diff --git a/utils/open-tasks.php b/utils/open-tasks.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46f6acc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/open-tasks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+<?php
+if(isset($_SERVER['SEEDDMS_HOME'])) {
+	require_once($_SERVER['SEEDDMS_HOME']."/inc/inc.ClassSettings.php");
+} else {
+	require_once("../inc/inc.ClassSettings.php");
+}
+include 'Mail.php';
+include 'Mail/mime.php';
+
+function usage() { /* {{{ */
+	echo "Usage:\n";
+	echo "  seeddms-open-tasks [--config <file>] [-u <users>] [-r receiver] [-h] [-v] [-t] [-q] -d <days> -D <days>\n";
+	echo "\n";
+	echo "Description:\n";
+	echo "  Check for tasks which need to be done by a user.\n";
+	echo "\n";
+	echo "Options:\n";
+	echo "  -h, --help: print usage information and exit.\n";
+	echo "  -v, --version: print version and exit.\n";
+	echo "  --config=<file>: set alternative config file.\n";
+	echo "  -u <users>: comma separated list of user names to check. If not set all\n";
+	echo "             users will be checked.\n";
+	echo "  -r <receiver>: email address where all mails are sent to. If not set the\n";
+	echo "             users themselves are informed.\n";
+	echo "  -f <email>: set From field in notification mail\n";
+	echo "  -b <base>: set base for links in html email. The final link will be\n";
+	echo "             <base><httpRoot>out/out.ViewDocument.php. The default is\n";
+	echo "             http://localhost\n";
+	echo "  -d <days>: check for n days in the future (default 14). Days always\n".
+		   "             start and end at midnight. A value of '1' means today.\n";
+	echo "  -t: run in test mode (will not send any mails)\n";
+	echo "  -q: be quite (just output error messages)\n";
+} /* }}} */
+
+$version = "0.0.1";
+$tableformat = "%-65s %-12s";
+$tableformathtml = "<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>";
+$baseurl = "http://localhost/";
+$mailfrom = "uwe@steinman.cx";
+
+$shortoptions = "u:d:D:f:b:a:A:c:C:m:u:r:tqhv";
+$longoptions = array('help', 'version', 'config:');
+if(false === ($options = getopt($shortoptions, $longoptions))) {
+	usage();
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+/* Print help and exit */
+if(isset($options['h']) || isset($options['help'])) {
+	usage();
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+/* Print version and exit */
+if(isset($options['v']) || isset($options['verѕion'])) {
+	echo $version."\n";
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+/* Set alternative config file */
+if(isset($options['config'])) {
+	$settings = new Settings($options['config']);
+} else {
+	$settings = new Settings();
+}
+include("inc/inc.Language.php");
+include("inc/inc.Extension.php");
+
+$LANG['de_DE']['daylyDigestMail'] = 'Tägliche Benachrichtigungsmail über ausstehende Aufgaben';
+$LANG['en_GB']['daylyDigestMail'] = 'Dayly digest mail with due tasks';
+$LANG['de_DE']['docsNeedToCareAbout'] = 'Dokumente, die seit mehr als [days] Tagen auf ihre Bearbeitung warten.';
+$LANG['en_GB']['docsNeedToCareAbout'] = 'Documents waiting for your attention for more than [days] days.';
+$LANG['de_DE']['waiting_for_review'] = 'Dokumente, die auf ihre Prüfung warten';
+$LANG['de_DE']['waiting_for_approval'] = 'Dokumente, die auf ihre Freigabe warten';
+$LANG['de_DE']['waiting_for_receipt'] = 'Dokumente, die auf ihre Empfangsbestätigung warten';
+$LANG['de_DE']['waiting_for_revision'] = 'Dokumente, die auf ihre Wiederholungsprüfung warten';
+$LANG['de_DE']['duedate'] = 'Fälligkeit';
+
+if(isset($settings->_extraPath))
+	ini_set('include_path', $settings->_extraPath. PATH_SEPARATOR .ini_get('include_path'));
+
+require_once("SeedDMS/Core.php");
+
+$days = 14;
+if(isset($options['d'])) {
+	$days = (int) $options['d'];
+}
+$enddays = 0;
+if(isset($options['D'])) {
+	$enddays = (int) $options['D'];
+}
