diff --git a/mailstream/mailstream.php b/mailstream/mailstream.php
index b3973dda..2c6b6138 100644
--- a/mailstream/mailstream.php
+++ b/mailstream/mailstream.php
@@ -118,9 +118,28 @@ function mailstream_send_hook(array $data)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if ($item['deleted']) {
+		Logger::debug('mailstream_send_hook skipping deleted item', ['guid' => $item['guid']]);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	$user = User::getById($item['uid']);
 	if (empty($user)) {
-			Logger::error('mailstream_send_hook could not fund user', ['uid' => $item['uid']]);
+		Logger::error('mailstream_send_hook could not find user', ['uid' => $item['uid']]);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', [], ['id' => $item['contact-id'], 'self' => false]);
+	if (!DBA::isResult($contact)) {
+		Logger::error('mailstream_send_hook could not find contact', ['guid' => $item['guid'], 'contact-id' => $item['contact-id']]);
+		return;
+	}
+	if ($contact['blocked']) {
+		Logger::error('mailstream_send_hook contact is blocked', ['guid' => $item['guid'], 'contact-id' => $item['contact-id']]);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (array_key_exists('ignored', $contact) && $contact['ignored']) {
+		Logger::error('mailstream_send_hook contact is ignored', ['guid' => $item['guid'], 'contact-id' => $item['contact-id']]);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -143,7 +162,6 @@ function mailstream_send_hook(array $data)
 function mailstream_post_hook(array &$item)
 {
 	mailstream_check_version();
-	Logger::debug('@@@ mailstream_post_hook', ['item-uid' => $item['uid']]);
 
 	if (!DI::pConfig()->get($item['uid'], 'mailstream', 'enabled')) {
 		Logger::debug('mailstream: not enabled for item ' . $item['id'] . ' uid ' . $item['uid']);
diff --git a/phototrack/phototrack.php b/phototrack/phototrack.php
index 0ede2a1c..97fde076 100644
--- a/phototrack/phototrack.php
+++ b/phototrack/phototrack.php
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ function phototrack_photo_use($photo, $table, $field, $id) {
     }
 }
 
-function phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $field, $id, $url) {
-    Logger::info('@@@ phototrack_check_field_url table ' . $table . ' field ' . $field . ' id ' . $id . ' url ' . $url);
+function phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $id_field, $field, $id, $url) {
+    Logger::info('@@@ phototrack_check_field_url table ' . $table . ' id_field ' . $id_field . ' field ' . $field . ' id ' . $id . ' url ' . $url);
     $baseurl = DI::baseUrl()->get(true);
     if (strpos($url, $baseurl) === FALSE) {
         return;
@@ -126,35 +126,32 @@ function phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $field, $id, $url) {
     }
 }
 
-function phototrack_check_field_bbcode($a, $table, $field, $id, $value) {
+function phototrack_check_field_bbcode($a, $table, $id_field, $field, $id, $value) {
+    Logger::info('@@@ phototrack_check_field_url table ' . $table . ' id_field ' . $id_field . ' field ' . $field . ' id ' . $id . ' value ' . $value);
     $baseurl = DI::baseUrl()->get(true);
     $matches = array();
     preg_match_all("/\[img(\=([0-9]*)x([0-9]*))?\](.*?)\[\/img\]/ism", $value, $matches);
     foreach ($matches[4] as $url) {
-        phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $field, $id, $url);
+        phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $id_field, $field, $id, $url);
     }
 }
 
 function phototrack_post_local_end(&$a, &$item) {
-    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item', $item);
-    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item-content', $item);
+    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item', 'id', $item);
+    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item-content', 'id', $item);
 }
 
 function phototrack_post_remote_end(&$a, &$item) {
-    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item', $item);
-    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item-content', $item);
+    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item', 'id', $item);
+    phototrack_check_row($a, 'item-content', 'id', $item);
 }
 
