diff --git a/ietf/submit/models.py b/ietf/submit/models.py
index bb3a7fbf5..bdffda06c 100644
--- a/ietf/submit/models.py
+++ b/ietf/submit/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import datetime
 from django.db import models
 import jsonfield
 
+import debug                            # pyflakes:ignore
+
 from ietf.doc.models import Document
 from ietf.person.models import Person
 from ietf.group.models import Group
@@ -52,12 +54,18 @@ class Submission(models.Model):
         return u"%s-%s" % (self.name, self.rev)
 
     def authors_parsed(self):
-        res = []
-        for line in self.authors.replace("\r", "").split("\n"):
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line:
-                res.append(parse_email_line(line))
-        return res
+        if not hasattr(self._meta, '_cached_authors_parsed'):
+            from ietf.submit.utils import ensure_person_email_info_exists
+            res = []
+            for line in self.authors.replace("\r", "").split("\n"):
+                line = line.strip()
+                if line:
+                    parsed = parse_email_line(line)
+                    if not parsed["email"]:
+                        parsed["email"] = ensure_person_email_info_exists(**parsed).address
+                    res.append(parsed)
+            self._meta._cached_authors_parsed = res
+        return self._meta._cached_authors_parsed
 
     def submitter_parsed(self):
         return parse_email_line(self.submitter)
diff --git a/ietf/submit/utils.py b/ietf/submit/utils.py
index 8fcfc857d..07eab6120 100644
--- a/ietf/submit/utils.py
+++ b/ietf/submit/utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import datetime
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
+import debug                            # pyflakes:ignore
+
 from ietf.doc.models import ( Document, State, DocAlias, DocEvent, 
     DocumentAuthor, AddedMessageEvent )
 from ietf.doc.models import NewRevisionDocEvent
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ def ensure_person_email_info_exists(name, email):
     else:
         # we're in trouble, use a fake one
         active = False
-        addr = u"unknown-email-%s" % person.name.replace(" ", "-")
+        addr = u"unknown-email-%s" % person.plain_name().replace(" ", "-")
 
     try:
         email = person.email_set.get(address=addr)
@@ -421,10 +423,8 @@ def update_authors(draft, submission):
     for order, author in enumerate(submission.authors_parsed()):
         email = ensure_person_email_info_exists(author["name"], author["email"])
 
-        a = DocumentAuthor.objects.filter(document=draft, author=email)
-        if a:
-            a = a[0]
-        else:
+        a = DocumentAuthor.objects.filter(document=draft, author=email).first()
+        if not a:
             a = DocumentAuthor(document=draft, author=email)
 
         a.order = order
diff --git a/ietf/submit/views.py b/ietf/submit/views.py
index ffb21cc73..3fe6552bb 100644
--- a/ietf/submit/views.py
+++ b/ietf/submit/views.py
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ from ietf.submit.mail import ( send_full_url, send_approval_request_to_group,
 from ietf.submit.models import (Submission, SubmissionCheck, Preapproval,
     DraftSubmissionStateName, SubmissionEmailEvent )
 from ietf.submit.utils import ( approvable_submissions_for_user, preapprovals_for_user,
-    recently_approved_by_user )
-from ietf.submit.utils import validate_submission, create_submission_event
-from ietf.submit.utils import docevent_from_submission
-from ietf.submit.utils import post_submission, cancel_submission, rename_submission_files
+    recently_approved_by_user, validate_submission, create_submission_event,
+    docevent_from_submission, post_submission, cancel_submission, rename_submission_files,
+    get_person_from_name_email )
 from ietf.utils.accesstoken import generate_random_key, generate_access_token
 from ietf.utils.draft import Draft
 from ietf.utils.log import log
@@ -275,8 +274,8 @@ def submission_status(request, submission_id, access_token=None):
     group_authors_changed = False
     doc = submission.existing_document()
     if doc and doc.group:
-        old_authors = [i.author.formatted_email() for i in doc.documentauthor_set.all() if not i.author.invalid_address()]
-        new_authors = [u'"%s" <%s>' % (author["name"], author["email"]) for author in submission.authors_parsed() if author["email"]]
+        old_authors = [ i.author.person for i in doc.documentauthor_set.all() ]
+        new_authors = [ get_person_from_name_email(**p) for p in submission.authors_parsed() ]
         group_authors_changed = set(old_authors)!=set(new_authors)
 
     message = None