diff --git a/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.c b/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.c
index 236e8a1b403358dc59ec1d3c61812153c402a2a9..d71ef612a548cee19f27cf1cee42f271dccf489c 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.c
@@ -4008,13 +4008,13 @@ static void smtp_thread(void* arg)
 									p++;
 							}
 							safe_snprintf(str,sizeof(str)
-								,startup->newmail_notice
+								,text[InternetMailReceived]
 								,timestr(&scfg,newmsg.hdr.when_imported.time,tmp)
 								,sender, p);
 							if(newmsg.hdr.auxattr&MSG_HFIELDS_UTF8)
 								utf8_to_cp437_inplace(str);
 							if(!newmsg.idx.to) 	/* Forwarding */
-								sprintf(str+strlen(str), startup->forward_notice, rcpt_addr);
+								sprintf(str+strlen(str), text[InternetMailForwarded], rcpt_addr);
 							putsmsg(&scfg, usernum, str);
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.h b/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.h
index bae8098e76695a9e5e70b43fe98c8d574be57cbb..8076ef2a61031fca6c65b8510cc9b66e6208d541 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.h
+++ b/src/sbbs3/mailsrvr.h
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	char	inbound_sound[INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN];
 	char	outbound_sound[INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN];
     char	pop3_sound[INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN];
-	char	newmail_notice[INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN];
-	char	forward_notice[INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN];
 
 	/* Misc */
     char	host_name[128];
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
index fde3b492c362d2895ddda3250fb71371f6aed4e2..70aadd65dd3518d27ba71ea1c4853a640d0233b5 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
@@ -609,11 +609,6 @@ void sbbs_read_ini(
 			,iniGetString(list,section,"OutboundSound",nulstr,value));
 		sbbs_get_sound_settings(list, section, &mail->sound, &global->sound);
 
-		SAFECOPY(mail->newmail_notice
-			,iniGetString(list,section,"NewMailNotice","%.0s\1n\1mNew e-mail from \1h%s \1n<\1h%s\1n>\r\n", value));
-		SAFECOPY(mail->forward_notice
-			,iniGetString(list,section,"ForwardNotice","\1n\1mand it was automatically forwarded to: \1h%s\1n\r\n", value));
-	
 		/* JavaScript Operating Parameters */
 		sbbs_get_js_settings(list, section, &mail->js, &global->js);
 
@@ -1126,12 +1121,6 @@ BOOL sbbs_write_ini(
 		if(!sbbs_set_sound_settings(lp, section, &mail->sound, &global->sound, &style))
 			break;
 
-#if 0
-		if(!iniSetStringLiteral(lp,section,"NewMailNotice",mail->newmail_notice,&style))
-			break;
-		if(!iniSetStringLiteral(lp,section,"ForwardNotice",mail->forward_notice,&style))
-			break;
-#endif
 		/* JavaScript Operating Parameters */
 		if(!sbbs_set_js_settings(lp,section,&mail->js,&global->js,&style))
 			break;
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
index e8a2522143eda8720394bf478c5018c9ba44c1ad..c655707b7ec52c9b374de508d12622f281d0f24f 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "msg_id.h"
 #include "scfgsave.h"
 #include "getmail.h"
+#include "text.h"
 #include "git_branch.h"
 #include "git_hash.h"
 
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ fidoaddr_t		sys_faddr = {1,1,1,0};		/* Default system address: 1:1/1.0 */
 sbbsecho_cfg_t	cfg;
 scfg_t			scfg;
 char			compiler[32];
+char*			text[TOTAL_TEXT];
 
