$messagetext = format_text_email($message, $format).
"\n\n--\n".$tagline."\n"."$CFG->wwwroot/message/index.php?popup=1";
- if ($preference->message_emailformat == FORMAT_HTML) {
+ if (isset($preference->message_emailformat) and $preference->message_emailformat == FORMAT_HTML) {
$messagehtml = format_text($message, $format);
$messagehtml .= '<hr /><p><a href="'.$CFG->wwwroot.'/message/index.php?popup=1">'.$tagline.'</a></p>';
} else {