diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index ec8f1a4432..28aaa63c27 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'LiskRawMigrationIterator' => 'infrastructure/storage/lisk/LiskRawMigrationIterator.php',
     'ManiphestAction' => 'applications/maniphest/constants/ManiphestAction.php',
     'ManiphestBatchEditController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestBatchEditController.php',
+    'ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit' => 'applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit.php',
+    'ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView' => 'applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView.php',
     'ManiphestConfiguredCustomField' => 'applications/maniphest/field/ManiphestConfiguredCustomField.php',
     'ManiphestConstants' => 'applications/maniphest/constants/ManiphestConstants.php',
     'ManiphestController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestController.php',
@@ -2821,6 +2823,8 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'LiskRawMigrationIterator' => 'PhutilBufferedIterator',
     'ManiphestAction' => 'ManiphestConstants',
     'ManiphestBatchEditController' => 'ManiphestController',
+    'ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit' => 'PhabricatorPolicyCapability',
+    'ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView' => 'PhabricatorPolicyCapability',
     'ManiphestConfiguredCustomField' =>
     array(
       0 => 'ManiphestCustomField',
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/application/PhabricatorApplicationManiphest.php b/src/applications/maniphest/application/PhabricatorApplicationManiphest.php
index 044a40ab10..0bcf54bfc2 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/application/PhabricatorApplicationManiphest.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/application/PhabricatorApplicationManiphest.php
@@ -90,5 +90,18 @@ final class PhabricatorApplicationManiphest extends PhabricatorApplication {
     return $status;
   }
 
+  protected function getCustomCapabilities() {
+    return array(
+      ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView::CAPABILITY => array(
+        'caption' => pht(
+          'Default view policy for newly created tasks.'),
+      ),
+      ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit::CAPABILITY => array(
+        'caption' => pht(
+          'Default edit policy for newly created tasks.'),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit.php b/src/applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7a79fa95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+final class ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit
+  extends PhabricatorPolicyCapability {
+
+  const CAPABILITY = 'maniphest.default.edit';
+
+  public function getCapabilityKey() {
+    return self::CAPABILITY;
+  }
+
+  public function getCapabilityName() {
+    return pht('Default Edit Policy');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView.php b/src/applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73638007a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/capability/ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+final class ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView
+  extends PhabricatorPolicyCapability {
+
+  const CAPABILITY = 'maniphest.default.view';
+
+  public function getCapabilityKey() {
+    return self::CAPABILITY;
+  }
+
+  public function getCapabilityName() {
+    return pht('Default View Policy');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/conduit/ConduitAPI_maniphest_createtask_Method.php b/src/applications/maniphest/conduit/ConduitAPI_maniphest_createtask_Method.php
index f9c6ec45f6..f306861fb8 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/conduit/ConduitAPI_maniphest_createtask_Method.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/conduit/ConduitAPI_maniphest_createtask_Method.php
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ final class ConduitAPI_maniphest_createtask_Method
   }
 
   protected function execute(ConduitAPIRequest $request) {
-    $task = new ManiphestTask();
-    $task->setPriority(ManiphestTaskPriority::getDefaultPriority());
-    $task->setAuthorPHID($request->getUser()->getPHID());
+    $task = ManiphestTask::initializeNewTask($request->getUser());
 
     $this->applyRequest($task, $request, $is_new = true);
 
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php
index 73a2445d6b..9bd375a00a 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/ManiphestTaskEditController.php
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ final class ManiphestTaskEditController extends ManiphestController {
         return new Aphront404Response();
       }
     } else {
-      $task = new ManiphestTask();
-      $task->setPriority(ManiphestTaskPriority::getDefaultPriority());
-      $task->setAuthorPHID($user->getPHID());
+      $task = ManiphestTask::initializeNewTask($user);
 
       // These allow task creation with defaults.
       if (!$request->isFormPost()) {
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/lipsum/PhabricatorManiphestTaskTestDataGenerator.php b/src/applications/maniphest/lipsum/PhabricatorManiphestTaskTestDataGenerator.php
index bf3573cbed..801ec899c4 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/lipsum/PhabricatorManiphestTaskTestDataGenerator.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/lipsum/PhabricatorManiphestTaskTestDataGenerator.php
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ final class PhabricatorManiphestTaskTestDataGenerator
     $authorPHID = $this->loadPhabrictorUserPHID();
     $author = id(new PhabricatorUser())
           ->loadOneWhere('phid = %s', $authorPHID);
-    $task = id(new ManiphestTask())
+    $task = ManiphestTask::initializeNewTask($author)
       ->setSubPriority($this->generateTaskSubPriority())
-      ->setAuthorPHID($authorPHID)
       ->setTitle($this->generateTitle())
       ->setStatus(ManiphestTaskStatus::STATUS_OPEN);
 
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/mail/ManiphestCreateMailReceiver.php b/src/applications/maniphest/mail/ManiphestCreateMailReceiver.php
index c295ef7760..090fda420c 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/mail/ManiphestCreateMailReceiver.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/mail/ManiphestCreateMailReceiver.php
@@ -60,11 +60,8 @@ final class ManiphestCreateMailReceiver extends PhabricatorMailReceiver {
     PhabricatorMetaMTAReceivedMail $mail,
     PhabricatorUser $sender) {
 
