diff --git a/app/models/task.rb b/app/models/task.rb
index 4311443..7cd55a3 100644
--- a/app/models/task.rb
+++ b/app/models/task.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   after_create do |task|
     task.send(:send_notification, :created)
+    
+    target_msg = task.target_notification_message
+    unless target_msg.nil?
+      TaskMailer.deliver_target_notification(self, target_msg)
+    end
   end
 
   # this method finished the task. It calls #perform, which must be overriden
@@ -100,6 +105,16 @@ class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
     _("The task was cancelled at %s") % (self.end_date.to_s)
   end
 
+  # The message that will be sent to the *target* on the task when it is
+  # created.
+  #
+  # The implementation in this class returns +nil+, what makes the notification
+  # not to be sent. If you want to send a notification to the target upon task
+  # creation, override this method and return a String.
+  def target_notification_message
+    nil
+  end
+
   protected
 
   # This method must be overrided in subclasses, and its implementation must do
diff --git a/app/models/task_mailer.rb b/app/models/task_mailer.rb
index 3fbb48b..2109b16 100644
--- a/app/models/task_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/models/task_mailer.rb
@@ -9,16 +9,33 @@ class TaskMailer < ActionMailer::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def target_notification(task, message)
+    msg = extract_message(message)
+
+    recipients task.target.contact_email
+
+    from task.requestor.environment.contact_email
+    subject task.description
+    body :requestor => task.requestor.name,
+      :target => task.target.name,
+      :message => msg,
+      :environment => task.requestor.environment.name,
+      :url => url_for(:host => task.requestor.environment.default_hostname, :controller => 'home')
+  end
+
   protected
 
+  def extract_message(message)
+    if message.kind_of?(Proc)
+      self.instance_eval(&message)
+    else
+      message.to_s
+    end
+  end
+
   def send_message(task, message)
 
-    text =
-      if message.kind_of?(Proc)
-        self.instance_eval(&message)
-      else
-        message
-      end
+    text = extract_message(message)
 
     recipients task.requestor.email
     from task.requestor.environment.contact_email
diff --git a/app/views/task_mailer/target_notification.rhtml b/app/views/task_mailer/target_notification.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b8b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/task_mailer/target_notification.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Dear <%= @target %>,
+
+<%= @message %>
+
+--
+<%= _('%s environment system') % @environment %>
+<%= @url %>
diff --git a/doc/README_FOR_APP b/doc/README_FOR_APP
index 8cc7783..a160604 100644
--- a/doc/README_FOR_APP
+++ b/doc/README_FOR_APP
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ You need to have a Subversion client (svn) installed, as well as:
 
 * Ruby: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
 * Rake: http://rake.rubyforge.org/
-* Ruby-GetText: http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext.html?ruby-gettext
+* Ruby-GetText: http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext.html?ruby-gettext (at least version 1.9.0)
 * Mocha: http://mocha.rubyforge.org/
 * Ruby-sqlite3: http://rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby
 * rcov: http://eigenclass.org/hiki/rcov
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index 2ac3212..3e937dd 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal doc1.id, docs.first.id
   end
 
+  should 'provide a contact_email method which returns a ... contact email address' do
+    flunk 'not implemented yet'
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_invalid_identifier(id)
diff --git a/test/unit/task_mailer_test.rb b/test/unit/task_mailer_test.rb
index a9f49ac..d6bd144 100644
--- a/test/unit/task_mailer_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/task_mailer_test.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,29 @@ class TaskMailerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     TaskMailer.deliver_task_created(task)
   end
 
+  should 'be able to send a "target notification" message' do
+    task = Task.new
+    task.expects(:description).returns('the task')
+
+    requestor = mock()
+    requestor.expects(:name).returns('my name')
+
+    target = mock()
+    target.expects(:contact_email).returns('target@example.com')
+    target.expects(:name).returns('Target')
+
+    environment = mock()
+    environment.expects(:contact_email).returns('sender@example.com')
+    environment.expects(:default_hostname).returns('example.com')
+    environment.expects(:name).returns('example')
+
+    task.expects(:requestor).returns(requestor).at_least_once
+    task.expects(:target).returns(target).at_least_once
+    requestor.expects(:environment).returns(environment).at_least_once
+
+    TaskMailer.deliver_target_notification(task, 'the message')
+  end
+
 
   private
     def read_fixture(action)
diff --git a/test/unit/task_test.rb b/test/unit/task_test.rb
index 98632cb..b63bcb8 100644
--- a/test/unit/task_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/task_test.rb
@@ -135,6 +135,20 @@ class TaskTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_not_nil Task.find_by_code(task.code)
   end
 
+  should 'not send notification to target when target_notification_message is nil (as in Task base class)' do
+    task = Task.new
+    TaskMailer.expects(:deliver_target_notification).never
+    task.save!
+    assert_nil task.target_notification_message
+  end
+
+  should 'send notification to target just after task creation' do
+    task = Task.new
+    task.stubs(:target_notification_message).returns('some non nil message to be sent to target')
+    TaskMailer.expects(:deliver_target_notification).once
+    task.save!
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def sample_user
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