diff --git a/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb b/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb
index 9f268bd79..9edcea043 100644
--- a/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/notifier_helper.rb
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@ module NotifierHelper
   include PostsHelper
 
   # @param post [Post] The post object.
-  # @param opts [Hash] Optional hash.  Accepts :length parameters.
+  # @param opts [Hash] Optional hash.  Accepts :html parameter.
   # @return [String] The formatted post.
   def post_message(post, opts={})
-    post.message&.plain_text_without_markdown.presence || post_page_title(post)
+    rendered = opts[:html] ? post.message&.markdownified_for_mail : post.message&.plain_text_without_markdown
+    rendered.presence || post_page_title(post)
   end
 
   # @param comment [Comment] The comment to process.
+  # @param opts [Hash] Optional hash.  Accepts :html parameter.
   # @return [String] The formatted comment.
   def comment_message(comment, opts={})
     if comment.post.public?
-      comment.message.plain_text_without_markdown
+      opts[:html] ? comment.message.markdownified_for_mail : comment.message.plain_text_without_markdown
     else
       I18n.translate "notifier.a_limited_post_comment"
     end
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/also_commented.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/also_commented.html.haml
index 27c8ecf8d..ec6fdfc94 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/also_commented.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/also_commented.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-%p
-  = comment_message(@notification.comment, process_newlines: true)
+= comment_message(@notification.comment, html: true)
 %p
   = link_to t("notifier.comment_on_post.reply", name: @notification.comment.post.author_first_name),
       post_url(@notification.comment.post, anchor: @notification.comment.guid)
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/comment_on_post.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/comment_on_post.html.haml
index 27c8ecf8d..ec6fdfc94 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/comment_on_post.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/comment_on_post.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-%p
-  = comment_message(@notification.comment, process_newlines: true)
+= comment_message(@notification.comment, html: true)
 %p
   = link_to t("notifier.comment_on_post.reply", name: @notification.comment.post.author_first_name),
       post_url(@notification.comment.post, anchor: @notification.comment.guid)
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/liked.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/liked.html.haml
index 49d3dfc47..96cf3770f 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/liked.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/liked.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 - if @notification.like_target.public?
   %p
     #{t('.liked', name: @notification.sender_name)}:
-  %p
-    = post_message(@notification.like_target, process_newlines: true)
+  = post_message(@notification.like_target, html: true)
 - else
   %p
     #{t('notifier.liked.limited_post', name: @notification.sender_name)}.
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/mentioned.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/mentioned.html.haml
index 806c7ee19..715de7647 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/mentioned.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/mentioned.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 - if @notification.post.public?
-  %p
-    = post_message(@notification.post, process_newlines: true)
+  = post_message(@notification.post, html: true)
 - else
   %p
     = t("notifier.mentioned.limited_post")
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/mentioned_in_comment.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/mentioned_in_comment.html.haml
index 1517687e3..89d04cb49 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/mentioned_in_comment.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/mentioned_in_comment.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 - if @notification.comment.public?
-  %p
-    = @notification.comment.message.plain_text_without_markdown
+  = @notification.comment.message.markdownified_for_mail
 - else
   %p
     = t("notifier.mentioned_in_comment.limited_post")
diff --git a/app/views/notifier/reshared.html.haml b/app/views/notifier/reshared.html.haml
index ecb320d5f..1450775e9 100644
--- a/app/views/notifier/reshared.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifier/reshared.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 %p
   #{t('.reshared', name: @notification.sender_name)}:
-%p
-  = post_message(@notification.reshare_root, process_newlines: true)
+= post_message(@notification.reshare_root, html: true)
 %p
   = link_to t(".view_post"), post_url(@notification.reshare)
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/mentionable.rb b/lib/diaspora/mentionable.rb
index 2b447dc5f..d009ce6a5 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/mentionable.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/mentionable.rb
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ module Diaspora::Mentionable
   #
   # @param [String] message text
   # @param [Array] allowed_people ids of people that are allowed to stay
+  # @param [Boolean] absolute_links (false) render mentions with absolute links
   # @return [String] message text with filtered mentions
-  def self.filter_people(msg_text, allowed_people)
+  def self.filter_people(msg_text, allowed_people, absolute_links: false)
     mentioned_ppl = people_from_string(msg_text)
 
