diff --git a/src/Protocol/Email.php b/src/Protocol/Email.php
index 8e3edd783..09b9df050 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Email.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Email.php
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ namespace Friendica\Protocol;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Content\Text\HTML;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
+use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 /**
  * @brief Email class
@@ -110,9 +112,9 @@ class Email
 	 * @return array
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function getMessage($mbox, $uid, $reply)
+	public static function getMessage($mbox, $uid, $reply, $item)
 	{
-		$ret = [];
+		$ret = $item;
 
 		$struc = (($mbox && $uid) ? @imap_fetchstructure($mbox, $uid, FT_UID) : null);
 
@@ -126,9 +128,15 @@ class Email
 
 			if (trim($ret['body']) == '') {
 				$ret['body'] = self::messageGetPart($mbox, $uid, $struc, 0, 'plain');
-			} else {
-				$message = ['text' => '', 'html' => $ret['body']];
+
+				$message = ['text' => $ret['body'], 'html' => '', 'item' => $ret];
 				Hook::callAll('email_getmessage', $message);
+				$ret = $message['item'];
+				$ret['body'] = $message['text'];
+			} else {
+				$message = ['text' => '', 'html' => $ret['body'], 'item' => $ret];
+				Hook::callAll('email_getmessage', $message);
+				$ret = $message['item'];
 				$ret['body'] = $message['html'];
 
 				$ret['body'] = HTML::toBBCode($ret['body']);
@@ -148,8 +156,9 @@ class Email
 				}
 			}
 
-			$message = ['text' => trim($text), 'html' => trim($html)];
+			$message = ['text' => trim($text), 'html' => trim($html), 'item' => $ret];
 			Hook::callAll('email_getmessage', $message);
+			$ret = $message['item'];
 			$html = $message['html'];
 			$text = $message['text'];
 
@@ -171,6 +180,9 @@ class Email
 
 		$ret['body'] = self::unifyAttributionLine($ret['body']);
 
+		$ret['body'] = Strings::escapeHtml($ret['body']);
+		$ret['body'] = BBCode::limitBodySize($ret['body']);
+
 		Hook::callAll('email_getmessage_end', $ret);
 
 		return $ret;
diff --git a/src/Worker/OnePoll.php b/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
index fefe7d802..25402e3c3 100644
--- a/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
+++ b/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ class OnePoll
 					Logger::log("Mail: Parsing mail ".$msg_uid, Logger::DATA);
 
 					$datarray = [];
+					$datarray['uid'] = $importer_uid;
+					$datarray['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 					$datarray['verb'] = Activity::POST;
 					$datarray['object-type'] = Activity\ObjectType::NOTE;
 					$datarray['network'] = Protocol::MAIL;
@@ -596,18 +598,8 @@ class OnePoll
 						$datarray['parent-uri'] = $datarray['uri'];
 					}
 
-					$r = Email::getMessage($mbox, $msg_uid, $reply);
-					if (!$r) {
-						Logger::log("Mail: can't fetch msg ".$msg_uid." for ".$mailconf['user']);
-						continue;
-					}
-
-					$datarray['body'] = Strings::escapeHtml($r['body']);
-					$datarray['body'] = BBCode::limitBodySize($datarray['body']);
-
-					Logger::log("Mail: Importing ".$msg_uid." for ".$mailconf['user']);
-
 					$headers = imap_headerinfo($mbox, $meta->msgno);
+
 					$object = [];
 
 					if (!empty($headers->from)) {
@@ -643,16 +635,23 @@ class OnePoll
 					$datarray['owner-link'] = "mailto:".$contact['addr'];
 					$datarray['owner-avatar'] = $contact['photo'];
 
-					$datarray['uid'] = $importer_uid;
-					$datarray['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 					if ($datarray['parent-uri'] === $datarray['uri']) {
 						$datarray['private'] = 1;
 					}
+
 					if (!PConfig::get($importer_uid, 'system', 'allow_public_email_replies')) {
 						$datarray['private'] = 1;
 						$datarray['allow_cid'] = '<' . $contact['id'] . '>';
 					}
 
+					$datarray = Email::getMessage($mbox, $msg_uid, $reply, $datarray);
+					if (empty($datarray['body'])) {
+						Logger::log("Mail: can't fetch msg ".$msg_uid." for ".$mailconf['user']);
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					Logger::log("Mail: Importing ".$msg_uid." for ".$mailconf['user']);
+
 					Item::insert($datarray);
 
 					switch ($mailconf['action']) {