 bool pause_on_exit=false;
 bool pause_on_abend=false;
@@ -4538,10 +4540,10 @@ int import_netmail(const char* path, const fmsghdr_t* inhdr, FILE* fp, const cha
 		addr.net=hdr.orignet;
 		addr.node=hdr.orignode;
 		addr.point=hdr.origpoint;
-		safe_snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "\7\1n\1hSBBSecho: \1m%.*s \1n\1msent you NetMail%s from \1h%s\1n\r\n"
-			,FIDO_NAME_LEN-1
+		safe_snprintf(str, sizeof(str), text[FidoNetMailReceived]
+			,timestr(&scfg, time32(NULL), tmp)
 			,hdr.from
-			,hdr.attr&FIDO_FILE ? " with attachment" : ""
+			,hdr.attr&FIDO_FILE ? text[WithAttachment] : ""
 			,smb_faddrtoa(&addr,NULL));
 		putsmsg(&scfg,usernumber,str);
 	}
@@ -5989,9 +5991,10 @@ void import_packets(const char* inbound, nodecfg_t* inbox, bool secure)
 				if(i!=cfg.badecho && cfg.echomail_notify && (user.number=lookup_user(&scfg, &user_list, hdr.to))!=0
 					&& getuserdat(&scfg, &user)==0
 					&& can_user_read_sub(&scfg, cfg.area[i].sub, &user, NULL)) {
-					sprintf(str
-						,"\7\1n\1hSBBSecho: \1m%.*s \1n\1msent you EchoMail on \1h%s \1n\1m%s\1n\r\n"
-						,FIDO_NAME_LEN-1
+					char tmp[128];
+					safe_snprintf(str, sizeof(str)
+						,text[FidoEchoMailReceived]
+						,timestr(&scfg, time32(NULL), tmp)
 						,hdr.from
 						,scfg.grp[scfg.sub[cfg.area[i].sub]->grp]->sname
 						,scfg.sub[cfg.area[i].sub]->sname);
@@ -6217,7 +6220,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     printf("\nLoading configuration files from %s\n", scfg.ctrl_dir);
 	scfg.size=sizeof(scfg);
 	SAFECOPY(str,UNKNOWN_LOAD_ERROR);
-	if(!load_cfg(&scfg, /* text: */NULL, /* prep: */true, /* node: */false, str, sizeof(str))) {
+	if(!load_cfg(&scfg, text, /* prep: */true, /* node: */false, str, sizeof(str))) {
 		fprintf(stderr,"!ERROR %s\n",str);
 		fprintf(stderr,"!Failed to load configuration files\n");
 		bail(1);
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/text.h b/src/sbbs3/text.h
index 247a6af3d54df18fcc40914078408d06dd0b7185..0997856741d74689de37be938e8bc900bda964c3 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/text.h
+++ b/src/sbbs3/text.h
@@ -866,6 +866,11 @@ enum {
 	,AllKey
 	,All
 	,ListKey
+	,InternetMailReceived
+	,InternetMailForwarded
+	,FidoNetMailReceived
+	,WithAttachment
+	,FidoEchoMailReceived
 
 	,TOTAL_TEXT
 };
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/text_defaults.c b/src/sbbs3/text_defaults.c
index aa96f7fb0ac98e09fdcda66faf29e22ad9a0e1fe..0765cc493c2a8817910c7e064ccb7d51dca8c9ef 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/text_defaults.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/text_defaults.c
@@ -1404,4 +1404,13 @@ const char * const text_defaults[TOTAL_TEXT]={
 	,"\x41" // 853 AllKey
 	,"\x41\x6c\x6c" // 854 All
 	,"\x4c" // 855 ListKey
+	,"\x25\x2e\x30\x73\x01\x6e\x01\x6d\x49\x6e\x74\x65\x72\x6e\x65\x74\x20\x65\x2d\x6d\x61\x69\x6c\x20\x66\x72\x6f\x6d\x20\x01\x68\x25"
+		"\x73\x20\x01\x6e\x3c\x01\x68\x25\x73\x01\x6e\x3e\x0d\x0a" // 856 InternetMailReceived
+	,"\x01\x6e\x01\x6d\x61\x6e\x64\x20\x69\x74\x20\x77\x61\x73\x20\x61\x75\x74\x6f\x6d\x61\x74\x69\x63\x61\x6c\x6c\x79\x20\x66\x6f\x72"
+		"\x77\x61\x72\x64\x65\x64\x20\x74\x6f\x3a\x20\x01\x68\x25\x73\x01\x6e\x0d\x0a" // 857 InternetMailForwarded
+	,"\x25\x2e\x30\x73\x01\x6e\x01\x68\x01\x6d\x25\x73\x20\x01\x6e\x01\x6d\x73\x65\x6e\x74\x20\x79\x6f\x75\x20\x4e\x65\x74\x4d\x61\x69"
+		"\x6c\x25\x73\x20\x66\x72\x6f\x6d\x20\x01\x68\x25\x73\x01\x6e\x0d\x0a" // 858 FidoNetMailReceived
+	,"\x20\x77\x69\x74\x68\x20\x61\x74\x74\x61\x63\x68\x6d\x65\x6e\x74" // 859 WithAttachment
+	,"\x25\x2e\x30\x73\x01\x6e\x01\x68\x01\x6d\x25\x73\x20\x01\x6e\x01\x6d\x73\x65\x6e\x74\x20\x79\x6f\x75\x20\x45\x63\x68\x6f\x4d\x61"
+		"\x69\x6c\x20\x6f\x6e\x20\x01\x68\x25\x73\x20\x01\x6e\x01\x6d\x25\x73\x01\x6e\x0d\x0a" // 860 FidoEchoMailReceived
 };