diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
index 6204a2c4..3a799151 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/email.cc
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ long cron_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
     }
     return  0;
 }
+
+
+
 long account_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
     //REQ_LONG( in, "member_id", 1, -1 );
@@ -231,12 +234,13 @@ long account_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
     CGIList * inv_list = new CGIList(&form, "inv_items");
     char listing_items[1024];
     const PGresult *res;
-
+    bool exclude_email = true;
     char * server_name = getenv("SERVER_NAME");
     form.LetStr("server_name",  "https://dashboard.wrenchboard.com");
     form.LetStr("site_name", "WrenchBoard");
     form.LetStr("site_trade_name", "Connecting Opportunities");
 
+
     try {
 
         switch (mailtype) {
@@ -272,7 +276,14 @@ long account_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
             case ACCOUNT_LOGIN_ALERT:
                 REQ_LONG(in, "member_id", 1, -1);
-                if (load_db_record(x, "SELECT *,email as email2,to_char(last_login, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS last_login2 FROM members WHERE id = %lu ", in["member_id"].Long())) {
+
+                 // testing exclusion first
+                 res = pgsql_query("SELECT * FROM members_settings WHERE member_id = %lu AND pref_id='S0001' AND status=100", in["member_id"].Long());
+                 if (res != NULL && pgsql_num_rows(res) > 0) {
+                  exclude_email = false;
+                  }
+
+                  if (!exclude_email && load_db_record(x, "SELECT *,email as email2,to_char(last_login, 'Day Mon dd, yyyy HH:MI AM') AS last_login2 FROM members WHERE id = %lu ", in["member_id"].Long())) {
                   
 
                     in["server_name"] = "https://dashboard.wrenchboard.com";
@@ -303,7 +314,7 @@ long account_email(long mailtype, CVars in, CVars &out) {
                             CVars rec;
                             map_to_cvars(f, rec);
 
-                            sprintf(listing_items, "<TR><td style='background-color:#%s'><a href='%s/plb/viewjob/%s'>%s</a> - %s<br><b>Duration:</b>%s Day(s)</td></TR>", in["color"].c_str(), in["server_name"].c_str(), rec["offer_code"].c_str(), rec["title"].c_str(), rec["description"].c_str(), rec["timeline_days"].c_str());
+                            sprintf(listing_items, "<TR><td style='background-color:#%s; font-size:12px;'><a href='%s/plb/viewjob/%s'>%s</a> - %s<br><b>Duration:</b>%s Day(s)</td></TR>", in["color"].c_str(), in["server_name"].c_str(), rec["offer_code"].c_str(), rec["title"].c_str(), rec["description"].c_str(), rec["timeline_days"].c_str());
                             inv_list->LetStr("pin", listing_items);
                             inv_list->CloseElement();
                             //<hr size=1 color=#FF0000>