diff --git a/app/models/dmsf_mailer.rb b/app/models/dmsf_mailer.rb
index 1abf8883..252559f4 100644
--- a/app/models/dmsf_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/models/dmsf_mailer.rb
@@ -158,9 +158,19 @@ def workflow_notification(user, workflow, revision, subject_id, text1_id, text2_
     @notice = notice
     @author = revision.dmsf_workflow_assigned_by_user
     @author ||= User.anonymous
-    mail to: user,
-         subject:
-           "[#{@project.name} - #{l(:field_label_dmsf_workflow)}] #{@workflow.name} #{l(subject_id)} #{step_name}"
+    skip_no_self_notified = false
+    begin
+      # We need to switch off no_self_notified temporarily otherwise the email won't be sent
+      if (@author == user) && @author.pref.no_self_notified
+        @author.pref.no_self_notified = false
+        skip_no_self_notified = true
+      end
+      mail to: user,
+           subject:
+            "[#{@project.name} - #{l(:field_label_dmsf_workflow)}] #{@workflow.name} #{l(subject_id)} #{step_name}"
+    ensure
+      @author.pref.no_self_notified = true if skip_no_self_notified
+    end
   end
 
   # force_notification = true => approval workflow's notifications
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index 747e5759..38fbd0b9 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ de:
   text_dmsf_fast_links_info: Ermöglicht durch Eingabe der Ordner-ID auf einfache Art und Weise eine Verknüpfung 
     auf den Zielordner zu erstellen.
 
-  label_dmsf_permissions: Zugriff erlaubt für
+  label_dmsf_permissions: Zugriff ausschließlich erlaubt für
   label_inherited_permissions: Zugriff vererbt für
 
   button_edit_content: Dokument bearbeiten