diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
index 5caa2e76..36c7c540 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ long market_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
         switch (mailtype) {
 
             case WRENCHBOARD_BKO_MARKETING_MSG:
-                REQ_LONG(in, "uid", 1, -1);
+               	REQ_STRING (in, "uid",   5, 149, "(.*)");
                 if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT email AS market_email, * FROM marketing_list WHERE uid='%s'", in["uid"].c_str())) {
                     vars2form(x, form);
                      form.LetStr("subject", "makrting subject here ");