+ ## check for an existing contact with this email address other than current customer
+ ## if found, just add that contact to cust_contact with link_hash credentials
+ ## as email can not be tied to two contacts.
+ my @contact_emails = ();
+ my @contact_nums = ($self->contactnum,);
+ if ( $self->get('emailaddress') =~ /\S/ ) {
+
+ foreach my $email ( split(/\s*,\s*/, $self->get('emailaddress') ) ) {
+
+ my $contact_email = qsearchs('contact_email', { emailaddress=>$email } );
+ unless ($contact_email) { push @contact_emails, $email; next; }
+
+ my $contact = $contact_email->contact;
+ if ($contact->contactnum eq $self->contactnum) {
+ push @contact_emails, $email;
+ }
+ else {
+ push @contact_nums, $contact->contactnum;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ my $emails = join(' , ', @contact_emails);
+ $self->emailaddress($emails);
+
+ }
+