diff --git a/tailbone/views/email.py b/tailbone/views/email.py
index 58ef43ed..6e12e972 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/email.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/email.py
@@ -205,6 +205,28 @@ class ProfilesView(MasterView):
         return kwargs
 
 
+class RecipientsType(colander.String):
+    """
+    Custom schema type for email recipients.  This is used to present the
+    recipients as a "list" within the text area, i.e. one recipient per line.
+    Then the list is collapsed to a comma-delimited string for storage.
+    """
+
+    def serialize(self, node, appstruct):
+        if appstruct is colander.null:
+            return colander.null
+        recips = parse_list(appstruct)
+        return '\n'.join(recips)
+
+    def deserialize(self, node, cstruct):
+        if cstruct == '' and self.allow_empty:
+            return ''
+        if not cstruct:
+            return colander.null
+        recips = parse_list(cstruct)
+        return ', '.join(recips)
+
+
 class EmailProfileSchema(colander.MappingSchema):
 
     prefix = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String())
@@ -215,11 +237,11 @@ class EmailProfileSchema(colander.MappingSchema):
 
     replyto = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(), missing='')
 
-    to = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String())
+    to = colander.SchemaNode(RecipientsType())
 
-    cc = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(), missing='')
+    cc = colander.SchemaNode(RecipientsType(), missing='')
 
-    bcc = colander.SchemaNode(colander.String(), missing='')
+    bcc = colander.SchemaNode(RecipientsType(), missing='')
 
     enabled = colander.SchemaNode(colander.Boolean())