diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 9461f21ae4..7186ce7c68 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require_once('include/text.php');
 require_once("include/pgettext.php");
 
 
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.1072' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.1073' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1079      );
 
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 74aa32f5cb..dd0debe69a 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -533,12 +533,9 @@ function diaspora_share($me,$contact) {
 		'$recipient' => $theiraddr
 	));
 
-	$slap = diaspora_msg_build($msg,$me,$contact,$me['prvkey'],$contact['pubkey']);
+	$slap = 'xml=' . urlencode(diaspora_msg_build($msg,$me,$contact,$me['prvkey'],$contact['pubkey']));
 
-	post_url($contact['notify'],$slap, array(
-		'Content-type: application/magic-envelope+xml',
-		'Content-length: ' . strlen($slap)
-	));
+	post_url($contact['notify'],$slap);
 	$return_code = $a->get_curl_code();
 	return $return_code;
 }
@@ -567,12 +564,9 @@ function diaspora_send_status($item,$owner,$contact) {
 
 	logger('diaspora_send_status: base message: ' . $msg, LOGGER_DATA);
 
-	$slap = diaspora_msg_build($msg,$owner,$contact,$owner['uprvkey'],$contact['pubkey']);
+	$slap = 'xml=' . urlencode(diaspora_msg_build($msg,$owner,$contact,$owner['uprvkey'],$contact['pubkey']));
 
-	post_url($contact['notify'],$slap, array(
-		'Content-type: application/magic-envelope+xml',
-		'Content-length: ' . strlen($slap)
-	));
+	post_url($contact['notify'],$slap);
 	$return_code = $a->get_curl_code();
 	logger('diaspora_send_status: returns: ' . $return_code);
 	return $return_code;
diff --git a/mod/receive.php b/mod/receive.php
index 43f8c7bbcd..46b1f27456 100644
--- a/mod/receive.php
+++ b/mod/receive.php
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ function receive_post(&$a) {
 
 	$importer = $r[0];
 
+	// I really don't know why we need urldecode - PHP should be doing this for us.
+	// It is an application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+
 	$xml = urldecode($_POST['xml']);
 
 	logger('mod-diaspora: new salmon ' . $xml, LOGGER_DATA);
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@ function receive_post(&$a) {
 		http_status_exit(500);
 
 	$msg = diaspora_decode($importer,$xml);
+
+	logger('mod-diaspora: decoded msg: ' . $msg, LOGGER_DATA);
+
 	if(! $msg)
 		http_status_exit(500);
 
@@ -58,21 +64,23 @@ function receive_post(&$a) {
 	// is this a follower? Or have we ignored the person?
 	// If so we can not accept this post.
 	// However we will accept a sharing e.g. friend request
+	// or a retraction of same.
 
-	if((count($r)) && (($r[0]['readonly']) || ($r[0]['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER) || ($r[0]['blocked']))) {
-		if(! $xmlbase->request) {
+
+	$allow_blocked = (($xmlbase->request || ($xmlbase->retraction && $xmlbase->retraction->type == 'Person')) ? true : false);
+
+	if((count($r)) 
+		&& (($r[0]['rel'] == CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER) || ($r[0]['blocked']) || ($r[0]['readonly'])) 
+		&& (! $allow_blocked)) {
 			logger('mod-diaspora: Ignoring this author.');
 			http_status_exit(202);
 			// NOTREACHED
-		}
 	}
 
 	require_once('include/items.php');
 
 	$contact = ((count($r)) ? $r[0] : null);
 
-	logger('diaspora msg: ' . $msg, LOGGER_DATA); 
-
 	if($xmlbase->request) {
 		diaspora_request($importer,$contact,$xmlbase->request);
 	}