 function phototrack_notifier_end($item) {
 }
 
-function phototrack_check_row($a, $table, $row) {
+function phototrack_check_row($a, $table, $id_field, $row) {
     switch ($table) {
-        case 'item':
-            $fields = array(
-                'body' => 'bbcode');
-            break;
-        case 'item-content':
+        case 'post-content':
             $fields = array(
                 'body' => 'bbcode');
             break;
@@ -182,8 +179,8 @@ function phototrack_check_row($a, $table, $row) {
     }
     foreach ($fields as $field => $type) {
         switch ($type) {
-            case 'bbcode': phototrack_check_field_bbcode($a, $table, $field, $row['id'], $row[$field]); break;
-            case 'url': phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $field, $row['id'], $row[$field]); break;
+        case 'bbcode': phototrack_check_field_bbcode($a, $table, $id_field, $field, $row['id'], $row[$field]); break;
+        case 'url': phototrack_check_field_url($a, $table, $id_field, $field, $row['id'], $row[$field]); break;
         }
     }
     phototrack_finished_row($table, $row['id']);
@@ -197,15 +194,15 @@ function phototrack_batch_size() {
     return PHOTOTRACK_DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE;
 }
 
-function phototrack_search_table($a, $table) {
+function phototrack_search_table($a, $table, $id_field) {
     $batch_size = phototrack_batch_size();
-    $rows = DBA::p("SELECT `$table`.* FROM `$table` LEFT OUTER JOIN phototrack_row_check ON ( phototrack_row_check.`table` = '$table' AND phototrack_row_check.`row-id` = `$table`.id ) WHERE ( ( phototrack_row_check.checked IS NULL ) OR ( phototrack_row_check.checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 MONTH) ) ) ORDER BY phototrack_row_check.checked LIMIT $batch_size");
+    $rows = DBA::p("SELECT `$table`.* FROM `$table` LEFT OUTER JOIN phototrack_row_check ON ( phototrack_row_check.`table` = '$table' AND phototrack_row_check.`row-id` = `$table`.$id_field ) WHERE ( ( phototrack_row_check.checked IS NULL ) OR ( phototrack_row_check.checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 MONTH) ) ) ORDER BY phototrack_row_check.checked LIMIT $batch_size");
     if (DBA::isResult($rows)) {
         while ($row = DBA::fetch($rows)) {
-            phototrack_check_row($a, $table, $row);
+            phototrack_check_row($a, $table, $id_field, $row);
         }
     }
-    $r = DBA::p("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `$table` LEFT OUTER JOIN phototrack_row_check ON ( phototrack_row_check.`table` = '$table' AND phototrack_row_check.`row-id` = `$table`.id ) WHERE ( ( phototrack_row_check.checked IS NULL ) OR ( phototrack_row_check.checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 MONTH) ) )");
+    $r = DBA::p("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `$table` LEFT OUTER JOIN phototrack_row_check ON ( phototrack_row_check.`table` = '$table' AND phototrack_row_check.`row-id` = `$table`.$id_field ) WHERE ( ( phototrack_row_check.checked IS NULL ) OR ( phototrack_row_check.checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 MONTH) ) )");
     Logger::info("@@@ phototrack_search_table " . print_r(DBA::fetch($r)));
     $remaining = DBA::fetch($r)['count'];
     Logger::info('phototrack: searched ' . DBA::numRows($rows) . ' rows in table ' . $table . ', ' . $remaining . ' still remaining to search');
@@ -230,22 +227,23 @@ function phototrack_cron_time() {
             return false;
         }
     }
+            Logger::debug('@@@ phototrack: search interval reached last ' . $last . ' search interval ' . $search_interval);
     return true;
 }
 
 function phototrack_cron($a, $b) {
+    return; // @@@ something is broken
     if (!phototrack_cron_time()) {
         return;
     }
     DI::config()->set('phototrack', 'last_search', time());
 
     $remaining = 0;
-    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'item');
-    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'item-content');
-    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'contact');
-    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'fcontact');
-    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'fsuggest');
-    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'gcontact');
+    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'post-content', 'uri-id');
+    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'contact', 'id');
+    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'fcontact', 'id');
+    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'fsuggest', 'id');
+    $remaining += phototrack_search_table($a, 'gcontact', 'id');
 