+
+if($enddays >= $days) {
+	echo "Value of -D must be less then value of -d\n";
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+if(isset($options['f'])) {
+	$mailfrom = trim($options['f']);
+}
+
+if(isset($options['b'])) {
+	$baseurl = trim($options['b']);
+}
+
+$username = '';
+if(isset($options['u'])) {
+	$username = trim($options['u']);
+}
+
+$receiver = '';
+if(isset($options['r'])) {
+	$receiver = trim($options['r']);
+}
+
+$dryrun = false;
+if(isset($options['t'])) {
+	$dryrun = true;
+	echo "Running in test mode will not send any mail.\n";
+}
+$quite = false;
+if(isset($options['q'])) {
+	$quite = true;
+}
+
+$showobsolete = false;
+
+$db = new SeedDMS_Core_DatabaseAccess($settings->_dbDriver, $settings->_dbHostname, $settings->_dbUser, $settings->_dbPass, $settings->_dbDatabase);
+$db->connect() or die ("Could not connect to db-server \"" . $settings->_dbHostname . "\"");
+$db->_debug = 1;
+
+$dms = new SeedDMS_Core_DMS($db, $settings->_contentDir.$settings->_contentOffsetDir);
+if(!$settings->_doNotCheckDBVersion && !$dms->checkVersion()) {
+	echo "Database update needed.";
+	exit;
+}
+$dms->setRootFolderID($settings->_rootFolderID);
+$dms->setMaxDirID($settings->_maxDirID);
+$dms->setEnableConverting($settings->_enableConverting);
+$dms->setViewOnlineFileTypes($settings->_viewOnlineFileTypes);
+
+$startts = strtotime("midnight", time());
+if($username) {
+	$users = array();
+	$tmp = explode(',', $username);
+	foreach($tmp as $t) {
+		if($u = $dms->getUserByLogin($t))
+			$users[] = $u;
+	}
+} else {
+	$users = $dms->getAllUsers();
+}
+if(!$users) {
+	echo "No users specified or available.";
+	exit;
+}
+
+foreach($users as $user) {
+	if(!$quite)
+		echo "Checking for tasks of user ".$user->getFullName()." which are due for more than ".$days." days\n\n";
+
+	$sendmail = false; /* Set to true if there is something to report */
+
+	$tasks = array('approval'=>array(), 'review'=>array(), 'receipt'=>array(), 'revision'=>array());
+	$resArr = $dms->getDocumentList('ApproveByMe', $user);
+	if($resArr) {
+		foreach ($resArr as $res) {
+			$tmp = explode(' ', $res['duedate'], 2);
+			if($tmp[0] < date('Y-m-d', $startts-$days*86400)) {
+				$document = $dms->getDocument($res["id"]);
+				if($document->getAccessMode($user) >= M_READ && $document->getLatestContent()) {
+					$tasks['approval'][] = array('id'=>$res['id'], 'name'=>$res['name'], 'date'=>$res['duedate']);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$resArr = $dms->getDocumentList('ReviewByMe', $user);
+	if($resArr) {
+		foreach ($resArr as $res) {
+			$tmp = explode(' ', $res['duedate'], 2);
+			if($tmp[0] < date('Y-m-d', $startts-$days*86400)) {
+				$document = $dms->getDocument($res["id"]);
+				if($document->getAccessMode($user) >= M_READ && $document->getLatestContent()) {
+					$tasks['review'][] = array('id'=>$res['id'], 'name'=>$res['name'], 'date'=>$res['duedate']);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$resArr = $dms->getDocumentList('ReceiptByMe', $user);
+	if($resArr) {
+		foreach ($resArr as $res) {
+			$tmp = explode(' ', $res['duedate'], 2);
+			if($tmp[0] < date('Y-m-d', $startts-$days*86400)) {
+				$document = $dms->getDocument($res["id"]);
+				if($document->getAccessMode($user) >= M_READ && $document->getLatestContent()) {
+					$tasks['receipt'][] = array('id'=>$res['id'], 'name'=>$res['name'], 'date'=>$res['duedate']);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$resArr = $dms->getDocumentList('ReviseByMe', $user);
+	if($resArr) {
+		foreach ($resArr as $res) {
+			$tmp = explode(' ', $res['duedate'], 2);
+			if($tmp[0] < date('Y-m-d', $startts-$days*86400)) {
+				$document = $dms->getDocument($res["id"]);
+				if($document->getAccessMode($user) >= M_READ && $document->getLatestContent()) {
