diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index e70e2bf6b7..afb907d595 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -504,5 +504,8 @@ function expand_acl($s) {
 
 if(! function_exists('sanitise_acl')) {
 function sanitise_acl(&$item) {
-	$item = '<' . intval(notags(trim($item))) . '>';
+	if(intval($item))
+		$item = '<' . intval(notags(trim($item))) . '>';
+	else
+		unset($item);
 }}
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 89e1f24df4..2afa81c973 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function contacts_content(&$a) {
 					intval($_SESSION['uid'])
 			);
 	
-			notice("Contact has been removed." . EOL );
+			notice( t('Contact has been removed.') . EOL );
 			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/contacts');
 			return; // NOTREACHED
 		}
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 6aed53a772..a631434f3f 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 
 	// find the local user who owns this relationship.
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `id`, `uid` FROM `contact` WHERE `issued-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `issued-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		dbesc($dfrn_id)
 	);
 	if(! count($r)) {
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 	$feed->init();
 
 	$ismail = false;
-	$photo_time = $feed->get_feed_tags( NAMESPACE_DFRN, 'icon-updated');
-	if($photo_time)
-		$avatar_update = $photo_time[0]['data'];
 
 	$rawmail = $feed->get_feed_tags( NAMESPACE_DFRN, 'mail' );
 	if(isset($rawmail[0]['child'][NAMESPACE_DFRN])) {
@@ -75,6 +72,29 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 			. "`) VALUES ('" . implode("', '", array_values($msg)) . "')" );
 
 		// send email notification if requested.
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			intval($importer['uid'])
+		);
+		require_once('bbcode.php');
+		if((count($r)) && ($r[0]['notify_flags'] & NOTIFY_MAIL)) {
+			$tpl = file_get_contents('view/mail_received_eml.tpl');			
+			$email_tpl = replace_macros($tpl, array(
+				'$sitename' => $a->config['sitename'],
+				'$siteurl' =>  $a->get_baseurl(),
+				'$username' => $r[0]['username'],
+				'$email' => $r[0]['email'],
+				'$from' => $msg['from-name'],
+				'$fn' => $r[0]['name'],
+				'$title' => $msg['title'],
+				'$body' => strip_tags(bbcode($msg['body']))
+			);
+	
+			$res = mail($r[0]['email'], t("New mail received at ") . $a->config['sitename'],
+				$email_tpl,t("From: Administrator@") . $_SERVER[SERVER_NAME] );
+			if(!$res) {
+				notice( t("Email notification failed.") . EOL );
+			}
+		}
 
 		xml_status(0);
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 7ba81681fa..39ff920fac 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 			// find the contact record we just created
 			if($r) {	
 				$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` 
-					WHERE `uid` = '%s' AND `url` = '%s' AND `issued-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+					WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' AND `issued-id` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval($uid),
 					$parms['url'],
 					$parms['issued-id']
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 7b07f67295..6ef94fb553 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 					// send the notification upstream/downstream as the case may be
 
 					if($rr['visible'])
-						proc_close(proc_open("php include/notifier.php \"$url\" \"drop\" \"$drop_id\" ",
+						proc_close(proc_open("php include/notifier.php \"$url\" \"drop\" \"$drop_id\" & ",
 							array(),$foo));
 
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $a->data['user']['uid']);
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $a->data['user']['nickname']);
 		return; // NOTREACHED
 	}
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 				// send the notification upstream/downstream as the case may be
 
 				if($i[0]['visible'])
-					proc_close(proc_open("php include/notifier.php \"$url\" \"drop\" \"$drop_id\" ",
+					proc_close(proc_open("php include/notifier.php \"$url\" \"drop\" \"$drop_id\" & ",
 						array(),$foo));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index bfdff5f6b1..850a4b8ce4 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 		$region = notags(trim($_POST['region']));
 		$postal_code = notags(trim($_POST['postal_code']));
 		$country_name = notags(trim($_POST['country_name']));
+
 		$marital = notags(trim(implode(', ',$_POST['marital'])));
+		if($marital != $orig[0]['marital'])
+			$maritalchanged = true;
+
 		$sexual = notags(trim($_POST['sexual']));
 		$homepage = notags(trim($_POST['homepage']));
 		$politic = notags(trim($_POST['politic']));
diff --git a/view/profile.php b/view/profile.php
index 57130c0732..64f8f410a7 100644
--- a/view/profile.php
+++ b/view/profile.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 <div class="marital"><span class="marital-label"><span class="heart">&hearts;</span> Status: </span><span class="marital-text"><?php echo $profile['marital']; ?></span></div>
 <?php } ?>
 <?php if(strlen($profile['url'])) { ?>
-<div class="homepage"><span class="homepage-label">Status: </span><span class="homepage-url"><?php echo $profile['homepage']; ?></span></div>
+<div class="homepage"><span class="homepage-label">Homepage: </span><span class="homepage-url"><?php echo $profile['homepage']; ?></span></div>
 <?php } ?>
 <?php echo $page['aside'] ?>
 </aside>