     DI::config()->set('phototrack', 'remaining_items', $remaining);
     if ($remaining === 0) {
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ function phototrack_tidy() {
         Logger::info('phototrack_tidy: deleted ' . DBA::numRows($rows) . ' photos');
     }
     DBA::e('DROP TABLE `phototrack-temp`');
-    $rows = DBA::p('SELECT id FROM phototrack_photo_use WHERE checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 14 DAY)');
+    $rows = DBA::p('SELECT id FROM phototrack_photo_use WHERE checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 2 MONTH)');
     foreach ($rows as $row) {
         DBA::e( 'DELETE FROM phototrack_photo_use WHERE id = ' . $row['id']);
     }
diff --git a/retriever/retriever.php b/retriever/retriever.php
index 37715126..4d9ae127 100644
--- a/retriever/retriever.php
+++ b/retriever/retriever.php
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ $retriever_item_count = 0;
  * @param int $max_items Maximum number of items to retrieve in this call
  */
 function retriever_retrieve_items(int $max_items) {
+	Logger::debug('@@@ retriever_retrieve_items started');
 	global $retriever_item_count;
 
 	$retriever_schedule = array(array(1,'minute'),
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ function retriever_retrieve_items(int $max_items) {
 	}
 	while ($retrieve_items > 0);
 	Logger::debug('retriever_retrieve_items: finished retrieving items');
+	Logger::debug('@@@ retriever_retrieve_items finished');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -189,9 +191,11 @@ function retriever_retrieve_items(int $max_items) {
  * @param int $max_items Maximum number of items to retrieve in this call
  */
 function retriever_clean_up_completed_resources(int $max_items) {
+	Logger::debug('@@@ retriever_clean_up_completed_resources started');
 	// TODO: figure out how to do this with DBA module
 	$r = DBA::p("SELECT retriever_resource.`id` as resource, retriever_item.`id` as item FROM retriever_resource, retriever_item, retriever_rule WHERE retriever_item.`finished` = 0 AND retriever_item.`resource` = retriever_resource.`id` AND retriever_resource.`completed` IS NOT NULL AND retriever_item.`contact-id` = retriever_rule.`contact-id` AND retriever_item.`item-uid` = retriever_rule.`uid` LIMIT $max_items");
 	if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
+		Logger::debug('@@@ retriever_clean_up_completed_resources nothing to do');
 		return;
 	}
 	Logger::debug('retriever_clean_up_completed_resources: items waiting even though resource has completed: ' . DBA::numRows($r));
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ function retriever_clean_up_completed_resources(int $max_items) {
 		DBA::update('retriever_item', ['finished' => 1], ['id' => intval($retriever_item['id'])], ['finished' => 0]);
 		retriever_check_item_completed($item);
 	}
+	Logger::debug('@@@ retriever_clean_up_completed_resources finished');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -376,7 +381,9 @@ function retriever_item_completed(string $retriever_item_id, array $resource) {
 	// Note: the retriever might be null.  Doesn't matter.
 	$retriever_rule = get_retriever_rule($retriever_item['contact-id'], $retriever_item['item-uid'], false);
 
-	retriever_apply_completed_resource_to_item($retriever_rule, $item, $resource);
+	if ($retriever_rule) {
+		retriever_apply_completed_resource_to_item($retriever_rule, $item, $resource);
+	}
 
 	DBA::update('retriever_item', ['finished' => 1], ['id' => intval($retriever_item['id'])], ['finished' => 0]);
 	retriever_check_item_completed($item);
@@ -739,7 +746,7 @@ function retrieve_images(array &$item) {
 		if (!$url) {
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (strpos($url, DI::baseUrl()) === FALSE) {
+		if (strpos($url, (string)(DI::baseUrl())) === FALSE) {
 			$resource = add_retriever_resource($url, $item['uid'], $item['contact-id'], true);
 			if (!$resource['completed']) {
 				add_retriever_item($item, $resource);
@@ -824,7 +831,12 @@ function retriever_transform_images(array &$item, array $resource) {
 		Logger::warning('retriever_transform_images: invalid image found at URL ' . $resource['url'] . ' for item ' . $item['id']);
 		return;
 	}
-	$photo = Photo::store($image, $uid, $cid, $rid, $filename, $album, 0, 0, "", "", "", "", $desc);
+	try {
+		$photo = Photo::store($image, $uid, $cid, $rid, $filename, $album, 0, 0, "", "", "", "", $desc);
+	} catch (Exception $e) {
+		Logger::error('retriever_transform_images: unable to store photo ' . $resource['url'] . ' error: ' . $e->getMessage());
+		return;
+	}
 	$new_url = DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $rid . '-0.' . $image->getExt();
 	if (!strlen($new_url)) {
 		Logger::warning('retriever_transform_images: no replacement URL for image ' . $resource['url']);