diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index 140baf104..0e83adf08 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ function notification($params) {
 	}
 
 	$itemlink = $a->get_baseurl() . '/notify/view/' . $notify_id;
-	$msg = replace_macros($epreamble,array('$itemlink' => $itemlink));
+	$msg = str_replace('$itemlink',$itemlink,$epreamble);
 	$r = q("update notify set msg = '%s' where id = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
 		dbesc($msg),
 		intval($notify_id),
-		intval($params['uid'])
+		intval($datarray['uid'])
 	);
 		
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 		
 		$r = q("select `id` from `notify-threads` where `master-parent-item` = %d and `receiver-uid` = %d limit 1", 
 			intval($params['parent']),
-			intval($params['uid']) );
+			intval($datarray['uid']) );
 
 		// If so, create the record of it and use a message-id smtp header.
 
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 59c55551b..169717404 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -534,11 +534,11 @@ function updateConvItems(mode,data) {
 
 		/* notifications template */
 		var notifications_tpl= unescape($("#nav-notifications-template[rel=template]").html());
-		var notifications_all = unescape($('<div>').append( $("#nav-notifications-see-all").clone() ).html()); //outerHtml hack
-		var notifications_mark = unescape($('<div>').append( $("#nav-notifications-mark-all").clone() ).html()); //outerHtml hack
-		var notifications_empty = unescape($("#nav-notifications-menu").html());
+		var notifications_all = unescape($('<div>').append( $("#nav-" + notifyType + "-see-all").clone() ).html()); //outerHtml hack
+		var notifications_mark = unescape($('<div>').append( $("#nav-" + notifyType + "-mark-all").clone() ).html()); //outerHtml hack
+		var notifications_empty = unescape($("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").html());
 		
-		var notify_menu = $("#nav-notifications-menu");
+		var notify_menu = $("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu");
 
 		var pingExCmd = 'ping/' + notifyType + ((localUser != 0) ? '?f=&uid=' + localUser : '');
 		$.get(pingExCmd,function(data) {
@@ -549,16 +549,16 @@ function updateConvItems(mode,data) {
 
 
 			if(data.notify.length==0){
-				$("#nav-notifications-menu").html(notifications_empty);
+				$("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").html(notifications_empty);
 
 			} else {
-				$("#nav-notifications-menu").html(notifications_all + notifications_mark);
+				$("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").html(notifications_all + notifications_mark);
 
 
 				$(data.notify).each(function() {
-					text = "<span class='contactname'>"+this.name+"</span>" + ' ' + this.message;
+					text = "<span class='contactname'>"+this.name+"</span>" + ' ' + this.message + '<br />';
 					html = notifications_tpl.format(this.notify_link,this.photo,text,this.when,this.class);
-					$("#nav-notifications-menu").append(html);
+					$("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").append(html);
 				});
 
 			}
diff --git a/mod/notify.php b/mod/notify.php
index dd26bfe7e..3157e8ce8 100644
--- a/mod/notify.php
+++ b/mod/notify.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function notify_init(&$a) {
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl(true));
 	}
 
+
 	if(argc() > 2 && argv(1) === 'mark' && argv(2) === 'all' ) {
 		$r = q("update notify set seen = 1 where uid = %d",
 			intval(local_user())
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 76d139711..b128cffeb 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -82,6 +82,42 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 					'class' => (($zz['seen']) ? 'notify-seen' : 'notify-unseen'), 
 					'message' => strip_tags(bbcode($zz['msg']))
 				);
+			logger('notifs: ' . print_r($notifs,true));
+			}
+
+
+		}
+
+		echo json_encode(array('notify' => $notifs));
+		killme();
+
+	}
+
+
+	if(argc() > 1 && argv(1) === 'messages') {
+
+		$channel = $a->get_channel();
+		$t = q("select mail.*, xchan.* from mail left join xchan on xchan_hash = from_xchan 
+			where channel_id = %d and ( mail_flags & %d ) and not (mail_flags & %d ) 
+			and from_xchan != '%s' order by created desc limit 0,50",
+			intval(local_user()),
+			intval(MAIL_SEEN),
+			intval(MAIL_DELETED),
+			dbesc($channel['channel_hash'])
+		);
+
+		if($t) {
+			foreach($t as $zz) {
+//				$msg = sprintf( t('sent you a private message.'), $zz['xchan_name']);
+				$notifs[] = array(
+					'notify_link' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/message/' . $zz['id'], 
+					'name' => $zz['xchan_name'],
+					'url' => $zz['xchan_url'],
+					'photo' => $zz['xchan_photo_s'],
+					'when' => relative_date($zz['created']), 
+					'class' => (($zz['mail_flags'] & MAIL_SEEN) ? 'notify-seen' : 'notify-unseen'), 
+					'message' => t('sent you a private message'),
+				);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -90,6 +126,9 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 
 	}
 
+
+
+
 	if(argc() > 1 && (argv(1) === 'network' || argv(1) === 'home')) {
 
 		$result = array();
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
index d6cee8825..b855a045a 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
@@ -3774,6 +3774,13 @@ ul.menu-popup {
 /*	top: 90px; */
 /*	left: 400px; */
 }
+
+.notify-menus {
+	width: 320px !important;
+	max-height: 400px;
+	overflow-y: scroll;overflow-style:scrollbar;
+}
+
 #nav-notifications-menu {
 	width: 320px;
 	max-height: 400px;
diff --git a/view/tpl/nav.tpl b/view/tpl/nav.tpl
index c952ca93c..1b4247280 100644
--- a/view/tpl/nav.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/nav.tpl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			<li id="nav-mail-link" class="nav-menu $sel.messages">
 				<a class="$nav.messages.2" href="$nav.messages.0" title="$nav.messages.3" ><span class="icon mail">$nav.messages.1</span></a>
 				<span id="mail-update" class="nav-notify fakelink" rel="#nav-messages-menu"></span>
-				<ul id="nav-messages-menu" class="menu-popup" rel="messages">
+				<ul id="nav-messages-menu" class="menu-popup notify-menus" rel="messages">
 					<li id="nav-messages-see-all"><a href="$nav.messages.all.0">$nav.messages.all.1</a></li>
 					<li id="nav-messages-mark-all"><a href="#">$nav.messages.mark.1</a></li>
 					<li class="empty">$emptynotifications</li>
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
 
 	{{ if $nav.notifications }}
 
-		<li id="nav-notifications-linkmenu" class="nav-menu fakelink">
-			<a  rel="#nav-notifications-menu" title="$nav.notifications.1"><span class="icon s22 notify">$nav.notifications.1</span></a>
+		<li id="nav-notify-linkmenu" class="nav-menu fakelink">
+			<a  rel="#nav-notify-menu" title="$nav.notifications.1"><span class="icon s22 notify">$nav.notifications.1</span></a>
 			<span id="notify-update" class="nav-notify"></span>
-			<ul id="nav-notifications-menu" class="menu-popup" rel="notify">
-				<li id="nav-notifications-see-all"><a href="$nav.notifications.all.0">$nav.notifications.all.1</a></li>
-				<li id="nav-notifications-mark-all"><a href="#" onclick="notifyMarkAll(); return false;">$nav.notifications.mark.1</a></li>
+			<ul id="nav-notify-menu" class="menu-popup notify-menus" rel="notify">
+				<li id="nav-notify-see-all"><a href="$nav.notifications.all.0">$nav.notifications.all.1</a></li>
+				<li id="nav-notify-mark-all"><a href="#" onclick="notifyMarkAll(); return false;">$nav.notifications.mark.1</a></li>
 				<li class="empty">$emptynotifications</li>
 			</ul>
 		</li>