diff -r a38e6916504c -r e135ccae6783 spec/ezmlm/list_spec.rb
--- a/spec/ezmlm/list_spec.rb	Fri May 12 11:09:36 2017 -0700
+++ b/spec/ezmlm/list_spec.rb	Fri May 12 16:17:41 2017 -0700
@@ -341,6 +341,11 @@
 		expect( list.author('ojjhjlapnejjlbcplabi') ).to be_a( Ezmlm::List::Author )
 	end
 
+	it 'fetches author objects by email address' do
+		author = list.author( 'ojjhjlapnejjlbcplabi' )
+		expect( list.author('yvette@example.net').name ).to eq( author.name )
+	end
+
 
 	context 'fetching messages' do
 		it 'raises an error if archiving is disabled' do