname, $sn);
+      $mail_body = parse_mail_text($new_account_mail_body, $password, $account_identifier, $givenname[0], $sn[0]);
+      $mail_subject = parse_mail_text($new_account_mail_subject, $password, $account_identifier, $givenname[0], $sn[0]);
 
-      $sent_email = send_email($mail,"$givenname $sn",$mail_subject,$mail_body);
+      $sent_email = send_email($mail[0],"${givenname[0]} ${sn[0]}",$mail_subject,$mail_body);
       if ($sent_email) {
-        $sent_email_message .= "  An email sent to $mail.";
+        $sent_email_message .= "  An email sent to ${mail[0]}.";
       }
       else {
         $sent_email_message .= "  Unfortunately the email wasn't sent; check the logs for more information.";
diff --git a/www/includes/mail_functions.inc.php b/www/includes/mail_functions.inc.php
index 4fbda64..af2ba51 100644
--- a/www/includes/mail_functions.inc.php
+++ b/www/includes/mail_functions.inc.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function send_email($recipient_email,$recipient_name,$subject,$body) {
   if ($SMTP['tls'] == TRUE) { $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; }
   if ($SMTP['ssl'] == TRUE) { $mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; }
 
+  $mail->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
   $mail->setFrom($EMAIL['from_address'], $EMAIL['from_name']);
   $mail->addAddress($recipient_email, $recipient_name);
   $mail->Subject = $subject;