diff --git a/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/mailbox/MailboxManager.java b/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/mailbox/MailboxManager.java
index aa11967a63ac3a13c1f4e30acb226e6a82900248..866042a78b19c06045bdfc413b20892cc0292426 100644
--- a/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/mailbox/MailboxManager.java
+++ b/bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/mailbox/MailboxManager.java
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ public interface MailboxManager {
 			TransportId transportId, TransportConnectionReader reader,
 			TransportConnectionWriter writer);
 
-	void handleOwnerContactWithoutMailbox(MailboxInfo mailboxInfo);
+	void handleOwnerContactWithoutMailbox(ContactId contactId);
 }
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/AbstractMailboxSession.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/AbstractMailboxSession.java
index 5d8b45d8d915c7c6b8baee59322a824589fa0375..e0658cfa835b589dd69fb1a0d1d8bec8e078c87b 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/AbstractMailboxSession.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/AbstractMailboxSession.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.mailbox.MailboxConstants;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.LanTcpConstants;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.SyncSession;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.SyncSessionFactory;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.KeyManager;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -250,9 +252,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractMailboxSession implements Runnable {
 		if (!hasMessages)
 			return null;
 
+		// FIXME: using LanTcpConstants for testing
 		StreamContext ctx =
 				keyManager
-						.getStreamContext(c, MailboxConstants.ID);
+						.getStreamContext(c, LanTcpConstants.ID);
+
 
 		if (ctx == null)
 			throw new IOException("Could not allocated stream context");
@@ -262,6 +266,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMailboxSession implements Runnable {
 		StreamWriter streamWriter = streamWriterFactory
 				.createStreamWriter(os, ctx);
 
+		LOG.info("Running SYNC session for " + contactId.toString());
 		syncSessionFactory.createSimplexOutgoingSession(c,
 				MailboxConstants.MAX_LATENCY, streamWriter).run();
 		byte [] buf = os.toByteArray();
@@ -269,6 +274,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMailboxSession implements Runnable {
 		if (buf.length <= 0)
 			return null;
 
+		LOG.info("DONE, OUT LEN:" + buf.length);
 		return buf;
 	}
 
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxManagerImpl.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxManagerImpl.java
index cc87e1ab08eac9968cb83dd404f1e94d0b1f925f..2f6619ba31906df21e01356dba2c5d48c4f32094 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxManagerImpl.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxManagerImpl.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfWriterFactory;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.IoExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.mailbox.MailboxConstants;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.mailbox.MailboxInfo;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.mailbox.MailboxManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.ConnectionRegistry;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.TransportConnectionReader;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ public class MailboxManagerImpl implements MailboxManager {
 	@Override
 	public void handleInomingOwnerContactConnection(StreamContext ctx,
 			TransportId transportId, TransportConnectionReader reader,
-			TransportConnectionWriter writer){
+			TransportConnectionWriter writer) {
 		ioExecutor.execute(
 				new ManageMailboxConnection(ctx, transportId, reader, writer,
 						ContactType.MAILBOX_CONTACT)
@@ -109,16 +108,16 @@ public class MailboxManagerImpl implements MailboxManager {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void handleOwnerContactWithoutMailbox(MailboxInfo mailboxInfo) {
+	public void handleOwnerContactWithoutMailbox(ContactId contactId) {
 		if (null == privateMailboxSession)
 			return;
 
-		ioExecutor.execute(
-				() -> privateMailboxSession.handleContactWithoutPrivateMailbox(mailboxInfo));
+		// Note: not registering this connection for now
+		// FIXME: ConversationActivity shows contact as connected if Mailbox connection is registered
+		privateMailboxSession.handleContactWithoutPrivateMailbox(contactId);
 	}
 
 
-
 	private class ManageMailboxConnection implements Runnable {
 		private boolean incoming;
 
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxServiceImpl.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxServiceImpl.java
index 7c9604cf85fba476f9bd5018ff7db8f35c6d8c5e..ad5ab387b3baea4e538ac8d1c6a4e65a7cd01fcb 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxServiceImpl.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/MailboxServiceImpl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.mailbox;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.Contact;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactType;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.properties.TransportProperties;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.properties.TransportPropertyManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Scheduler;
 
-import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactType.PRIVATE_MAILBOX;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.mailbox.MailboxConstants.POLLING_INTERVALL;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logException;
 
@@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ public class MailboxServiceImpl implements MailboxService, EventListener {
 
 		try {
 			PrivateMailbox mb = contactManager.getPrivateMailbox();
-			if (mb!=null)
+			if (mb != null)
 				privateMailboxId = mb.getId();
 		} catch (DbException e1) {
 			if (LOG.isLoggable(WARNING))
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ public class MailboxServiceImpl implements MailboxService, EventListener {
 		}
 		if (privateMailboxId != null)
 			hasPrivateMailbox.set(true);
-		
+
 		tryToRunLanMailboxFuture();
 		this.eventBus.addListener(this);
 	}
@@ -128,12 +125,12 @@ public class MailboxServiceImpl implements MailboxService, EventListener {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (e instanceof ContactAddedEvent){
+		if (e instanceof ContactAddedEvent) {
 			if (hasPrivateMailbox.get())
 				return;
 			try {
 				PrivateMailbox mb = contactManager.getPrivateMailbox();
-				if (mb!=null)
+				if (mb != null)
 					privateMailboxId = mb.getId();
 			} catch (DbException e1) {
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(WARNING))
@@ -210,7 +207,11 @@ public class MailboxServiceImpl implements MailboxService, EventListener {
 					db.endTransaction(txn);
 			}
 
-			for (MailboxInfo mailboxInfo : contactMailboxes) {
+			for (ContactId c : contacts.keySet()) {
+				mailboxManager.handleOwnerContactWithoutMailbox(c);
+			}
+
+			/*for (MailboxInfo mailboxInfo : contactMailboxes) {
 				if (mailboxInfo.getMailboxId() == null)
 					continue;
 				if (!connectionRegistry
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ public class MailboxServiceImpl implements MailboxService, EventListener {
 									mailboxInfo.getContactId(),
 									mailboxTP));
 				}
-			}
+			}*/
 
 			reschedule();
 
diff --git a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/PrivateMailboxSession.java b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/PrivateMailboxSession.java
index 631878288d6b85973e5cd4d115c3c36b446eabe0..e87fac4af4ecbd6a9dc344f7623b3cf41926aaee 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/PrivateMailboxSession.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/mailbox/PrivateMailboxSession.java
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ public class PrivateMailboxSession extends AbstractMailboxSession {
 	 * Stores messages on the private mailbox for a contact
 	 * who does not own a mailbox
 	 */
-	public void handleContactWithoutPrivateMailbox(MailboxInfo mailboxInfo) {
+	public void handleContactWithoutPrivateMailbox(ContactId contactId) {
 		byte[] encryptedStream;
 		try {
 			encryptedStream =
-					getSyncStreamToStore(mailboxInfo.getContactId());
+					getSyncStreamToStore(contactId);
 		} catch (DbException | IOException e) {
 			logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 			return;
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ public class PrivateMailboxSession extends AbstractMailboxSession {
 
 		if (encryptedStream == null)
 			return;
+
 		MailboxRequest req =
-				new MailboxRequestStore(mailboxInfo.getAliasId(),
+				new MailboxRequestStore(contactId,
 						encryptedStream);
 		try {
 			mailboxProtocol.writeRequest(req);