diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index e786eafd98..a413800cc4 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1431,56 +1431,12 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = fa
 				dbesc($arr['received']),
 				intval($arr['contact-id'])
 			);
-
-		// Only check for notifications on start posts
-		if ($arr['parent-uri'] === $arr['uri']) {
-			add_thread($r[0]['id']);
-			logger('item_store: Check notification for contact '.$arr['contact-id'].' and post '.$current_post, LOGGER_DEBUG);
-
-			// Send a notification for every new post?
-			$r = q("SELECT `notify_new_posts` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `notify_new_posts` LIMIT 1",
-				intval($arr['contact-id']),
-				intval($arr['uid'])
-			);
-
-			if(count($r)) {
-				logger('item_store: Send notification for contact '.$arr['contact-id'].' and post '.$current_post, LOGGER_DEBUG);
-				$u = q("SELECT * FROM user WHERE uid = %d LIMIT 1",
-					intval($arr['uid']));
-
-				$item = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
-					intval($current_post),
-					intval($arr['uid'])
-				);
-
-				$a = get_app();
-
-				require_once('include/enotify.php');
-				notification(array(
-					'type'         => NOTIFY_SHARE,
-					'notify_flags' => $u[0]['notify-flags'],
-					'language'     => $u[0]['language'],
-					'to_name'      => $u[0]['username'],
-					'to_email'     => $u[0]['email'],
-					'uid'          => $u[0]['uid'],
-					'item'         => $item[0],
-					'link'         => $a->get_baseurl().'/display/'.urlencode($arr['guid']),
-					'source_name'  => $item[0]['author-name'],
-					'source_link'  => $item[0]['author-link'],
-					'source_photo' => $item[0]['author-avatar'],
-					'verb'         => ACTIVITY_TAG,
-					'otype'        => 'item'
-				));
-				logger('item_store: Notification sent for contact '.$arr['contact-id'].' and post '.$current_post, LOGGER_DEBUG);
-			}
-		}
-
 	} else {
 		logger('item_store: could not locate created item');
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if(count($r) > 1) {
-		logger('item_store: duplicated post occurred. Removing duplicates.');
+		logger('item_store: duplicated post occurred. Removing duplicates. uri = '.$arr['uri'].' uid = '.$arr['uid']);
 		q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `id` != %d ",
 			dbesc($arr['uri']),
 			intval($arr['uid']),
@@ -1530,7 +1486,6 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = fa
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 		intval($parent_id)
 	);
-	update_thread($parent_id);
 
 	if($dsprsig) {
 		q("insert into sign (`iid`,`signed_text`,`signature`,`signer`) values (%d,'%s','%s','%s') ",
@@ -1561,16 +1516,7 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = fa
 	if (!$deleted AND !$dontcache) {
 
 		// Store the fresh generated item into the cache
-		$cachefile = get_cachefile(urlencode($arr["guid"])."-".hash("md5", $arr['body']));
-
-		if (($cachefile != '') AND !file_exists($cachefile)) {
-			$s = prepare_text($arr['body']);
-			$a = get_app();
-			$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-			file_put_contents($cachefile, $s);
-			$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-			logger('item_store: put item '.$current_post.' into cachefile '.$cachefile);
-		}
+		put_item_in_cache($arr);
 
 		$r = q('SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE id = %d', intval($current_post));
 		if (count($r) == 1) {
@@ -1580,9 +1526,68 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = fa
 		}
 	}
 
-	create_tags_from_item($current_post, $dontcache);
+	create_tags_from_item($current_post);
 	create_files_from_item($current_post);
 
+	// Only check for notifications on start posts
+	if ($arr['parent-uri'] === $arr['uri']) {
+		add_thread($current_post);
+		logger('item_store: Check notification for contact '.$arr['contact-id'].' and post '.$current_post, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+		// Send a notification for every new post?
+		$r = q("SELECT `notify_new_posts` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `notify_new_posts` LIMIT 1",
+			intval($arr['contact-id']),
+			intval($arr['uid'])
+		);
+		$send_notification = count($r);
+
+		if (!$send_notification) {
+			$tags = q("SELECT `url` FROM `term` WHERE `otype` = %d AND `oid` = %d AND `type` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
+				intval(TERM_OBJ_POST), intval($current_post), intval(TERM_MENTION), intval($arr['uid']));
+
+			if (count($tags)) {
+				foreach ($tags AS $tag) {
+					$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `notify_new_posts`",
+						normalise_link($tag["url"]), intval($arr['uid']));
+					if (count($r))
+						$send_notification = true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($send_notification) {
+			logger('item_store: Send notification for contact '.$arr['contact-id'].' and post '.$current_post, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			$u = q("SELECT * FROM user WHERE uid = %d LIMIT 1",
+				intval($arr['uid']));
+
+			$item = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
+				intval($current_post),
+				intval($arr['uid'])
+			);
+
+			$a = get_app();
+
+			require_once('include/enotify.php');
+			notification(array(
+				'type'         => NOTIFY_SHARE,
+				'notify_flags' => $u[0]['notify-flags'],
+				'language'     => $u[0]['language'],
+				'to_name'      => $u[0]['username'],
+				'to_email'     => $u[0]['email'],
+				'uid'          => $u[0]['uid'],
+				'item'         => $item[0],
+				'link'         => $a->get_baseurl().'/display/'.urlencode($arr['guid']),
+				'source_name'  => $item[0]['author-name'],
+				'source_link'  => $item[0]['author-link'],
+				'source_photo' => $item[0]['author-avatar'],
+				'verb'         => ACTIVITY_TAG,
+				'otype'        => 'item'
+			));
+			logger('item_store: Notification sent for contact '.$arr['contact-id'].' and post '.$current_post, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		}
+	} else
+		update_thread($parent_id);
+
 	if ($notify)
 		proc_run('php', "include/notifier.php", $notify_type, $current_post);
 
