diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 545a6b5..8b2b385 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 *.swp
 *.pyc
 .idea/
+__pycache__/
 last_mention
+last_mail
 ticketfrei.cfg
 seen_toots.pickle
 seen_toots.pickle.part
diff --git a/mailbot.py b/mailbot.py
index ec81b17..ec440ec 100644
--- a/mailbot.py
+++ b/mailbot.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import sendmail
+import ssl
+import time
+import trigger
 import datetime
 import email
 import logger
@@ -8,13 +11,14 @@ import pytoml as toml
 import imaplib
 import sys
 
+
 class Mailbot(object):
     """
     Bot which sends Mails if mentioned via twitter/mastodon, and tells
     other bots that it received mails.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, config, logger):
+    def __init__(self, config, trigger, logger, history_path="last_mail"):
         """
         Creates a Bot who listens to mails and forwards them to other
         bots.
@@ -22,19 +26,26 @@ class Mailbot(object):
         :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
         """
         self.config = config
+        self.trigger = trigger
         self.logger = logger
 
+        self.history_path = history_path
+        self.last_mail = self.get_history(self.history_path)
+
         try:
             self.mailinglist = self.config["mail"]["list"]
         except KeyError:
             self.mailinglist = None
 
         self.mailbox = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(self.config["mail"]["imapserver"])
-        # context = ssl.create_default_context()
-        # print(self.mailbox.starttls(ssl_context=context))  # print is a debug
+        context = ssl.create_default_context()
         try:
-            rv, data = self.mailbox.login(self.config["mail"]["user"],
-                                     self.config["mail"]["passphrase"])
+            self.mailbox.starttls(ssl_context=context)
+        except:
+            logmsg = logger.generate_tb(sys.exc_info())
+            logger.log(logmsg)
+        try:
+            self.mailbox.login(self.config["mail"]["user"], self.config["mail"]["passphrase"])
         except imaplib.IMAP4.error:
             logmsg = "Login to mail server failed."
             logmsg = logmsg + logger.generate_tb(sys.exc_info())
@@ -47,53 +58,119 @@ class Mailbot(object):
         :return:
         """
         rv, data = self.mailbox.select("Inbox")
+        msgs = []
         if rv == 'OK':
-            rv, data = self.mailbox.search(None, "ALL")
-            print(data)
             rv, data = self.mailbox.search(None, "ALL")
             if rv != 'OK':
-                print("No messages found!")
-                return
+                return msgs
 
             for num in data[0].split():
                 rv, data = self.mailbox.fetch(num, '(RFC822)')
                 if rv != 'OK':
-                    print("ERROR getting message", num)
-                    return
+                    logmsg = "Didn't receive mail. Error: " + rv + str(data)
+                    self.logger.log(logmsg)
+                    return msgs
                 msg = email.message_from_bytes(data[0][1])
-                hdr = email.header.make_header(email.header.decode_header(msg['Subject']))
-                subject = str(hdr)
-                print('Message %s: %s' % (num, subject))
-                print('Raw Date:', msg['Date'])
-                # Now convert to local date-time
-                date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
-                if date_tuple:
-                    local_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
-                        email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))
-                    print ("Local Date:", local_date.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"))
-                #print(msg.as_string())
-                author = msg.get("From")  # get mail author from email header
-                text = msg.get_payload()
-                print(author)
-                print(text)
-        # :todo check if they match trigger
-        # :todo return a nice list of warning messages
 
-    def send_warning(self, statuses):
+                # get a comparable date out of the email
+                date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
+                date_tuple = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))
+                date = (date_tuple - datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)).total_seconds()
+                if date > self.get_history(self.history_path):
+                    self.last_mail = date
+                    self.save_last_mail()
+                    msgs.append(msg)
+        return msgs
+
+    def get_history(self, path):
+        """ 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
+            last_mail is stored.
+        :return: last_mail: ID of the last mail the bot parsed
         """
-        sends warnings by twitter & mastodon to a mailing list.
+        try:
+            with open(path, "r+") as f:
+                last_mail = f.read()
+        except IOError:
+            with open(path, "w+") as f:
+                last_mail = "0"
+                f.write(last_mail)
+        return float(last_mail)
+
+    def save_last_mail(self):
+        """ Saves the last retweeted tweet in last_mention. """
+        with open(self.history_path, "w") as f:
+            f.write(str(self.last_mail))
+
+    def send_report(self, statuses):
+        """
+        sends reports by twitter & mastodon to a mailing list.
+
+        :param statuses: (list) of status strings
         """
         for status in statuses:
             mailer = sendmail.Mailer(self.config)
             mailer.send(status, self.mailinglist, "Warnung: Kontrolleure gesehen")
 