-    $task = new ManiphestTask();
-
-    $task->setAuthorPHID($sender->getPHID());
+    $task = ManiphestTask::initializeNewTask($sender);
     $task->setOriginalEmailSource($mail->getHeader('From'));
-    $task->setPriority(ManiphestTaskPriority::getDefaultPriority());
 
     $editor = new ManiphestTransactionEditor();
     $editor->setActor($sender);
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTask.php b/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTask.php
index b9750b06dd..b15544429d 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTask.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/storage/ManiphestTask.php
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-/**
- * @group maniphest
- */
 final class ManiphestTask extends ManiphestDAO
   implements
     PhabricatorMarkupInterface,
@@ -40,6 +37,22 @@ final class ManiphestTask extends ManiphestDAO
   private $groupByProjectPHID = self::ATTACHABLE;
   private $customFields = self::ATTACHABLE;
 
+  public static function initializeNewTask(PhabricatorUser $actor) {
+    $app = id(new PhabricatorApplicationQuery())
+      ->setViewer($actor)
+      ->withClasses(array('PhabricatorApplicationManiphest'))
+      ->executeOne();
+
+    $view_policy = $app->getPolicy(ManiphestCapabilityDefaultView::CAPABILITY);
+    $edit_policy = $app->getPolicy(ManiphestCapabilityDefaultEdit::CAPABILITY);
+
+    return id(new ManiphestTask())
+      ->setPriority(ManiphestTaskPriority::getDefaultPriority())
+      ->setAuthorPHID($actor->getPHID())
+      ->setViewPolicy($view_policy)
+      ->setEditPolicy($edit_policy);
+  }
+
   public function getConfiguration() {
     return array(
       self::CONFIG_AUX_PHID => true,
diff --git a/src/applications/metamta/management/PhabricatorMailManagementShowInboundWorkflow.php b/src/applications/metamta/management/PhabricatorMailManagementShowInboundWorkflow.php
index 6e307735ba..5226bd2dc2 100644
--- a/src/applications/metamta/management/PhabricatorMailManagementShowInboundWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/metamta/management/PhabricatorMailManagementShowInboundWorkflow.php
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ final class PhabricatorMailManagementShowInboundWorkflow
       $info[] = pht('Author PHID: %s', $message->getAuthorPHID());
       $info[] = pht('Message ID Hash: %s', $message->getMessageIDHash());
 
+      if ($message->getMessage()) {
+        $info[] = null;
+        $info[] = pht('MESSAGE');
+        $info[] = $message->getMessage();
+      }
+
       $info[] = null;
       $info[] = pht('HEADERS');
       foreach ($message->getHeaders() as $key => $value) {
diff --git a/src/applications/policy/capability/PhabricatorPolicyCapability.php b/src/applications/policy/capability/PhabricatorPolicyCapability.php
index 7526c5c5b3..ea925f2541 100644
--- a/src/applications/policy/capability/PhabricatorPolicyCapability.php
+++ b/src/applications/policy/capability/PhabricatorPolicyCapability.php
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ abstract class PhabricatorPolicyCapability extends Phobject {
    * @return string Human-readable name describing what failing a check for this
    *   capability prevents the user from doing.
    */
-  abstract public function describeCapabilityRejection();
+  public function describeCapabilityRejection() {
+    return null;
+  }
 
 
   final public static function getCapabilityByKey($key) {
diff --git a/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php b/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php
index 2838982249..8bc32e22a7 100644
--- a/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php
+++ b/src/applications/policy/filter/PhabricatorPolicyFilter.php
@@ -243,15 +243,21 @@ final class PhabricatorPolicyFilter {
     }
 
     $capobj = PhabricatorPolicyCapability::getCapabilityByKey($capability);
+    $rejection = null;
     if ($capobj) {
       $rejection = $capobj->describeCapabilityRejection();
       $capability_name = $capobj->getCapabilityName();
     } else {
+      $capability_name = $capability;
+    }
+
+    if (!$rejection) {
+      // We couldn't find the capability object, or it doesn't provide a
+      // tailored rejection string.
       $rejection = pht(
         'You do not have the required capability ("%s") to do whatever you '.
         'are trying to do.',
         $capability);
-      $capability_name = $capability;
     }
 
     $more = PhabricatorPolicy::getPolicyExplanation($this->viewer, $policy);
@@ -264,7 +270,8 @@ final class PhabricatorPolicyFilter {
     // a better error message if we can.
 
     $phid = '?';
-    if ($object instanceof PhabricatorLiskDAO) {
+    if (($object instanceof PhabricatorLiskDAO) ||
+        (method_exists($object, 'getPHID'))) {
       try {
         $phid = $object->getPHID();
       } catch (Exception $ignored) {
@@ -276,6 +283,7 @@ final class PhabricatorPolicyFilter {
       ->setViewer($this->viewer)
       ->withPHIDs(array($phid))
       ->executeOne();
+
     $object_name = pht(
       '%s %s',
       $handle->getTypeName(),