diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
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+++ b/mod/message.php
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+<?php
+
+require_once('view/acl_selectors.php');
+
+function message_init(&$a) {
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+function message_content(&$a) {
+
+	if(! local_user()) {
+		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if(($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] == 'new')) {
+		
+		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/jot-header.tpl');
+	
+		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array('$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl()));
+
+		$select .= contact_select('messageto','message-to-select');
+		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/prv_message.tpl');
+		$o = replace_macros($tpl,array(
+			'$select' => $select
+
+		));
+
+		return $o;
+	}
+
+	if($a->argc == 1) {
+
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `mail` WHERE `seen` = 0 AND `uid` = %d LIMIT %d , %d ",
+			intval($_SESSION['uid']),
+			intval($a->pager['start']),
+			intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
+		);
+		if(! count($r)) {
+			notice( t('No messages.') . EOL);
+			return;
+		}
+
+
+	}
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/view/prv_message.tpl b/view/prv_message.tpl
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+++ b/view/prv_message.tpl
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+
+<div id="prvmail-wrapper" >
+<form id="prvmail-form" action="message" method="post" >
+
+$select
+
+<textarea rows="5" cols="64" class="prvmail-text" id="prvmail-text" name="body" ></textarea>
+
+</div>
+<div id="prvmail-submit-wrapper" >
+<input type="submit" id="prvmail-submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
+	<div id="prvmail-upload-wrapper" >
+		<div id="prvmail-upload-div" ><img id="prvmail-upload" src="images/camera-icon.gif" alt="Upload Photo" title="Upload Photo" /></div>
+	</div> 
+	<div id="prvmail-link-wrapper" >
+		<img id="prvmail-link" src="images/link-icon.gif" alt="Insert web link" title="Insert web link" onclick="jotGetLink();" />
+	</div> 
+	<div id="prvmail-rotator-wrapper" >
+		<img id="prvmail-rotator" src="images/rotator.gif" alt="Please wait" title="Please wait" style="display: none;" />
+	</div> 
+</div>
+<div id="prvmail-end"></div>
+</form>
+</div>