diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index 3ff1596c9..5febe4113 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 <?php
 
 
+		// send email notification if requested.
+/*
+		$notif_params = array(
+			'type' => NOTIFY_MAIL,
+			'notify_flags' => $importer['notify_flags'],
+			'language' => $importer['language'],
+			'to_name' => $importer['username'],
+			'to_email' => $importer['email'],
+			'item' => $msg,
+			'source_name' => $msg['from-name'],
+			'source_link' => $importer['url'],
+			'source_photo' => $importer['thumb'],
+		);
+*/			
+		//notification($notif_params);
 
 
-function notify_setup($type,$params) {
+function notification($params) {
 
 	$a = get_app();
 	$banner = t('Friendica Notification');
@@ -14,17 +29,86 @@ function notify_setup($type,$params) {
 	$site_admin = sprintf( t('%s Administrator'), $sitename);
 
 	$sender_name = t('Administrator');
-	$sender_email = t('noreply') . '@' . $a->get_hostname(),
+	$sender_email = t('noreply') . '@' . $a->get_hostname();
 
-	if($type === NOTIFICATION_MAIL) {
-		$new_email = sprintf( t('%s sent you a new private message at %s.'),$params['from'],$sitename);
+	$title = $params['item']['title'];
+	$body = $params['item']['body'];
+
+	if($params['type'] == NOTIFY_MAIL) {
+
+		$subject = 	sprintf( t('New mail received at %s'),$sitename);
+
+		$new_email = sprintf( t('%s sent you a new private message at %s.'),$params['source_name'],$sitename);
 		$email_visit = t('Please visit %s to view and/or reply to your private messages.');
 		$email_tlink = sprintf( $email_visit, $siteurl . '/message' );
 		$email_hlink = sprintf( $email_visit, '<a href="' . $siteurl . '/message">' . $sitename . '</a>');
+
 	}
 
-}
 
+	// send email notification if notification preferences permit
+
+	require_once('bbcode.php');
+	if(intval($params['notify-flags']) & intval($params['type'])) {
+
+		push_lang($params['language']);
+
+		$msg['notificationfromname']	= $sender_name;
+		$msg['notificationfromemail']	= $sender_email;
+
+		$msg['textversion']
+				= strip_tags(html_entity_decode(bbcode(stripslashes(str_replace(array("\\r\\n", "\\r", "\\n"), "\n",
+					$body))),ENT_QUOTES,'UTF-8'));
+		$msg['htmlversion']	
+				= html_entity_decode(bbcode(stripslashes(str_replace(array("\\r\\n", "\\r","\\n\\n" ,"\\n"), 
+						"<br />\n",$body))));
+
+		// load the template for private message notifications
+		$tpl = get_intltext_template('mail_received_html_body_eml.tpl');
+		$email_html_body_tpl = replace_macros($tpl,array(
+			'$username'     => $importer['username'],
+			'$siteName'		=> $a->config['sitename'],			// name of this site
+			'$siteurl'		=> $a->get_baseurl(),				// descriptive url of this site
+			'$thumb'		=> $importer['thumb'],				// thumbnail url for sender icon
+			'$email'		=> $importer['email'],				// email address to send to
+			'$url'			=> $importer['url'],				// full url for the site
+			'$from'			=> $msg['from-name'],				// name of the person sending the message
+			'$title'		=> stripslashes($msg['title']),			// subject of the message
+			'$htmlversion'	=> $msg['htmlversion'],					// html version of the message
+			'$mimeboundary'	=> $msg['mimeboundary'],				// mime message divider
+			'$hostname'		=> $a->get_hostname()				// name of this host
+		));
+		
+		// load the template for private message notifications
+		$tpl = get_intltext_template('mail_received_text_body_eml.tpl');
+		$email_text_body_tpl = replace_macros($tpl,array(
+			'$username'     => $importer['username'],
+			'$siteName'		=> $a->config['sitename'],			// name of this site
+			'$siteurl'		=> $a->get_baseurl(),				// descriptive url of this site
+			'$thumb'		=> $importer['thumb'],				// thumbnail url for sender icon
+			'$email'		=> $importer['email'],				// email address to send to
+			'$url'			=> $importer['url'],				// full url for the site
+			'$from'			=> $msg['from-name'],				// name of the person sending the message
+			'$title'		=> stripslashes($msg['title']),			// subject of the message
+			'$textversion'	=> $msg['textversion'],					// text version of the message
+			'$mimeboundary'	=> $msg['mimeboundary'],				// mime message divider
+			'$hostname'		=> $a->get_hostname()				// name of this host
+		));
+
+		// use the EmailNotification library to send the message
+		require_once("include/EmailNotification.php");
+		EmailNotification::sendTextHtmlEmail(
+			$msg['notificationfromname'],
+			$msg['notificationfromemail'],
+			$msg['notificationfromemail'],
+			$importer['email'],
+			$subject,
+			$email_html_body_tpl,
+			$email_text_body_tpl
+		);
+			pop_lang();
+	}
+}
 
 require_once('include/email.php');
 
@@ -42,7 +126,7 @@ class enotify {
 	 */
 	static public function send($params) {
 		$fromName = email_header_encode($params['fromName'],'UTF-8'); 
-		$messageSubject = email_header_encode(params['messageSubject'],'UTF-8');
+		$messageSubject = email_header_encode($params['messageSubject'],'UTF-8');
 		
 		
 		// generate a mime boundary
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 278a9242e..4666211d8 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1830,8 +1830,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 			'language' => $importer['language'],
 			'to_name' => $importer['username'],
 			'to_email' => $importer['email'],
-			'title' => $msg['title'],
-			'body' => $msg['body'],
+			'item' => $msg,
 			'source_name' => $msg['from-name'],
 			'source_link' => $importer['url'],
 			'source_photo' => $importer['thumb'],