diff --git a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
index 6dada51d71..025588d010 100644
--- a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
+++ b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
@@ -6066,6 +6066,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 				$AltBody = ($html_body = $mailObject->findBody('html')) ? $html_body->getContents() : null;
 				//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.' AltBody:'.$AltBody);
 				//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.array2string($mailObject->GetReplyTo()));
+				
 				// Fetch ReplyTo - Address if existing to check if we are to replace it
 				$replyTo = $mailObject->getReplyTo();
 				if (isset($replyTo['replace@import.action']))
@@ -6078,18 +6079,40 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 				}
 				foreach ($SendAndMergeTocontacts as $k => $val)
 				{
-					$errorInfo = '';
+					$errorInfo = $email = '';
 					$sendOK = $openComposeWindow = $openAsDraft = null;
 					//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.' Id To Merge:'.$val);
 					if (/*$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'] == 'addressbook' &&*/
-						count($SendAndMergeTocontacts) > 1 &&
-						is_numeric($val) || $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id($val)) // do the merge
+						count($SendAndMergeTocontacts) > 1 && $val &&
+						(is_numeric($val) || $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id($val))) // do the merge
 					{
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.array2string($mailObject));
-						$contact = $bo_merge->contacts->read($val);
-						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.' ID:'.$val.' Data:'.array2string($contact));
-						$email = ($contact['email'] ? $contact['email'] : $contact['email_home']);
-						$nfn = ($contact['n_fn'] ? $contact['n_fn'] : $contact['n_given'].' '.$contact['n_family']);
+
+						// Parse destinations for placeholders
+						foreach(egw_mailer::$type2header as $type => $h)
+						{
+							//error_log('ID ' . $val . ' ' .$type . ': ' . $mailObject->getHeader(egw_mailer::$type2header[$type]) . ' -> ' .$bo_merge->merge_string($mailObject->getHeader(egw_mailer::$type2header[$type]),$val,$e,'text/plain',array(),self::$displayCharset));
+							$merged = $bo_merge->merge_string($mailObject->getHeader(egw_mailer::$type2header[$type]),$val,$e,'text/plain',array(),self::$displayCharset);
+							$mailObject->addAddress($merged,'',$type);
+							if($type == 'to')
+							{
+								$email = $merged;
+							}
+						}
+
+						// No addresses from placeholders?  Treat it as just a contact ID
+						if (!$email)
+						{
+							$contact = $bo_merge->contacts->read($val);
+							//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.' ID:'.$val.' Data:'.array2string($contact));
+							$email = ($contact['email'] ? $contact['email'] : $contact['email_home']);
+							$nfn = ($contact['n_fn'] ? $contact['n_fn'] : $contact['n_given'].' '.$contact['n_family']);
+							if($email)
+							{
+								$mailObject->addAddress(self::$idna2->encode($email),$mailObject->EncodeHeader($nfn));
+							}
+						}
+
 						$activeMailProfiles = $this->getAccountIdentities($this->profileID);
 						$activeMailProfile = self::getStandardIdentityForProfile($activeMailProfiles,$this->profileID);
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.array2string($activeMailProfile));
@@ -6098,14 +6121,12 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 
 						$mailObject->removeHeader('Message-ID');
 						$mailObject->removeHeader('Date');
-						$mailObject->clearAllRecipients();
 						$mailObject->clearCustomHeaders();
-						$mailObject->addAddress(self::$idna2->encode($email),$mailObject->EncodeHeader($nfn));
 						$mailObject->addHeader('Subject', $bo_merge->merge_string($Subject, $val, $e, 'text/plain', array(), self::$displayCharset));
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.' ContentType:'.$mailObject->BodyContentType);
-						if (!empty($Body)) $text_body->setContents($bo_merge->merge_string($Body, $val, $e, 'text/plain', array(), self::$displayCharset),array('encoding'=>Horde_Mime_Part::DEFAULT_ENCODING));
+						if($text_body) $text_body->setContents($bo_merge->merge_string($Body, $val, $e, 'text/plain', array(), self::$displayCharset),array('encoding'=>Horde_Mime_Part::DEFAULT_ENCODING));
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.' Result:'.$mailObject->Body.' error:'.array2string($e));
-						if (!empty($AltBody)) $html_body->setContents($bo_merge->merge_string($AltBody, $val, $e, 'text/html', array(), self::$displayCharset),array('encoding'=>Horde_Mime_Part::DEFAULT_ENCODING));
+						if($html_body) $html_body->setContents($bo_merge->merge_string($AltBody, $val, $e, 'text/html', array(), self::$displayCharset),array('encoding'=>Horde_Mime_Part::DEFAULT_ENCODING));
 
