diff --git a/actions/emailsettings.php b/actions/emailsettings.php
index 72bad8519f..5e2c06bbd3 100644
--- a/actions/emailsettings.php
+++ b/actions/emailsettings.php
@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ class EmailsettingsAction extends SettingsAction {
 		common_checkbox('emailnotifysub',
 		                _('Send me notices of new subscriptions through email.'),
 		                $user->emailnotifysub);
-		
+		common_checkbox('emailpost',
+						_('I want to post notices by email.'),
+						$user->emailpost);
+		common_checkbox('emailmicroid',
+		                _('Publish a MicroID for my email address.'),
+		                $user->emailmicroid);
+
 		common_submit('save', _('Save'));
 		
 		common_element_end('form');
@@ -128,6 +134,8 @@ class EmailsettingsAction extends SettingsAction {
 	function save_preferences() {
 
 		$emailnotifysub = $this->boolean('emailnotifysub');
+		$emailmicroid = $this->boolean('emailmicroid');
+		$emailpost = $this->boolean('emailpost');
 
 		$user = common_current_user();
 
@@ -138,6 +146,8 @@ class EmailsettingsAction extends SettingsAction {
 		$original = clone($user);
 
 		$user->emailnotifysub = $emailnotifysub;
+		$user->emailmicroid = $emailmicroid;
+		$user->emailpost = $emailpost;
 
 		$result = $user->update($original);
 
diff --git a/actions/profilesettings.php b/actions/profilesettings.php
index cfa4db0d77..f2fe89826e 100644
--- a/actions/profilesettings.php
+++ b/actions/profilesettings.php
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ class ProfilesettingsAction extends SettingsAction {
 		common_input('location', _('Location'),
 					 ($this->arg('location')) ? $this->arg('location') : $profile->location,
 					 _('Where you are, like "City, State (or Region), Country"'));
+
+		$language = common_language();
+		common_dropdown('language', _('Language'), get_nice_language_list(), _('Preferred language'), TRUE, $language);
+		$timezone = common_timezone();
+		$timezones = array();
+		foreach(DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers() as $k => $v) {
+			$timezones[$v] = $v;
+		}
+		common_dropdown('timezone', _('Timezone'), $timezones, _('What timezone are you normally in?'), TRUE, $timezone);
+
+		common_checkbox('autosubscribe', _('Automatically subscribe to whoever subscribes to me (best for non-humans)'),
+						($this->arg('autosubscribe')) ? $this->boolean('autosubscribe') : $user->autosubscribe);
 		common_submit('submit', _('Save'));
 		common_element_end('form');
 		common_show_footer();
@@ -64,6 +76,9 @@ class ProfilesettingsAction extends SettingsAction {
 		$homepage = $this->trimmed('homepage');
 		$bio = $this->trimmed('bio');
 		$location = $this->trimmed('location');
+		$autosubscribe = $this->boolean('autosubscribe');
+		$language = $this->trimmed('language');
+		$timezone = $this->trimmed('timezone');
 
 		# Some validation
 
diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index b7feab6023..a6c860588b 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -32,22 +32,26 @@ class User extends DB_DataObject
     public $__table = 'user';                            // table name
     public $id;                              // int(4)  primary_key not_null
     public $nickname;                        // varchar(64)  unique_key
-    public $password;                        // varchar(255)  
+    public $password;                        // varchar(255)
     public $email;                           // varchar(255)  unique_key
     public $incomingemail;                   // varchar(255)  unique_key
     public $emailnotifysub;                  // tinyint(1)   default_1
+    public $emailmicroid;                    // tinyint(1)   default_1
+    public $language;                        // varchar(50)
+    public $timezone;                        // varchar(50)
+    public $emailpost;                       // tinyint(1)   default_1
     public $jabber;                          // varchar(255)  unique_key
-    public $jabbernotify;                    // tinyint(1)  
-    public $jabberreplies;                   // tinyint(1)  
+    public $jabbernotify;                    // tinyint(1)
+    public $jabberreplies;                   // tinyint(1)
     public $jabbermicroid;                   // tinyint(1)   default_1
-    public $updatefrompresence;              // tinyint(1)  
+    public $updatefrompresence;              // tinyint(1)
     public $sms;                             // varchar(64)  unique_key
-    public $carrier;                         // int(4)  
-    public $smsnotify;                       // tinyint(1)  
-    public $smsreplies;                      // tinyint(1)  
-    public $smsemail;                        // varchar(255)  
+    public $carrier;                         // int(4)
+    public $smsnotify;                       // tinyint(1)
+    public $smsreplies;                      // tinyint(1)
+    public $smsemail;                        // varchar(255)
     public $uri;                             // varchar(255)  unique_key
-    public $autosubscribe;                   // tinyint(1)  
+    public $autosubscribe;                   // tinyint(1)
     public $created;                         // datetime()   not_null
     public $modified;                        // timestamp()   not_null default_CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ class User extends DB_DataObject
 
 	function updateKeys(&$orig) {
 		$parts = array();
-		foreach (array('nickname', 'email', 'jabber', 'sms', 'carrier') as $k) {
+		foreach (array('nickname', 'email', 'jabber', 'incomingemail', 'sms', 'carrier', 'smsemail', 'language', 'timezone') as $k) {
 			if (strcmp($this->$k, $orig->$k) != 0) {
 				$parts[] = $k . ' = ' . $this->_quote($this->$k);
 			}
diff --git a/classes/stoica.ini b/classes/stoica.ini
index 31fb6d1592..3042b3aa08 100644
--- a/classes/stoica.ini
+++ b/classes/stoica.ini
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ password = 2
 email = 2
 incomingemail = 2
 emailnotifysub = 17
+emailmicroid = 17
+language = 2
+timezone = 2
+emailpost = 17
 jabber = 2
 jabbernotify = 17
 jabberreplies = 17
diff --git a/db/laconica.sql b/db/laconica.sql
index 79c34e712a..ae5184778e 100644
--- a/db/laconica.sql
+++ b/db/laconica.sql
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ create table user (
     email varchar(255) unique key comment 'email address for password recovery etc.',
     incomingemail varchar(255) unique key comment 'email address for post-by-email',
     emailnotifysub tinyint default 1 comment 'Notify by email of subscriptions',
+    emailmicroid tinyint default 1 comment 'whether to publish email microid',
+    language varchar(50) comment 'preferred language',
+    timezone varchar(50) comment 'timezone',
+    emailpost tinyint default 1 comment 'Post by email',
     jabber varchar(255) unique key comment 'jabber ID for notices',
     jabbernotify tinyint default 0 comment 'whether to send notices to jabber',
     jabberreplies tinyint default 0 comment 'whether to send notices to jabber on replies',
diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index b4c16660fa..dadf64ae37 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -121,5 +121,7 @@ require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Confirm_address.php');
 require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Remember_me.php');
 require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Queue_item.php');
 require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Reply.php');
+require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Notice_tag.php');
+require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Sms_carrier.php');
 
 require_once('markdown.php');