diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 7b9b7315fd..708fd81216 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ require_once('include/crypto.php');
 
 function get_feed_for(&$a, $dfrn_id, $owner_nick, $last_update, $direction = 0) {
 
-	// default permissions - anonymous user
-
-	if(! strlen($owner_nick))
-		killme();
 
+	$sitefeed    = ((strlen($owner_nick)) ? false : true); // not yet implemented, need to rewrite huge chunks of following logic
 	$public_feed = (($dfrn_id) ? false : true);
-	$starred = false;
-	$converse = false;
+	$starred     = false;   // not yet implemented, possible security issues
+	$converse    = false;
 
 	if($public_feed && $a->argc > 2) {
 		for($x = 2; $x < $a->argc; $x++) {
@@ -25,6 +22,7 @@ function get_feed_for(&$a, $dfrn_id, $owner_nick, $last_update, $direction = 0)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// default permissions - anonymous user
 
 	$sql_extra = " AND `allow_cid` = '' AND `allow_gid` = '' AND `deny_cid`  = '' AND `deny_gid`  = '' ";
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_poll.php b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
index fe5cd49063..6030587ce9 100755
--- a/mod/dfrn_poll.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
@@ -26,21 +26,24 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(&$a) {
 		$dfrn_id   = substr($dfrn_id,2);
 	}
 
-	if(($dfrn_id === '') && (! x($_POST,'dfrn_id')) && ($a->argc > 1)) {
+	if(($dfrn_id === '') && (! x($_POST,'dfrn_id'))) {
 		if((get_config('system','block_public')) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user())) {
 			killme();
 		}
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `hidewall` FROM `user` WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($a->argv[1])
-		);
-		if(count($r) && $r[0]['hidewall'])
-			killme();
+		$user = '';
+		if($a->argc > 1) {
+			$r = q("SELECT `hidewall` FROM `user` WHERE `user`.`nickname` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc($a->argv[1])
+			);
+			if((! count($r)) || (count($r) && $r[0]['hidewall']))
+				killme();
+			$user = $r[0]['nickname'];
+		}
  
-		logger('dfrn_poll: public feed request from ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] );
+		logger('dfrn_poll: public feed request from ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . ' for ' . $user);
 		header("Content-type: application/atom+xml");
-		$o = get_feed_for($a, '', $a->argv[1],$last_update);
-		echo $o;
+		echo get_feed_for($a, '', $user,$last_update);
 		killme();
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index 0907abd77f..8991f643d4 100755
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ function message_post(&$a) {
 	$body      = ((x($_REQUEST,'body'))      ? escape_tags(trim($_REQUEST['body'])) : '');
 	$recipient = ((x($_REQUEST,'messageto')) ? intval($_REQUEST['messageto'])       : 0 );
 
+	// Work around doubled linefeeds in Tinymce 3.5b2
+
+	$plaintext = intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','plaintext'));
+	if(! $plaintext) {
+		$body = str_replace("\r\n","\n",$body);
+		$body = str_replace("\n\n","\n",$body);
+	}
 	
 	$ret = send_message($recipient, $body, $subject, $replyto);
 	$norecip = false;