diff --git a/src/html.rs b/src/html.rs
index 1379f10eb..b7cd121ee 100644
--- a/src/html.rs
+++ b/src/html.rs
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ impl HtmlMsgParser {
 
     /// Function iterates over all mime-parts
     /// and searches for text/plain and text/html parts and saves the
-    /// last one found
+    /// first one found.
     /// in the corresponding structure fields.
-    /// Usually, there is at most one plain-text and one HTML-text part.
+    ///
+    /// Usually, there is at most one plain-text and one HTML-text part,
+    /// multiple plain-text parts might be used for mailinglist-footers,
+    /// therefore we use the first one.
     fn collect_texts_recursive<'a>(
         &'a mut self,
         context: &'a Context,
@@ -135,12 +138,11 @@ impl HtmlMsgParser {
                 }
                 MimeMultipartType::Single => {
                     let mimetype = mail.ctype.mimetype.parse::<Mime>()?;
-                    if mimetype == mime::TEXT_HTML {
+                    if mimetype == mime::TEXT_HTML && self.html.is_empty() {
                         if let Ok(decoded_data) = mail.get_body() {
                             self.html = decoded_data;
-                            return Ok(());
                         }
-                    } else if mimetype == mime::TEXT_PLAIN {
+                    } else if mimetype == mime::TEXT_PLAIN && self.plain.is_none() {
                         if let Ok(decoded_data) = mail.get_body() {
                             self.plain = Some(PlainText {
                                 text: decoded_data,
@@ -155,7 +157,6 @@ impl HtmlMsgParser {
                                     false
                                 },
                             });
-                            return Ok(());
                         }
                     }
                     Ok(())