diff --git a/plugins/mail/init.php b/plugins/mail/init.php
index 5b61c2355..3b1582081 100644
--- a/plugins/mail/init.php
+++ b/plugins/mail/init.php
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ class Mail extends Plugin {
 		$tpl = new MiniTemplator;
 		$tpl_t = new MiniTemplator;
 
-		$tpl->readTemplateFromFile("templates/email_article_template.txt");
+		$templ_name = "templates/email_article_template.txt";
+		if(file_exists("templates/my_email_article_template.txt"))
+			$templ_name = "templates/my_email_article_template.txt";
+		$tpl->readTemplateFromFile($templ_name);
 
 		$tpl->setVariable('USER_NAME', $_SESSION["name"], true);
 		$tpl->setVariable('USER_EMAIL', $user_email, true);