diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c9160a5aee105188873e9a444706d1726de2211..995ad6eedf391f2219cbd25fbd7fa12e1f32126a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Better internal handling of identifiable/reference resolving and merging of entities.  This also
   includes more understandable output for users.
 * Better handling of missing imports, with nice messages for users.
+* No longer use configuration of advancedtools to set to and from email addresses
 
 ### Deprecated ###
 
diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
index 627e1dc4ef041ea4dae03efedd2fabadb37bd07f..dab9fbba82f8581433a4e17df665df0d12b14b15 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
@@ -749,9 +749,31 @@ one with the entities that need to be updated and the other with entities to be
     def inform_about_pending_changes(pending_changes, run_id, path, inserts=False):
         # Sending an Email with a link to a form to authorize updates is
         if get_config_setting("send_crawler_notifications"):
-            filename = OldCrawler.save_form(
-                [el[3] for el in pending_changes], path, run_id)
-            OldCrawler.send_mail([el[3] for el in pending_changes], filename)
+            filename = OldCrawler.save_form([el[3] for el in pending_changes], path, run_id)
+            text = """Dear Curator,
+    there where changes that need your authorization. Please check the following
+    carefully and if the changes are ok, click on the following link:
+
+    {url}/Shared/{filename}
+
+    {changes}
+            """.format(url=db.configuration.get_config()["Connection"]["url"],
+                       filename=filename,
+                       changes="\n".join([el[3] for el in pending_changes]))
+            try:
+                fro=get_config_setting("sendmail_from_address")
+                to=get_config_setting("sendmail_to_address")
+            except KeyError:
+                logger.error("Server Configuration is missing a setting for "
+                             "sending mails. The administrator should check "
+                             "'from_mail' and 'to_mail'.")
+                return
+
+            send_mail(
+                from_addr=fro,
+                to=to,
+                subject="Crawler Update",
+                body=text)
 
         for i, el in enumerate(pending_changes):
 
@@ -862,6 +884,7 @@ def _notify_about_inserts_and_updates(n_inserts, n_updates, logfile, run_id):
     The email contains some basic information and a link to the log and the CrawlerRun Record.
     """
     if not get_config_setting("send_crawler_notifications"):
+        logger.debug("Crawler email notifications are disabled.")
         return
     if n_inserts == 0 and n_updates == 0:
         return
diff --git a/src/doc/getting_started/optionalfeatures.rst b/src/doc/getting_started/optionalfeatures.rst
index d326d7fce6f77a0278c9f2d05a641888203a2089..7b77646501d677b7a99799b97fae752107b11d6f 100644
--- a/src/doc/getting_started/optionalfeatures.rst
+++ b/src/doc/getting_started/optionalfeatures.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ to decide what tool is used for sending mails (use the upper one if you
 want to actually send mails. See ``sendmail`` configuration in the
 LinkAhead docs.
 
+You can even supply the name of a custom CSS file that shall be used:
+
+.. code:: ini
+
+   [advancedtools]
+   crawler.customcssfile = theme-research.css
+
 Crawler Status Records
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