diff --git a/screenless/bureau/bureau.py b/screenless/bureau/bureau.py
index 09239e5..5d662c5 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/bureau.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/bureau.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Bureau(object):
         htmlfile = os.fdopen(htmlfile, "w")
         # run template with kwargs
         templfile = os.path.join(self.mdir, template)
-        self.log.debug("printing with template: ", templfile)
+        self.log.debug("printing with template: %s", templfile)
         templ = Template(filename=templfile)
         htmlfile.write(templ.render_unicode(**kwargs))
         htmlfile.close()
diff --git a/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py b/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
index ae8e6ec..366b048 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import email
+import email.mime.application
+import email.mime.multipart
+import email.mime.text
 from email.header import decode_header, make_header
 import imaplib
 import os.path
+import smtplib
 
 import code128
 import imapclient
@@ -67,9 +71,13 @@ class MailRoom(Bureau):
         self.postdb_rev = self.dbenv.open_db(b"postdb_rev")
 
     def _connect_imap(self):
+        """
+        connect / reconnect to imap server
+        """
         try:
             self.imapserv.select_folder("INBOX")
-        except imaplib.abort:
+        except self.imapserv.abort as err:
+            print("imap connection error: ", err)
             self.imapserv.login(self.login, self.password)
             self.imapserv.select_folder("INBOX")
 
@@ -197,9 +205,49 @@ class MailRoom(Bureau):
         document scanner.
         """
         # look up short code to get IMAP ID
+        shortcode, _ = data.split(".")
+        imap_id = self.get_imap_id(shortcode)
+        self._connect_imap()
+
         # extract the sender and title
+        resp = self.imapserv.fetch([imap_id],
+                                   ['INTERNALDATE', 'RFC822'])
+
+        internaldate = resp[imap_id][b'INTERNALDATE']
+
+        bodytext = """
+                   This email is sent from a screenless office. If this is
+                   too wierd or awkward, just reply and let us find a more
+                   acceptable channel. http://screenl.es
+                   """
+        
+        msg_data = resp[imap_id][b'RFC822'].decode('utf-8')
+        msg_obj = email.message_from_string(msg_data)
         # put together the reply
-        pass
+        msg = email.mime.multipart.MIMEMultipart()
+        msg["From"] = msg_obj["To"]
+        # TODO: deal with ReplyTo headers properly
+        msg["To"] = msg_obj["From"] 
+        msg["Date"] = email.utils.formatdate(localtime=True)
+        msg.attach(email.mime.text.MIMEText(bodytext))
+
+        # attach scanned image
+        photo = self.send("PX", "photo")["photo"]
+        with open(photo, "rb") as fil:
+            base = os.path.basename(photo)
+            part = email.mime.application.MIMEApplication(fil.read(), Name=base)
+            part['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename="%s"' % base
+            msg.attach(part)
+
+        # send SMTP
+        smtp = smtplib.SMTP(self.host, 587)
+        smtp.starttls()
+        smtp.login(self.login, self.password)
+        smtp.sendmail(msg["From"], msg["To"], msg.as_string())
+        smtp.close()
+
+        # flag as replied
+        self.imapserv.add_flags(imap_id, [imapclient.ANSWERED])
 
     @add_api("unread", "Get unread mails")
     def unread(self):
diff --git a/screenless/bureau/photography/photography.py b/screenless/bureau/photography/photography.py
index 0f84be5..df7bdf8 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/photography/photography.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/photography/photography.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Photography(Bureau):
         #cmd1 = "fswebcam --jpeg 95 --no-banner --resolution 320x240 /dev/null"
         #cmd2 = "fswebcam --jpeg 95 --no-banner --resolution 1920x1080 "
         #cmd2 += "-F 2 -S 1" + tmpimg.name
-        cmd2 = "uvccapture -x1920 -y1080 -o" + tmpimg.name
+        cmd2 = "uvccapture -d/dev/video1 -x1920 -y1080 -o" + tmpimg.name
         #subprocess.check_output(cmd1.split())
         subprocess.check_output(cmd2.split())
         return {"photo": tmpimg.name}