diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
index efbfcbee3..9c920b362 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Activity.php
@@ -1603,11 +1603,9 @@ class Activity {
 		}
 
 
-		if($abook) {
-			if(! post_is_importable($s,$abook[0])) {
-				logger('post is filtered');
-				return;
-			}
+		if(! post_is_importable($channel['channel_id'],$s,$abook[0])) {
+			logger('post is filtered');
+			return;
 		}
 
 		if($act->obj['conversation']) {
@@ -2139,13 +2137,11 @@ class Activity {
 			intval($channel['channel_id'])
 		);
 
-		if($abook) {
-			if(! post_is_importable($item,$abook[0])) {
-				logger('post is filtered');
-				return;
-			}
-		}
 
+		if(! post_is_importable($channel['channel_id'],$item,$abook[0])) {
+			logger('post is filtered');
+			return;
+		}
 
 		if($act->obj['conversation']) {
 			set_iconfig($item,'ostatus','conversation',$act->obj['conversation'],1);
@@ -2374,11 +2370,9 @@ class Activity {
 			intval($channel['channel_id'])
 		);
 
-		if($abook) {
-			if(! post_is_importable($s,$abook[0])) {
-				logger('post is filtered');
-				return;
-			}
+		if(! post_is_importable($channel['channel_id'],$s,$abook[0])) {
+			logger('post is filtered');
+			return;
 		}
 
 		if($act->obj['conversation']) {
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php
index aa3af4ae3..14893f71b 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ class Libzot {
 				elseif($arr['edited'] > $r[0]['edited']) {
 					$arr['id'] = $r[0]['id'];
 					$arr['uid'] = $channel['channel_id'];
-					if(($arr['mid'] == $arr['parent_mid']) && (! post_is_importable($arr,$abook))) {
+					if(($arr['mid'] == $arr['parent_mid']) && (! post_is_importable($channel['channel_id'],$arr,$abook))) {
 						$DR->update('update ignored');
 						$result[] = $DR->get();
 					}
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 				$item_id = 0;
 
-				if(($arr['mid'] == $arr['parent_mid']) && (! post_is_importable($arr,$abook))) {
+				if(($arr['mid'] == $arr['parent_mid']) && (! post_is_importable($arr['uid'],$arr,$abook))) {
 					$DR->update('post ignored');
 					$result[] = $DR->get();
 				}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/MessageFilter.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/MessageFilter.php
index 281a47c83..b45a1f229 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/MessageFilter.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/MessageFilter.php
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ class MessageFilter {
 		$text = prepare_text($item['body'],$item['mimetype']);
 		$text = html2plain(($item['title']) ? $item['title'] . ' ' . $text : $text);
 
-
 		$lang = null;
 
-		if((strpos($incl,'lang=') !== false) || (strpos($excl,'lang=') !== false)) {
+		if((strpos($incl,'lang=') !== false) || (strpos($excl,'lang=') !== false) || (strpos($incl,'lang!=') !== false) || (strpos($excl,'lang!=') !== false)) {
 			$lang = detect_language($text);
 		}
 
diff --git a/include/feedutils.php b/include/feedutils.php
index 6de7d86e0..1bc006211 100644
--- a/include/feedutils.php
+++ b/include/feedutils.php
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 						}
 					}	
 
-					if(! post_is_importable($datarray, $contact))
+					if(! post_is_importable($importer['channel_id'],$datarray, $contact))
 						continue;
 
 					$datarray['parent_mid'] = $datarray['mid'];
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 					}
 				}	
 
-				if(! post_is_importable($datarray, $contact))
+				if(! post_is_importable($importer['channel_id'],$datarray, $contact))
 					continue;
 
 				logger('author: ' . print_r($author, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 17b261e21..9a64ce66a 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -3261,25 +3261,26 @@ function check_item_source($uid, $item) {
 	return false;
 }
 
-function post_is_importable($item,$abook) {
+function post_is_importable($channel_id,$item,$abook) {
 
-	if(! $abook)
-		return true;
+	if(! $item)
+		return false;
 
-	$incl = PConfig::get($abook['abook_channel'],'system','message_filter_incl',EMPTY_STR);
-	$excl = PConfig::get($abook['abook_channel'],'system','message_filter_excl',EMPTY_STR);
+	$incl = PConfig::get($channel_id,'system','message_filter_incl',EMPTY_STR);
+	$excl = PConfig::get($channel_id,'system','message_filter_excl',EMPTY_STR);
 	if($incl || $excl) {
 		$x = MessageFilter::evaluate($item,$incl,$excl);
 		if(! $x) {
+			logger('MessageFilter: channel blocked content',LOGGER_DEBUG,LOG_INFO);
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(($abook['abook_channel']) && (! feature_enabled($abook['abook_channel'],'connfilter')))
+	if(($channel_id) && (! feature_enabled($channel_id,'connfilter')))
 		return true;
 
-	if(! $item)
-		return false;
+	if(! $abook)
+		return true;
 
 	if(! ($abook['abook_incl'] || $abook['abook_excl']))
 		return true;