It uses one field, not both.  If you want it to use the email address,
do not fill in the username.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Rowe, Dolores A
<dolores.a.r...@boeing.com> wrote:
> Shouldn't it be able to use the email address I have just filled in to send 
> the user a new password, even if
> that user had not filled out their email address in their particular profile ?

That would allow you to hijack any account by simply supplying your
own email address to the form.

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