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.array2string($mailObject));
 						// set a higher timeout for big messages
@@ -6125,9 +6146,17 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 						$openAsDraft = true;
 						$mailObject->removeHeader('Message-ID');
 						$mailObject->removeHeader('Date');
-						$mailObject->clearAllRecipients();
 						$mailObject->clearCustomHeaders();
-						if (/*$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'] == 'addressbook' &&*/
+
+						// Parse destinations for placeholders
+						foreach(egw_mailer::$type2header as $type => $h)
+						{
+							//error_log($type . ': ' . $mailObject->getHeader(egw_mailer::$type2header[$type]) . ' -> ' .$bo_merge->merge_string($mailObject->getHeader(egw_mailer::$type2header[$type]),$val,$e,'text/plain',array(),self::$displayCharset));
+							$mailObject->addAddress($bo_merge->merge_string($mailObject->getHeader(egw_mailer::$type2header[$type]),$val,$e,'text/plain',array(),self::$displayCharset),'',$type);
+						}
+
+						// No addresses from placeholders?  Treat it as just a contact ID
+						if (count($mailObject->getAddresses('to',true)) == 0 &&
 							is_numeric($val) || $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->name2id($val)) // do the merge
 						{
 							$contact = $bo_merge->contacts->read($val);
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
index ca470765ea..38da7b7fe3 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.bo_merge.inc.php
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ abstract class bo_merge
 		$action['nm_action'] = 'long_task';
 		$action['popup'] = egw_link::get_registry('mail', 'edit_popup');
 		$action['message'] = lang('insert in %1',egw_vfs::decodePath($file['name']));
-		$action['menuaction'] = 'mail.mail_compose.ajax_merge&document='.$file['path'];
+		$action['menuaction'] = 'mail.mail_compose.ajax_merge&document='.$file['path'].'&merge='. get_called_class();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_taglist.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_taglist.inc.php
index b55ef2a6a6..535f374b1b 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_taglist.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_taglist.inc.php
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ class etemplate_widget_taglist extends etemplate_widget
 						self::set_validation_error($form_name,lang("'%1' is NOT allowed ('%2')!",$val,implode("','",array_keys($lists))),'');
 					}
 				}
-				else if($this->type == 'taglist-email' && !preg_match(etemplate_widget_url::EMAIL_PREG, $val))
+				else if($this->type == 'taglist-email' && !preg_match(etemplate_widget_url::EMAIL_PREG, $val) &&
+					// Allow merge placeholders.  Might be a better way to do this though.
+					!preg_match('/{{.+}}|\$\$.+\$\$/',$val)
+				)
 				{
 					self::set_validation_error($form_name,lang("'%1' has an invalid format",$val),'');
 				}
diff --git a/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php b/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
index 256efd86bb..dd2baad2e8 100644
--- a/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
+++ b/mail/inc/class.mail_compose.inc.php
@@ -3364,7 +3364,14 @@ class mail_compose
 	public function ajax_merge($contact_id)
 	{
 		$response = egw_json_response::get();
-		$document_merge = new addressbook_merge();
+		if(class_exists($_REQUEST['merge']) && is_subclass_of($_REQUEST['merge'],'bo_merge'))
+		{
+			$document_merge = new $_REQUEST['merge']();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$document_merge = new addressbook_merge();
+		}
 		$this->mail_bo->openConnection();
 
 		if(($error = $document_merge->check_document($_REQUEST['document'],'')))
@@ -3373,9 +3380,6 @@ class mail_compose
 			return;
 		}
 
-		// Merge does not work correctly (missing to) if current app is not addressbook
-		//$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'] = 'addressbook';
-
 		// Actually do the merge
 		$folder = $merged_mail_id = null;
 		$results = $this->mail_bo->importMessageToMergeAndSend(