diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index 3cd8a4960..e324357e0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -54,12 +54,17 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
         #socket to tell people this failed?
       end
       }
-      rescue Exception => e 
-        flash[:error] = e.message
-      end
 
-
-    flash[:notice] = "we tried our best to send a message to #{account}" unless flash[:error]
-    redirect_to aspects_manage_path
+    rescue Exception => e 
+      flash[:error] = e.message
+    end
+    
+    if params[:getting_started]
+      redirect_to getting_started_path(:step=>params[:getting_started])
+    else
+      flash[:notice] = "we tried our best to send a message to #{account}" unless flash[:error]
+      respond_with :location => aspects_manage_path 
+      return
+    end    
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/user/receiving.rb b/lib/diaspora/user/receiving.rb
index 44170f20d..62eb9f05f 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/user/receiving.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/user/receiving.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ module Diaspora
         webfinger = EMWebfinger.new(salmon.author_email)
 
         webfinger.on_person { |salmon_author|
-            if salmon.verified_for_key?(salmon_author.public_key)
-              Rails.logger.info("data in salmon: #{salmon.parsed_data}")
-              self.receive(salmon.parsed_data, salmon_author)
-            end
+          if salmon.verified_for_key?(salmon_author.public_key)
+            Rails.logger.info("data in salmon: #{salmon.parsed_data}")
+            self.receive(salmon.parsed_data, salmon_author)
+          end
         }
       end
 
@@ -20,29 +20,45 @@ module Diaspora
         Rails.logger.debug("Receiving object for #{self.real_name}:\n#{object.inspect}")
         Rails.logger.debug("From: #{object.person.inspect}") if object.person
 
-        sender_in_xml = sender(object, xml)
 
-        if (salmon_author != sender_in_xml)
-          raise "Malicious Post, #{salmon_author.real_name} with id #{salmon_author.id} is sending a #{object.class} as #{sender_in_xml.real_name} with id #{sender_in_xml.id} "
-        end
+        if object.is_a?(Comment) 
+          e = EMWebfinger.new(object.diaspora_handle)
 
-        if object.is_a? Request
-          return receive_request object, sender_in_xml
-        end
-        raise "Not friends with that person" unless self.contact_for(salmon_author)
+          e.on_person { |person|
+
+            if person.class == Person
+              sender_in_xml = sender(object, xml, person)
+              if (salmon_author != sender_in_xml)
+                raise "Malicious Post, #{salmon_author.real_name} with id #{salmon_author.id} is sending a #{object.class} as #{sender_in_xml.real_name} with id #{sender_in_xml.id} "
+              end
+
+              receive_comment object, xml
+            end
+          }
 
-        if object.is_a? Retraction
-          receive_retraction object, xml
-        elsif object.is_a? Profile
-          receive_profile object, xml
-        elsif object.is_a?(Comment)
-          receive_comment object, xml
         else
-          receive_post object, xml
+          sender_in_xml = sender(object, xml)
+
+          if (salmon_author != sender_in_xml)
+            raise "Malicious Post, #{salmon_author.real_name} with id #{salmon_author.id} is sending a #{object.class} as #{sender_in_xml.real_name} with id #{sender_in_xml.id} "
+          end
+
+          if object.is_a? Request
+            return receive_request object, sender_in_xml
+          end
+          raise "Not friends with that person" unless self.contact_for(salmon_author)
+
+          if object.is_a? Retraction
+            receive_retraction object, xml
+          elsif object.is_a? Profile
+            receive_profile object, xml
+          else
+            receive_post object, xml
+          end
         end
       end
 
-      def sender(object, xml)
+      def sender(object, xml, webfingered_person = nil)
         if object.is_a? Retraction
           sender = object.person
         elsif object.is_a? Request
@@ -50,7 +66,7 @@ module Diaspora
         elsif object.is_a? Profile
           sender = Diaspora::Parser.owner_id_from_xml xml
         elsif object.is_a?(Comment)
-          object.person = Person.by_webfinger(object.diaspora_handle)
+          object.person = webfingered_person 
           sender = (owns?(object.post))? object.person : object.post.person
         else
           sender = object.person
@@ -77,9 +93,9 @@ module Diaspora
         request.person.save
         old_request =  Request.first(:id => request.id)
         Rails.logger.info("I got a reqest_id #{request.id} with old request #{old_request.inspect}")
-          request.aspect_id = old_request.aspect_id if old_request
-          request.save
-          receive_friend_request(request)
+        request.aspect_id = old_request.aspect_id if old_request
+        request.save
+        receive_friend_request(request)
       end
 
       def receive_profile profile, xml
diff --git a/lib/em-webfinger.rb b/lib/em-webfinger.rb
index 6b3d82326..b9eaf03bf 100644
--- a/lib/em-webfinger.rb
+++ b/lib/em-webfinger.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ class EMWebfinger
     # Raise an error if identifier has a port number 
     raise "Identifier is invalid" if(@account.strip.match(/\:\d+$/))
     # Raise an error if identifier is not a valid email (generous regexp)
-    raise "Identifier is invalid" if !(@account=~ /\A.*\@.*\..*\Z/)
-  end
+    raise "Identifier is invalid" if !(@account=~ /^[a-zA-Z][\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]@[a-zA-Z0-9][\w\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\.]*[a-zA-Z]$/)
   
   def fetch
     raise 'you need to set a callback before calling fetch' if @callbacks.empty?
diff --git a/spec/models/comment_spec.rb b/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
index 70b99582a..b7eafb8d3 100644
--- a/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/comment_spec.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ describe Comment do
     it 'should send a comment a person made on your post to all people' do
       comment = Comment.new(:person_id => @person.id, :diaspora_handle => @person.diaspora_handle,  :text => "cats", :post => @user_status)
       User::QUEUE.should_receive(:add_post_request).twice
-      Person.should_receive(:by_webfinger).and_return(@person)
       user.receive comment.to_diaspora_xml, @person
     end