     msg_text.to_s.gsub(REGEX) {|match_str|
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ module Diaspora::Mentionable
       if person && allowed_people.include?(person.id)
         match_str
       else
-        "@#{MentionsInternal.profile_link(person, name, diaspora_id)}"
+        "@#{MentionsInternal.profile_link(person, name, diaspora_id, absolute: absolute_links)}"
       end
     }
   end
@@ -121,11 +122,14 @@ module Diaspora::Mentionable
     #
     # @param [Person] AR Person
     # @param [String] display name
+    # @param [String] diaspora_id
+    # @param [Boolean] absolute (false) render absolute link
     # @return [String] markdown person link
-    def self.profile_link(person, display_name, diaspora_id)
+    def self.profile_link(person, display_name, diaspora_id, absolute: false)
       return display_name || diaspora_id unless person.present?
 
-      "[#{display_name || person.name}](#{Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.person_path(person)})"
+      url_helper = Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
+      "[#{display_name || person.name}](#{absolute ? url_helper.person_url(person) : url_helper.person_path(person)})"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/message_renderer.rb b/lib/diaspora/message_renderer.rb
index d3f0e0232..2f9ef423f 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/message_renderer.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/message_renderer.rb
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ module Diaspora
         @message = renderer.render(message).strip
       end
 
-      def markdownify
-        renderer = Diaspora::Markdownify::HTML.new options[:markdown_render_options]
+      def markdownify(renderer_class=Diaspora::Markdownify::HTML)
+        renderer = renderer_class.new options[:markdown_render_options]
         markdown = Redcarpet::Markdown.new renderer, options[:markdown_options]
 
         @message = markdown.render message
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ module Diaspora
           @message = Diaspora::Mentionable.format message, options[:mentioned_people]
         end
 
-        if options[:disable_hovercards] || options[:link_all_mentions]
-          @message = Diaspora::Mentionable.filter_people message, []
+        if options[:disable_hovercards]
+          @message = Diaspora::Mentionable.filter_people(message, [], absolute_links: true)
         else
           make_mentions_plain_text
         end
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ module Diaspora
     end
 
     DEFAULTS = {mentioned_people:        [],
-                link_all_mentions:       false,
                 disable_hovercards:      false,
                 truncate:                false,
                 append:                  nil,
@@ -137,12 +136,8 @@ module Diaspora
     # @param [Hash] opts Global options affecting output
     # @option opts [Array<Person>] :mentioned_people ([]) List of people
     #   allowed to mention
-    # @option opts [Boolean] :link_all_mentions (false) Whether to link
-    #   all mentions. This makes plain links to profiles for people not in
-    #   :mentioned_people
     # @option opts [Boolean] :disable_hovercards (true) Render all mentions
-    #   as profile links. This implies :link_all_mentions and ignores
-    #   :mentioned_people
+    #   as absolute profile links. This ignores :mentioned_people
     # @option opts [#to_i, Boolean] :truncate (false) Truncate message to
     #   the specified length
     # @option opts [String] :append (nil) Append text to the end of
@@ -205,7 +200,7 @@ module Diaspora
         render_tags
         squish
         append_and_truncate
-      }.html_safe
+      }.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
     end
 
     # @param [Hash] opts Override global output options, see {#initialize}
@@ -220,7 +215,20 @@ module Diaspora
         render_tags
         squish
         append_and_truncate
-      }.html_safe
+      }.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
+    end
+
+    def markdownified_for_mail
+      process(disable_hovercards: true) {
+        process_newlines
+        normalize
+        diaspora_links
+        camo_urls if AppConfig.privacy.camo.proxy_markdown_images?
+        render_mentions
+        markdownify(Diaspora::Markdownify::Email)
+        squish
+        append_and_truncate
+      }.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
     end
 
