Index: src/wp-includes/comment.php
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--- src/wp-includes/comment.php	(revision 26352)
+++ src/wp-includes/comment.php	(working copy)
@@ -1377,13 +1377,16 @@
  * See {@link http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9235}
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
- * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'preprocess_comment' hook on $commentdata parameter array before processing
- * @uses do_action() Calls 'comment_post' hook on $comment_ID returned from adding the comment and if the comment was approved.
- * @uses wp_filter_comment() Used to filter comment before adding comment.
- * @uses wp_allow_comment() checks to see if comment is approved.
- * @uses wp_insert_comment() Does the actual comment insertion to the database.
- *
  * @param array $commentdata Contains information on the comment.
+ * @uses apply_filters()
+ * @uses wp_get_comment_status()
+ * @uses wp_filter_comment()
+ * @uses wp_allow_comment()
+ * @uses wp_insert_comment()
+ * @uses do_action()
+ * @uses wp_notify_moderator()
+ * @uses get_option()
+ * @uses wp_notify_postauthor()
  * @return int The ID of the comment after adding.
  */
 function wp_new_comment( $commentdata ) {
@@ -1417,10 +1420,11 @@
 		if ( '0' == $commentdata['comment_approved'] )
 			wp_notify_moderator($comment_ID);
 
-		$post = get_post($commentdata['comment_post_ID']); // Don't notify if it's your own comment
-
-		if ( get_option('comments_notify') && $commentdata['comment_approved'] && ( ! isset( $commentdata['user_id'] ) || $post->post_author != $commentdata['user_id'] ) )
-			wp_notify_postauthor($comment_ID, isset( $commentdata['comment_type'] ) ? $commentdata['comment_type'] : '' );
+		// wp_notify_postauthor() checks if notifying the author of his/her own comment.
+		// By default, it won't, but filters can override this.
+		if ( get_option( 'comments_notify' ) && $commentdata['comment_approved'] ) {
+			wp_notify_postauthor( $comment_ID );
+		}
 	}
 
 	return $comment_ID;
Index: src/wp-includes/pluggable.php
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--- src/wp-includes/pluggable.php	(revision 26352)
+++ src/wp-includes/pluggable.php	(working copy)
@@ -1000,13 +1000,23 @@
 
 if ( ! function_exists('wp_notify_postauthor') ) :
 /**
- * Notify an author of a comment/trackback/pingback to one of their posts.
+ * Notify an author (and/or others) of a comment/trackback/pingback on a post.
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  *
  * @param int $comment_id Comment ID
  * @param string $comment_type Optional. The comment type either 'comment' (default), 'trackback', or 'pingback'
- * @return bool False if user email does not exist. True on completion.
+ * @uses get_comment()
+ * @uses get_post()
+ * @uses get_userdata()
+ * @uses apply_filters()
+ * @uses wp_specialchars_decode()
+ * @uses get_option()
+ * @uses __()
+ * @uses get_permalink()
+ * @uses admin_url()
+ * @uses wp_mail()
+ * @return bool True on completion. False if no email addresses were specified.
  */
 function wp_notify_postauthor( $comment_id, $comment_type = '' ) {
 	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
@@ -1016,21 +1026,43 @@
 	$post    = get_post( $comment->comment_post_ID );
 	$author  = get_userdata( $post->post_author );
 
-	// The comment was left by the author
-	if ( $comment->user_id == $post->post_author )
+	// Who to notify? By default, just the post author, but others can be added.
+	$emails = array( $author->user_email );
+	$emails = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_recipients', $emails, $comment_id );
+	$emails = array_filter( $emails );
+
+	// If there are no addresses to send the comment to, bail.
+	if ( ! count( $emails ) ) {
 		return false;
+	}
 
+	// Facilitate unsetting below without knowing the keys.
+	$emails = array_flip( $emails );
+
+	// Post author may want to receive notifications for their own comments
+	$notify_author = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_notify_author', false, $comment_id );
+
+	// The comment was left by the author
+	if ( ! $notify_author && $comment->user_id == $post->post_author ) {
+		unset( $emails[ $author->user_email ] );
+	}
+
 	// The author moderated a comment on his own post
-	if ( $post->post_author == get_current_user_id() )
-		return false;
+	if ( ! $notify_author && $post->post_author == get_current_user_id() ) {
+		unset( $emails[ $author->user_email ] );
+	}
 
 	// The post author is no longer a member of the blog
-	if ( ! user_can( $post->post_author, 'read_post', $post->ID ) )
-		return false;
+	if ( ! $notify_author && ! user_can( $post->post_author, 'read_post', $post->ID ) ) {
+		unset( $emails[ $author->user_email ] );
+	}
 
-	// If there's no email to send the comment to
-	if ( '' == $author->user_email )
+	// If there's no email to send the comment to, bail, otherwise flip array back around for use below
+	if ( ! count( $emails ) ) {
 		return false;
+	} else {
+		$emails = array_flip( $emails );
+	}
 
 	$comment_author_domain = @gethostbyaddr($comment->comment_author_IP);
 
@@ -1038,9 +1070,7 @@
 	// we want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
 	$blogname = wp_specialchars_decode(get_option('blogname'), ENT_QUOTES);
 
-	if ( empty( $comment_type ) ) $comment_type = 'comment';
-
-	switch ( $comment_type ) {
+	switch ( $comment->comment_type ) {
 		case 'trackback':
 			$notify_message  = sprintf( __( 'New trackback on your post "%s"' ), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
 			/* translators: 1: website name, 2: author IP, 3: author domain */
@@ -1103,9 +1133,6 @@
 	if ( isset($reply_to) )
 		$message_headers .= $reply_to . "\n";
 
-	$emails = array( $author->user_email );
-
-	$emails          = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_recipients', $emails,          $comment_id );
 	$notify_message  = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_text',       $notify_message,  $comment_id );
 	$subject         = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_subject',    $subject,         $comment_id );
 	$message_headers = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_headers',    $message_headers, $comment_id );