diff --git a/mailbot.py b/mailbot.py
index b53cf14..39c1eb9 100644
--- a/mailbot.py
+++ b/mailbot.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import email
 import logging
 import pytoml as toml
 import imaplib
+import report
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class Mailbot(object):
     other bots that it received mails.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, config, trigger, history_path="last_mail"):
+    def __init__(self, config, history_path="last_mail"):
         """
         Creates a Bot who listens to mails and forwards them to other
         bots.
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ class Mailbot(object):
         :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
         """
         self.config = config
-        self.trigger = trigger
 
         self.history_path = history_path
         self.last_mail = self.get_history(self.history_path)
@@ -55,10 +55,17 @@ class Mailbot(object):
             except:
                 logger.error('Mail sending failed', exc_info=True)
 
-    def listen(self):
+    def repost(self):
         """
-        listen for mails which contain goodwords but no badwords.
-        :return:
+        E-Mails don't have to be reposted - they already reached everyone on the mailing list.
+        The function still needs to be here because ticketfrei.py assumes it.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def crawl(self):
+        """
+        crawl for new mails.
+        :return: msgs: (list of report.Report objects)
         """
         rv, data = self.mailbox.select("Inbox")
         msgs = []
@@ -81,11 +88,12 @@ class Mailbot(object):
                 if date > self.get_history(self.history_path):
                     self.last_mail = date
                     self.save_last_mail()
-                    msgs.append(msg)
+                    msgs.append(self.make_report(msg))
         return msgs
 
     def get_history(self, path):
-        """ This counter is needed to keep track of your mails, so you
+        """
+        This counter is needed to keep track of your mails, so you
         don't double parse them
 
         :param path: string: contains path to the file where the ID of the
@@ -106,21 +114,23 @@ class Mailbot(object):
         with open(self.history_path, "w") as f:
             f.write(str(self.last_mail))
 
-    def send_report(self, statuses):
+    def post(self, statuses):
         """
-        sends reports by twitter & mastodon to a mailing list.
+        sends reports by other sources to a mailing list.
 
-        :param statuses: (list) of status strings
+        :param statuses: (list of report.Report objects)
         """
         for status in statuses:
+            status = status.format()
             mailer = sendmail.Mailer(self.config)
             mailer.send(status, self.mailinglist, "Warnung: Kontrolleure gesehen")
 
-    def to_social(self, msg):
+    def make_report(self, msg):
         """
-        sends a report from the mailing list to social
+        generates a report out of a mail
+
         :param msg: email.parser.Message object
-        :return: post: (string) of author + text
+        :return: post: report.Report object
         """
         # get a comparable date out of the email
         date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
@@ -131,26 +141,26 @@ class Mailbot(object):
         # :todo take only the part before the @
 
         text = msg.get_payload()
-        post = author + ": " + text
+        post = report.Report(author, "mail", text, None, date)
         self.last_mail = date
         self.save_last_mail()
         return post
 
-    def flow(self, statuses):
+    def flow(self, trigger, statuses):
         """
-        to be iterated
+        to be iterated. uses trigger to separate the sheep from the goats
 
-        :param statuses: (list) of statuses to send to mailinglist
-        :return: list of statuses to post in mastodon & twitter
+        :param statuses: (list of report.Report objects)
+        :return: statuses: (list of report.Report objects)
         """
-        self.send_report(statuses)
+        self.post(statuses)
 
-        msgs = self.listen()
+        msgs = self.crawl()
 
         statuses = []
         for msg in msgs:
-            if self.trigger.is_ok(msg.get_payload()):
-                statuses.append(self.to_social(msg))
+            if trigger.is_ok(msg.get_payload()):
+                statuses.append(msg)
         return statuses
 
 
@@ -159,16 +169,21 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     with open('config.toml') as configfile:
         config = toml.load(configfile)
 
+    # set log file
     fh = logging.FileHandler(config['logging']['logpath'])
     fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     logger.addHandler(fh)
 
+    # initialise trigger
     trigger = trigger.Trigger(config)
-    m = Mailbot(config, trigger)
+
+    # initialise mail bot
+    m = Mailbot(config)
+
     statuses = []
     try:
         while 1:
-            print("Received Reports: " + str(m.flow(statuses)))
+            print("Received Reports: " + str(m.flow(trigger, statuses)))
             time.sleep(1)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("Good bye. Remember to restart the bot!")