     # Get a short summary of the message
diff --git a/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb
index 946753aa8..6f0b6a795 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/notifier_helper_spec.rb
@@ -5,18 +5,23 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 describe NotifierHelper, :type => :helper do
-  describe '#post_message' do
+  describe "#post_message" do
     before do
       # post for markdown test
       @markdown_post = FactoryGirl.create(:status_message,
-        text: "[link](http://diasporafoundation.org) **bold text** *other text*", public: true)
-      @striped_markdown_post = "link (http://diasporafoundation.org) bold text other text"
+                                          text:   "[link](https://diasporafoundation.org) **bold text** *other text*",
+                                          public: true)
+      @striped_markdown_post = "link (https://diasporafoundation.org) bold text other text"
     end
 
-    it 'strip markdown in the post' do
+    it "strip markdown in the post" do
       expect(post_message(@markdown_post)).to eq(@striped_markdown_post)
     end
 
+    it "renders markdown as html" do
+      expect(post_message(@markdown_post, html: true)).to include("<a href=\"https://diasporafoundation.org\">link</a>")
+    end
+
     it "falls back to the title if the post has no text" do
       photo = FactoryGirl.build(:photo, public: true)
       photo_post = FactoryGirl.build(:status_message, author: photo.author, text: "", photos: [photo], public: true)
@@ -32,13 +37,13 @@ describe NotifierHelper, :type => :helper do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#comment_message' do
+  describe "#comment_message" do
     before do
       # comment for markdown test
       @markdown_comment = FactoryGirl.create(:comment)
       @markdown_comment.post.public = true
-      @markdown_comment.text = "[link](http://diasporafoundation.org) **bold text** *other text*"
-      @striped_markdown_comment = "link (http://diasporafoundation.org) bold text other text"
+      @markdown_comment.text = "[link](https://diasporafoundation.org) **bold text** *other text*"
+      @striped_markdown_comment = "link (https://diasporafoundation.org) bold text other text"
 
       # comment for limited post
       @limited_comment = FactoryGirl.create(:comment)
@@ -46,11 +51,16 @@ describe NotifierHelper, :type => :helper do
       @limited_comment.text = "This is top secret comment. Shhhhhhhh!!!"
     end
 
-    it 'strip markdown in the comment' do
+    it "strip markdown in the comment" do
       expect(comment_message(@markdown_comment)).to eq(@striped_markdown_comment)
     end
 
-    it 'hides the private content' do
+    it "renders markdown as html" do
+      expect(comment_message(@markdown_comment, html: true))
+        .to include("<a href=\"https://diasporafoundation.org\">link</a>")
+    end
+
+    it "hides the private content" do
       expect(comment_message(@limited_comment)).not_to include("secret comment")
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/message_renderer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/message_renderer_spec.rb
index 11bffbbcb..44dc9e2d8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/message_renderer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/message_renderer_spec.rb
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ describe Diaspora::MessageRenderer do
       end
 
       context 'linking all mentions' do
-        it 'makes plain links for people not in the post aspects' do
-          message = message("@{Bob; #{bob.person.diaspora_handle}}", link_all_mentions: true).html
-          expect(message).to_not include 'hovercard'
-          expect(message).to include "/people/#{bob.person.guid}"
-        end
-
         it "makes no hovercards if they're disabled" do
           message = message(
             "@{Bob; #{bob.person.diaspora_handle}}",
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@ describe Diaspora::MessageRenderer do
             disable_hovercards: true
           ).html
           expect(message).to_not include 'hovercard'
-          expect(message).to include "/people/#{bob.person.guid}"
+          expect(message).to include AppConfig.url_to("/people/#{bob.person.guid}")
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb
index 7e0830f41..8129b1d36 100644
--- a/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mailers/notifier_spec.rb
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ describe Notifier, type: :mailer do
 
   describe "hashtags" do
     it "escapes hashtags" do
-      mails = Notifier.admin("#Welcome to bureaucracy!", [bob])
-      expect(mails.length).to eq(1)
-      mail = mails.first
+      status = FactoryGirl.create(:status_message, author: alice.person, text: "#Welcome to bureaucracy!", public: true)
+      like = status.likes.create!(author: bob.person)
+      mail = Notifier.send_notification("liked", alice.id, like.author.id, like.id)
       expect(mail.body.encoded).to match(
         "<p><a href=\"#{AppConfig.url_to(tag_path('welcome'))}\">#Welcome</a> to bureaucracy!</p>"
       )