+    def to_social(self, msg):
+        """
+        sends a report from the mailing list to social
+        :param msg: email.parser.Message object
+        :return: post: (string) of author + text
+        """
+        # get a comparable date out of the email
+        date_tuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(msg['Date'])
+        date_tuple = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(email.utils.mktime_tz(date_tuple))
+        date = (date_tuple-datetime.datetime(1970,1,1)).total_seconds()
+
+        author = msg.get("From")  # get mail author from email header
+        # :todo take only the part before the @
+
+        text = msg.get_payload()
+        post = author + ": " + text
+        self.last_mail = date
+        self.save_last_mail()
+        return post
+
+    def flow(self, statuses):
+        """
+        to be iterated
+
+        :param statuses: (list) of statuses to send to mailinglist
+        :return: list of statuses to post in mastodon & twitter
+        """
+        self.send_report(statuses)
+
+        msgs = self.listen()
+
+        statuses = []
+        for msg in msgs:
+            if self.trigger.is_ok(msg.get_payload()):
+                statuses.append(self.to_social(msg))
+        return statuses
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # read config in TOML format (https://github.com/toml-lang/toml#toml)
     with open('config.toml') as configfile:
         config = toml.load(configfile)
 
     logger = logger.Logger(config)
+    trigger = trigger.Trigger(config)
 
-    m = Mailbot(config, logger)
-    m.listen()
-
+    m = Mailbot(config, trigger, logger)
+    statuses = []
+    try:
+        while 1:
+            print("Received Reports: " + str(m.flow(statuses)))
+            time.sleep(1)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("Good bye. Remember to restart the bot!")
+    except:
+        exc = sys.exc_info()  # returns tuple [Exception type, Exception object, Traceback object]
+        message = logger.generate_tb(exc)
+        m.logger.log(message)
+        m.save_last_mail()
+        m.logger.shutdown(message)
diff --git a/retweetbot.py b/retweetbot.py
index 85a4e68..92861c8 100755
--- a/retweetbot.py
+++ b/retweetbot.py
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
     last_mention: the ID of the last tweet which mentioned you
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, trigger, config, logger, historypath="last_mention"):
+    def __init__(self, trigger, config, logger, history_path="last_mention"):
         """
         Initializes the bot and loads all the necessary data.
 
         :param trigger: object of the trigger
         :param config: (dictionary) config.toml as a dictionary of dictionaries
         :param logger: object of the logger
-        :param historypath: Path to the file with ID of the last retweeted
+        :param history_path: Path to the file with ID of the last retweeted
             Tweet
         """
         self.config = config
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
                               keys[3])  # access_token_secret
         self.api = tweepy.API(auth)
 
-        self.historypath = historypath
-        self.last_mention = self.get_history(self.historypath)
+        self.history_path = history_path
+        self.last_mention = self.get_history(self.history_path)
         self.trigger = trigger
         self.waitcounter = 0
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
 
     def save_last_mention(self):
         """ Saves the last retweeted tweet in last_mention. """
-        with open(self.historypath, "w") as f:
+        with open(self.history_path, "w") as f:
             f.write(str(self.last_mention))
 
     def waiting(self):
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
             logmsg = logmsg + self.logger.generate_tb(sys.exc_info())
             self.logger.log(logmsg)
             self.waitcounter += 10
-        return None
+        return []
 
     def retweet(self, status):
         """
@@ -200,19 +200,18 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
         mentions = self.crawl_mentions()
         mastodon = []
 
-        if mentions is not None:
-            for status in mentions:
-                # Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
-                if self.trigger.is_ok(status.text):
-                    # Retweet status
-                    toot = self.retweet(status)
-                    if toot:
-                        mastodon.append(toot)
+        for status in mentions:
+            # Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
+            if self.trigger.is_ok(status.text):
+                # Retweet status
+                toot = self.retweet(status)
+                if toot:
+                    mastodon.append(toot)
 
-                # save the id so it doesn't get crawled again
-                if status.id > self.last_mention:
-                    self.last_mention = status.id
-                self.save_last_mention()
+            # save the id so it doesn't get crawled again
+            if status.id > self.last_mention:
+                self.last_mention = status.id
+            self.save_last_mention()
         # Return Retweets for tooting on mastodon
         return mastodon