@@ -4722,8 +4727,8 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 				dbesc($item['parent-uri']),
 				intval($item['uid'])
 			);
-			create_tags_from_item($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
-			create_files_from_item($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
+			create_tags_from_itemuri($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
+			create_files_from_itemuri($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
 			delete_thread_uri($item['parent-uri'], $item['uid']);
 			// ignore the result
 		}
diff --git a/include/onepoll.php b/include/onepoll.php
index ba31c4d402..7b93a9a2f0 100644
--- a/include/onepoll.php
+++ b/include/onepoll.php
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	}
 	elseif($contact['network'] === NETWORK_MAIL || $contact['network'] === NETWORK_MAIL2) {
 
-		logger("onepoll: mail: Fetching", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		logger("Mail: Fetching", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 		$mail_disabled = ((function_exists('imap_open') && (! get_config('system','imap_disabled'))) ? 0 : 1);
 		if($mail_disabled)
 			return;
 
-		logger("onepoll: Mail: Enabled", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		logger("Mail: Enabled", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 		$mbox = null;
 		$x = q("SELECT `prvkey` FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 					intval($mailconf[0]['id']),
 					intval($importer_uid)
 				);
-			}
+				logger("Mail: Connected to " . $mailconf[0]['user']);
+			} else
+				logger("Mail: Connection error ".$mailconf[0]['user']." ".print_r(imap_errors()));
 		}
 		if($mbox) {
 
@@ -523,7 +525,10 @@ function onepoll_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 						}
 					}
 				}
-			}
+			} else
+				logger("Mail: no mails for ".$mailconf[0]['user']);
+
+			logger("Mail: closing connection for ".$mailconf[0]['user']);
 			imap_close($mbox);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/include/tags.php b/include/tags.php
index 05e11b47ed..489ca47d2b 100644
--- a/include/tags.php
+++ b/include/tags.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-function create_tags_from_item($itemid, $dontcache = false) {
+function create_tags_from_item($itemid) {
 	global $a;
 
 	$profile_base = $a->get_baseurl();
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ function create_tags_from_item($itemid, $dontcache = false) {
 	if ($message["deleted"])
 		return;
 
-	if (!$dontcache) {
-		$cachefile = get_cachefile(urlencode($message["guid"])."-".hash("md5", $message['body']));
-
-		if (($cachefile != '') AND !file_exists($cachefile)) {
-			$s = prepare_text($message['body']);
-			$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-			file_put_contents($cachefile, $s);
-			$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-			logger('create_tags_from_item: put item '.$message["id"].' into cachefile '.$cachefile);
-		}
-	}
-
 	$taglist = explode(",", $message["tag"]);
 
 	$tags = "";
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 535c36d235..c33dd79952 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -1293,6 +1293,18 @@ function redir_private_images($a, &$item) {
 
 }}
 
+function put_item_in_cache($item) {
+	$cachefile = get_cachefile(urlencode($item["guid"])."-".hash("md5", $item['body']));
+
+	if (($cachefile != '') AND !file_exists($cachefile)) {
+		$s = prepare_text($item['body']);
+		$a = get_app();
+		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
+		file_put_contents($cachefile, $s);
+		$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
+		logger('put item '.$item["guid"].' into cachefile '.$cachefile);
+	}
+}
 
 // Given an item array, convert the body element from bbcode to html and add smilie icons.
 // If attach is true, also add icons for item attachments
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index a66535d7de..a3a8dd938e 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ require_once('library/langdet/Text/LanguageDetect.php');
 require_once('include/tags.php');
 require_once('include/files.php');
 require_once('include/threads.php');
+require_once('include/text.php');
 
 function item_post(&$a) {
 
@@ -824,21 +825,12 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	if(count($r)) {
 		$post_id = $r[0]['id'];
 		logger('mod_item: saved item ' . $post_id);
-		add_thread($post_id);
 
 		// update filetags in pconfig
 		file_tag_update_pconfig($uid,$categories_old,$categories_new,'category');
 
 		// Store the fresh generated item into the cache
-		$cachefile = get_cachefile(urlencode($datarray["guid"])."-".hash("md5", $datarray['body']));
-
-		if (($cachefile != '') AND !file_exists($cachefile)) {
-			$s = prepare_text($datarray['body']);
-			$stamp1 = microtime(true);
-			file_put_contents($cachefile, $s);
-			$a->save_timestamp($stamp1, "file");
-			logger('mod_item: put item '.$r[0]['id'].' into cachefile '.$cachefile);
-		}
+		put_item_in_cache($datarray);
 
 		if($parent) {
 
@@ -947,7 +939,8 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 		intval($parent)
 	);
-	update_thread($parent);
+	if ($post_id != $parent)
+		update_thread($parent);
 
 	$datarray['id']    = $post_id;
 	$datarray['plink'] = $a->get_baseurl().'/display/'.urlencode($datarray['guid']);
@@ -990,7 +983,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	create_tags_from_item($post_id);
 	create_files_from_item($post_id);
-	update_thread($post_id);
+
+	if ($post_id == $parent)
+		add_thread($post_id);
 
 	// This is a real juggling act on shared hosting services which kill your processes
 	// e.g. dreamhost. We used to start delivery to our native delivery agents in the background