diff --git a/lib/mail.php b/lib/mail.php
index dde7571ebe..27a1d99dcb 100644
--- a/lib/mail.php
+++ b/lib/mail.php
@@ -554,17 +554,19 @@ function mail_notify_fave($other, $user, $notice)
 
     $body = sprintf(_("%1\$s just added your notice from %2\$s".
                       " as one of their favorites.\n\n" .
-                      "In case you forgot, you can see the text".
-                      " of your notice here:\n\n" .
+                      "The URL of your notice is:\n\n" .
                       "%3\$s\n\n" .
-                      "You can see the list of %1\$s's favorites here:\n\n" .
+                      "The text of your notice is:\n\n" .
                       "%4\$s\n\n" .
+                      "You can see the list of %1\$s's favorites here:\n\n" .
+                      "%5\$s\n\n" .
                       "Faithfully yours,\n" .
-                      "%5\$s\n"),
+                      "%6\$s\n"),
                     $bestname,
                     common_exact_date($notice->created),
                     common_local_url('shownotice',
                                      array('notice' => $notice->id)),
+                    $notice->content,
                     common_local_url('showfavorites',
                                      array('nickname' => $user->nickname)),
                     common_config('site', 'name'));
diff --git a/lib/ping.php b/lib/ping.php
index d7472b920a..3de541e9aa 100644
--- a/lib/ping.php
+++ b/lib/ping.php
@@ -50,7 +50,15 @@ function ping_broadcast_notice($notice) {
                                                                    "User-Agent: Laconica/".LACONICA_VERSION."\r\n",
                                                                    'content' => $req)));
             $file = file_get_contents($notify_url, false, $context);
+
+            if ($file === false || mb_strlen($file) == 0) {
+                common_log(LOG_WARNING,
+                           "XML-RPC empty results for ping ($notify_url, $notice->id) ");
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $response = xmlrpc_decode($file);
+
             if (xmlrpc_is_fault($response)) {
                 common_log(LOG_WARNING,
                            "XML-RPC error for ping ($notify_url, $notice->id) ".