diff --git a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_queue.php b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_queue.php
index 1373829ecf..df99e34576 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_queue.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_queue.php
@@ -597,45 +597,28 @@ function approve_post($post_id_list, $id, $mode)
 		sync('forum', 'forum_id', array_keys($forum_id_list), true, true);
 		unset($topic_id_list, $forum_id_list);
 
-		$messenger = new messenger();
+		$phpbb_notifications = $phpbb_container->get('notifications');
 
 		// Notify Poster?
 		if ($notify_poster)
 		{
+			// Forum Notifications
 			foreach ($post_info as $post_id => $post_data)
 			{
-				if ($post_data['poster_id'] == ANONYMOUS)
+				if ($post_data['post_id'] == $post_data['topic_first_post_id'] && $post_data['post_id'] == $post_data['topic_last_post_id'])
 				{
-					continue;
+					$phpbb_notifications->add_notifications('approve_topic', $post_data);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$phpbb_notifications->add_notifications('approve_post', $post_data);
 				}
-
-				$email_template = ($post_data['post_id'] == $post_data['topic_first_post_id'] && $post_data['post_id'] == $post_data['topic_last_post_id']) ? 'topic_approved' : 'post_approved';
-
-				$messenger->template($email_template, $post_data['user_lang']);
-
-				$messenger->to($post_data['user_email'], $post_data['username']);
-				$messenger->im($post_data['user_jabber'], $post_data['username']);
-
-				$messenger->assign_vars(array(
-					'USERNAME'		=> htmlspecialchars_decode($post_data['username']),
-					'POST_SUBJECT'	=> htmlspecialchars_decode(censor_text($post_data['post_subject'])),
-					'TOPIC_TITLE'	=> htmlspecialchars_decode(censor_text($post_data['topic_title'])),
-
-					'U_VIEW_TOPIC'	=> generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.$phpEx?f={$post_data['forum_id']}&t={$post_data['topic_id']}&e=0",
-					'U_VIEW_POST'	=> generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.$phpEx?f={$post_data['forum_id']}&t={$post_data['topic_id']}&p=$post_id&e=$post_id")
-				);
-
-				$messenger->send($post_data['user_notify_type']);
 			}
 		}
 
-		$messenger->save_queue();
-
 		// Send out normal user notifications
 		$email_sig = str_replace('<br />', "\n", "-- \n" . $config['board_email_sig']);
 
-		$phpbb_notifications = $phpbb_container->get('notifications');
-
 		foreach ($post_info as $post_id => $post_data)
 		{
 			if ($post_id == $post_data['topic_first_post_id'] && $post_id == $post_data['topic_last_post_id'])
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/notifications/type/approve_post.php b/phpBB/includes/notifications/type/approve_post.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9724916a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/includes/notifications/type/approve_post.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package notifications
+* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+/**
+* Post notifications class
+* This class handles notifications for replies to a topic
+*
+* @package notifications
+*/
+class phpbb_notifications_type_approve_post extends phpbb_notifications_type_post
+{
+	/**
+	* Email template to use to send notifications
+	*
+	* @var string
+	*/
+	public $email_template = 'post_approved';
+
+	/**
+	* Language key used to output the text
+	*
+	* @var string
+	*/
+	protected $language_key = 'NOTIFICATION_POST';
+
+	/**
+	* Get the type of notification this is
+	* phpbb_notifications_type_
+	*/
+	public static function get_item_type()
+	{
+		return 'approve_post';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Find the users who want to receive notifications
+	*
+	* @param ContainerBuilder $phpbb_container
+	* @param array $post Data from
+	*
+	* @return array
+	*/
+	public static function find_users_for_notification(ContainerBuilder $phpbb_container, $post)
+	{
+		$users = array();
+
+		/* todo
+		* find what type of notification they'd like to receive
+		*/
+		$users[$post['poster_id']] = array('');
+
+		$auth_read = $phpbb_container->get('auth')->acl_get_list(array_keys($users), 'f_read', $post['forum_id']);
+
+		if (empty($auth_read))
+		{
+			return array();
+		}
+
+		$notify_users = array();
+
+		foreach ($auth_read[$post['forum_id']]['f_read'] as $user_id)
+		{
+			$notify_users[$user_id] = $users[$user_id];
+		}
+
+		return $notify_users;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Get email template variables
+	*
+	* @return array
+	*/
+	public function get_email_template_variables()
+	{
+		return array(
+			'POST_SUBJECT'				=> htmlspecialchars_decode(censor_text($this->get_data('post_subject'))),
+
+			'U_VIEW_POST'				=> generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.{$this->php_ext}?p={$this->item_id}#p{$this->item_id}",
+			'U_VIEW_TOPIC'				=> generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.{$this->php_ext}?f={$this->get_data('forum_id')}&t={$this->item_parent_id}",
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Function for preparing the data for insertion in an SQL query
+	* (The service handles insertion)
+	*
+	* @param array $post Data from submit_post
+	*
+	* @return array Array of data ready to be inserted into the database
+	*/
+	public function create_insert_array($post)
+	{
+		$this->set_data('post_subject', $post['post_subject']);
+
+		return parent::create_insert_array($post);
+	}
+}