+					$tasks['revision'][] = array('id'=>$res['id'], 'name'=>$res['name'], 'date'=>$res['duedate']);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+//	print_r($tasks);
+
+	if (count($tasks['approval'])>0 || count($tasks['review'])>0 || count($tasks['receipt'])>0 || count($tasks['revision'])>0) {
+		$bodyhead = "";
+		$bodyhead .= getMLText('docsNeedToCareAbout', array('days'=>$days))."\n";
+		$bodyhead .= "\n";
+
+		$bodyhtmlhead = "<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<title>SeedDMS: ".getMLText('daylyDigestMail')."</title>\n<base href=\"".$baseurl.$settings->_httpRoot."\" />\n</head>\n<body>\n";
+		$bodyhtmlhead .= "<h2>";
+		$bodyhtmlhead .= getMLText('docsNeedToCareAbout', array('days'=>$days))."\n";
+		$bodyhtmlhead .= "</h2>\n";
+		$bodyhtmlhead .= "<h3>";
+		$bodyhtmlhead .= "</h3>\n";
+
+		/* Build an array of mail bodies for receiver in $bodyarr
+		 * $bodyarr['email@domain.de']['plain'] = 'mail body for plain text mail'
+		 * $bodyarr['email@domain.de']['html'] = 'mail body for html mail'
+		 */
+		$email = $user->getEmail();
+		$bodyarr = array($email=>array('plain'=>'', 'html'=>''));
+
+		foreach(array('review', 'approval', 'receipt', 'revision') as $typ) {
+			if(!empty($tasks[$typ])) {
+				$bodyarr[$email]['plain'] .= sprintf($tableformat."\n", getMLText('waiting_for_'.$typ, array()), getMLText("duedate", array()));	
+				$bodyarr[$email]['plain'] .= "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+				$bodyarr[$email]['html'] .= "<h3>".getMLText('waiting_for_'.$typ, array())."</h3>";	
+				$bodyarr[$email]['html'] .= "<table>\n";
+				$bodyarr[$email]['html'] .= sprintf($tableformathtml."\n", getMLText('name', array()), getMLText("duedate", array()));	
+				foreach($tasks[$typ] as $task) {
+					$bodyarr[$email]['plain'] .= sprintf($tableformat."\n", $task["name"], (!$task["date"] ? "-":$task["date"]));	
+					$bodyarr[$email]['html'] .= sprintf($tableformathtml."\n", '<a href="out/out.ViewDocument.php?documentid='.$task["id"].'">'.htmlspecialchars($task["name"]).'</a>', (!$task["date"] ? "-":$task["date"]));	
+				}
+				$bodyarr[$email]['plain'] .= "\n";
+				$bodyarr[$email]['html'] .= "</table>\n";
+			}
+		}
+		$bodyfoot = "\n";
+		$bodyhtmlfoot = "";
+		
+//		echo $body;
+//		echo "----------------------------\n\n\n";
+//		echo $bodyhtml;
+		foreach($bodyarr as $address => $msg) {
+			if(!$quite) {
+				echo "\n=== Send mail to ".trim($address)." =====================================================\n";
+				echo $bodyhead;
+				echo $bodyarr[$address]['plain'];
+				echo $bodyfoot;
+			} else {
+			}
+
+			if(!$dryrun) {
+				$mime = new Mail_mime(array('eol' => "\n"));
+
+				$mime->setTXTBody($bodyhead.$msg['plain'].$bodyfoot);
+				$mime->setHTMLBody($bodyhtmlhead.$msg['html'].$bodyhtmlfoot);
+
+				$body = $mime->get(array(
+					'text_encoding'=>'8bit',
+					'html_encoding'=>'8bit',
+					'head_charset'=>'utf-8',
+					'text_charset'=>'utf-8',
+					'html_charset'=>'utf-8'
+				));
+				$hdrs = $mime->headers(array('From' => $mailfrom, 'Subject' => 'SeedDMS: '.getMLText('daylyDigestMail').($receiver ? " (".trim($address).")" : ""), 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain; charset=UTF-8'));
+
+				$mail = Mail::factory('mail');
+				if($receiver)
+					$mail->send($receiver, $hdrs, $body);
+				else
+					$mail->send(trim($address), $hdrs, $body);
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		if(!$quite) {
+			echo "No notification needed\n";
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils/seeddms-open-tasks b/utils/seeddms-open-tasks
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8363b2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/seeddms-open-tasks
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -z ${SEEDDMS_HOME+x} ]; then
+	echo "Please set SEEDDMS_HOME before running this script";
+	exit 1;
+fi
+php -f ${SEEDDMS_HOME}/utils/open-tasks.php -- $*