diff --git a/app/mailers/notifier.rb b/app/mailers/notifier.rb
index 1081a24b3..b83c3f700 100644
--- a/app/mailers/notifier.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/notifier.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ class Notifier < ActionMailer::Base
   
   ATTACHMENT = File.read("#{Rails.root}/public/images/diaspora_white_on_grey.png")
 
+  def self.admin(string, recipients, opts = {})
+    mails = []
+    recipients.each do |rec|
+      mail = single_admin(string, rec)
+      mails << mail
+      mail.deliver
+    end
+    mails
+  end
+  def single_admin(string, recipient)
+    @recipient = recipient
+    @string = string.html_safe
+    attachments.inline['diaspora_white_on_grey.png'] = ATTACHMENT
+    mail(:to => @recipient.email,
+         :subject => I18n.t('notifier.single_admin.subject'), :host => APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url])
+  end
+
   def new_request(recipient_id, sender_id)
     @receiver = User.find_by_id(recipient_id)
     @sender = Person.find_by_id(sender_id)
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/single_admin.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/single_admin.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..764d3028b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notifier/single_admin.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+%p
+  = t('notifier.hello', :name => @recipient.username)
+%p
+  = @string
+
+  %br
+  = t('notifier.thanks')
+  = t('notifier.single_admin.admin')
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/single_admin.text.haml b/app/views/notifier/single_admin.text.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2ec82da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notifier/single_admin.text.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+= t('notifier.hello', :name => @recipient.username)
+
+= @string
+
+= t('notifier.thanks')
+= t('notifier.single_admin.admin')
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 624779db1..8699f4b50 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -367,7 +367,11 @@ en:
   notifier:
       hello: "Hello %{name}!"
       love: "love,"
+      thanks: "Thanks,"
       diaspora: "the diaspora email robot"
+      single_admin:
+          subject: "A message from your Diaspora administrator:"
+          admin: "Your Diaspora administrator"
       new_request:
           subject: "new Diaspora* contact request from %{from}"
           just_sent_you: "just sent you a contact request on Diaspora*"
diff --git a/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb
index 5fbb976c7..4c7e0779c 100644
--- a/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,46 @@ describe Notifier do
   let!(:user) {make_user}
   let!(:aspect) {user.aspects.create(:name => "science")}
   let!(:person) {Factory.create :person}
-  let!(:request_mail) {Notifier.new_request(user.id, person.id)}
-  let!(:request_accepted_mail) {Notifier.request_accepted(user.id, person.id, aspect.id)}
 
+  before do
+    Notifier.deliveries = []
+  end
+  describe '.administrative' do
+    it 'mails a user' do
+      mails = Notifier.admin("Welcome to bureaucracy!", [user])
+      mails.length.should == 1
+      mail = Notifier.deliveries.first
+      mail.to.should == [user.email]
+      mail.body.encoded.should match /Welcome to bureaucracy!/
+      mail.body.encoded.should match /#{user.username}/
+    end
+    it 'mails a bunch of users' do
+      users = []
+      5.times do 
+        users << make_user
+      end
+      Notifier.admin("Welcome to bureaucracy!", users)
+      mails = Notifier.deliveries
+      mails.length.should == 5
+      mails.each{|mail|
+        this_user = users.detect{|u| mail.to == [u.email]}
+        mail.body.encoded.should match /Welcome to bureaucracy!/
+        mail.body.encoded.should match /#{this_user.username}/
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#single_admin' do
+    it 'mails a user' do
+      mail = Notifier.single_admin("Welcome to bureaucracy!", user)
+      mail.to.should == [user.email]
+      mail.body.encoded.should match /Welcome to bureaucracy!/
+      mail.body.encoded.should match /#{user.username}/
+    end
+  end
 
   describe "#new_request" do
+    let!(:request_mail) {Notifier.new_request(user.id, person.id)}
     it 'goes to the right person' do
       request_mail.to.should == [user.email]
     end
@@ -30,6 +65,7 @@ describe Notifier do
   end
 
   describe "#request_accpeted" do
+    let!(:request_accepted_mail) {Notifier.request_accepted(user.id, person.id, aspect.id)}
     it 'goes to the right person' do
       request_accepted_mail.to.should == [user.email]
     end