diff --git a/include/EmailNotification.php b/include/EmailNotification.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..209d5476a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/EmailNotification.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+class EmailNotification {
+	/**
+	 * Send a multipart/alternative message with Text and HTML versions
+	 *
+	 * @param fromName			name of the sender
+	 * @param fromEmail			email fo the sender
+	 * @param replyTo			replyTo address to direct responses
+	 * @param toEmail			destination email address
+	 * @param messageSubject	subject of the message
+	 * @param htmlVersion		html version of the message
+	 * @param textVersion		text only version of the message
+	 */
+	static public function sendTextHtmlEmail($fromName,$fromEmail,$replyTo,$toEmail,$messageSubject,$htmlVersion,$textVersion) {
+		logger("sendTextHtmlEmail: BEGIN");
+		logger("fromName:       " . $fromName);
+		logger("fromEmail:      " . $fromEmail);
+		logger("replyTo:        " . $replyTo);
+		logger("toEmail:        " . $toEmail);
+		logger("messageSubject: " . $messageSubject);
+		//logger("htmlVersion:    " . $htmlVersion);
+		//logger("textVersion:    " . $textVersion);
+		
+		// generate a mime boundary
+		$mimeBoundary   =rand(0,9)."-"
+				.rand(10000000000,9999999999)."-"
+				.rand(10000000000,9999999999)."=:"
+				.rand(10000,99999);
+
+		// generate a multipart/alternative message header
+		$messageHeader =
+			"From: {$fromName} <{$fromEmail}>\n" . 
+			"Reply-To: {$replyTo}\n" .
+			"MIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
+			"Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"{$mimeBoundary}\"";
+
+		// assemble the final multipart message body with the text and html types included
+		$textBody	=	chunk_split(base64_encode($textVersion));
+		$htmlBody	=	chunk_split(base64_encode($htmlVersion));
+		$multipartMessageBody =
+			"--" . $mimeBoundary . "\n" .					// plain text section
+			"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" .
+			"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
+			$textBody . "\n" .
+			"--" . $mimeBoundary . "\n" .					// text/html section
+			"Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n" .
+			"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
+			$htmlBody . "\n" .
+			"--" . $mimeBoundary . "--\n";					// message ending
+
+		// send the message
+		$res = mail(
+			$toEmail,	 									// send to address
+			$messageSubject,								// subject
+			$multipartMessageBody,	 						// message body
+			$messageHeader									// message headers
+		);
+		logger("sendTextHtmlEmail: END");
+	}
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 180a8edfd3..9272a7c133 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -173,22 +173,10 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 		require_once('bbcode.php');
 		if($importer['notify-flags'] & NOTIFY_MAIL) {
 
-			// generate a mime boundary
-			$msg['mimeboundary']   =rand(0,9)."-"
-				.rand(10000000000,9999999999)."-"
-				.rand(10000000000,9999999999)."=:"
-				.rand(10000,99999);
-
 			// name of the automated email sender
 			$msg['notificationfromname']	= t('Administrator');
 			// noreply address to send from
 			$msg['notificationfromemail']	= t('noreply') . '@' . $a->get_hostname();				
-			// message headers
-			$msg['headers'] =
-				"From: {$msg['notificationfromname']} <{$msg['notificationfromemail']}>\n" . 
-				"Reply-To: {$msg['notificationfromemail']}\n" .
-				"MIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
-				"Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"{$msg['mimeboundary']}\"";
 
 			// text version
 			// process the message body to display properly in text mode
@@ -208,7 +196,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 			//		4) decode any encoded html tags
 			$msg['htmlversion']	
 				= html_entity_decode(bbcode(stripslashes(str_replace(array("\\r\\n", "\\r","\\n\\n" ,"\\n"), "<br />\n",$msg['body']))));
-			
+
 			// load the template for private message notifications
 			$tpl = load_view_file('view/mail_received_html_body_eml.tpl');
 			$email_html_body_tpl = replace_macros($tpl,array(
@@ -239,27 +227,16 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 				'$hostname'		=> $a->get_hostname()					// name of this host
 			));
 
-			// assemble the final multipart message body with the text and html types included
-			$textbody	=	chunk_split(base64_encode($email_text_body_tpl));
-			$htmlbody	=	chunk_split(base64_encode($email_html_body_tpl));
-			$multipart_message_body =
-				"--" . $msg['mimeboundary'] . "\n" .					// plain text section
-				"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" .
-				"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
-				$textbody . "\n" .
-				"--" . $msg['mimeboundary'] . "\n" .					// text/html section
-				"Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n" .
-				"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
-				$htmlbody . "\n" .
-				"--" . $msg['mimeboundary'] . "--\n";					// message ending
-			
-			
-			// send the message
-			$res = mail(
-				$importer['email'], 									// send to address
-				t('New mail received at ') . $a->config['sitename'],	// subject
-				$multipart_message_body, 								// message body
-				$msg['headers']											// message headers
+			// use the EmailNotification library to send the message
+			require_once("include/EmailNotification.php");
+			EmailNotification::sendTextHtmlEmail(
+				$msg['notificationfromname'],
+				$msg['notificationfromemail'],
+				$msg['notificationfromemail'],
+				$importer['email'],
+				t('New mail received at ') . $a->config['sitename'],
+				$email_html_body_tpl,
+				$email_text_body_tpl
 			);
 		}
 		xml_status(0);