--- mail_handler.rb.orig	2013-07-20 20:20:29.405022732 +0200
+++ mail_handler.rb	2013-07-21 08:58:21.471607222 +0200
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
   MESSAGE_ID_RE = %r{^<?redmine\.([a-z0-9_]+)\-(\d+)\.\d+@}
   ISSUE_REPLY_SUBJECT_RE = %r{\[[^\]]*#(\d+)\]}
   MESSAGE_REPLY_SUBJECT_RE = %r{\[[^\]]*msg(\d+)\]}
+  MESSAGE_CREATE_SUBJECT = %r{^\[([^\]]+ - )?([^\]]+)\] ?(.*)}
 
   def dispatch
     headers = [email.in_reply_to, email.references].flatten.compact
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@
       receive_issue_reply(m[1].to_i)
     elsif m = subject.match(MESSAGE_REPLY_SUBJECT_RE)
       receive_message_reply(m[1].to_i)
+    elsif m = subject.match(MESSAGE_CREATE_SUBJECT)
+      receive_message(m[1], m[2], m[3])
     else
       dispatch_to_default
     end
@@ -186,6 +189,28 @@
     issue
   end
 
+  # Creates a new forum message
+  def receive_message(project, board, subject)
+    project &&= Project.find_by_name(project[0..-4])
+    project ||= target_project
+    board = Board.find_by_name_and_project_id(board, project.id)
+
+    # check permission
+    unless @@handler_options[:no_permission_check]
+      raise UnauthorizedAction unless user.allowed_to?(:add_messages, project)
+    end
+
+    message = Message.new(:author => user, :board => board)
+    message.subject = subject
+    message.content = cleaned_up_text_body
+    add_watchers(message)
+    message.save!
+    add_attachments(message)
+
+    logger.info "MailHandler: message #{message.id} - \"#{message.subject}\" created by #{user}" if logger && logger.info
+    message
+  end
+
   # Adds a note to an existing issue
   def receive_issue_reply(issue_id, from_journal=nil)
     issue = Issue.find_by_id(issue_id)
@@ -266,7 +291,8 @@
   # Adds To and Cc as watchers of the given object if the sender has the
   # appropriate permission
   def add_watchers(obj)
-    if user.allowed_to?("add_#{obj.class.name.underscore}_watchers".to_sym, obj.project)
+    if user.allowed_to?("add_#{obj.class.name.underscore}_watchers".to_sym, obj.project) \
+        || obj.is_a?(Message)
       addresses = [email.to, email.cc].flatten.compact.uniq.collect {|a| a.strip.downcase}
       unless addresses.empty?
         watchers = User.active.where('LOWER(mail) IN (?)', addresses).all