diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -3406,8 +3406,10 @@
     'PonderAnswerEditor' => 'applications/ponder/editor/PonderAnswerEditor.php',
     'PonderAnswerHasVotingUserEdgeType' => 'applications/ponder/edge/PonderAnswerHasVotingUserEdgeType.php',
     'PonderAnswerHistoryController' => 'applications/ponder/controller/PonderAnswerHistoryController.php',
+    'PonderAnswerMailReceiver' => 'applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerMailReceiver.php',
     'PonderAnswerPHIDType' => 'applications/ponder/phid/PonderAnswerPHIDType.php',
     'PonderAnswerQuery' => 'applications/ponder/query/PonderAnswerQuery.php',
+    'PonderAnswerReplyHandler' => 'applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerReplyHandler.php',
     'PonderAnswerSaveController' => 'applications/ponder/controller/PonderAnswerSaveController.php',
     'PonderAnswerStatus' => 'applications/ponder/constants/PonderAnswerStatus.php',
     'PonderAnswerTransaction' => 'applications/ponder/storage/PonderAnswerTransaction.php',
@@ -3442,7 +3444,6 @@
     'PonderRemarkupRule' => 'applications/ponder/remarkup/PonderRemarkupRule.php',
     'PonderSchemaSpec' => 'applications/ponder/storage/PonderSchemaSpec.php',
     'PonderSearchIndexer' => 'applications/ponder/search/PonderSearchIndexer.php',
-    'PonderTransactionFeedStory' => 'applications/ponder/feed/PonderTransactionFeedStory.php',
     'PonderVotableInterface' => 'applications/ponder/storage/PonderVotableInterface.php',
     'PonderVote' => 'applications/ponder/constants/PonderVote.php',
     'PonderVoteEditor' => 'applications/ponder/editor/PonderVoteEditor.php',
@@ -7607,8 +7608,10 @@
     'PonderAnswerEditor' => 'PonderEditor',
     'PonderAnswerHasVotingUserEdgeType' => 'PhabricatorEdgeType',
     'PonderAnswerHistoryController' => 'PonderController',
+    'PonderAnswerMailReceiver' => 'PhabricatorObjectMailReceiver',
     'PonderAnswerPHIDType' => 'PhabricatorPHIDType',
     'PonderAnswerQuery' => 'PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery',
+    'PonderAnswerReplyHandler' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionReplyHandler',
     'PonderAnswerSaveController' => 'PonderController',
     'PonderAnswerStatus' => 'PonderConstants',
     'PonderAnswerTransaction' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransaction',
@@ -7654,7 +7657,6 @@
     'PonderRemarkupRule' => 'PhabricatorObjectRemarkupRule',
     'PonderSchemaSpec' => 'PhabricatorConfigSchemaSpec',
     'PonderSearchIndexer' => 'PhabricatorSearchDocumentIndexer',
-    'PonderTransactionFeedStory' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory',
     'PonderVote' => 'PonderConstants',
     'PonderVoteEditor' => 'PhabricatorEditor',
     'PonderVotingUserHasAnswerEdgeType' => 'PhabricatorEdgeType',
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/editor/PonderQuestionEditor.php b/src/applications/ponder/editor/PonderQuestionEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/ponder/editor/PonderQuestionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/editor/PonderQuestionEditor.php
@@ -177,30 +177,13 @@
     return true;
   }
 
-  protected function getFeedStoryType() {
-    return 'PonderTransactionFeedStory';
-  }
-
-  protected function getFeedStoryData(
-    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
-    array $xactions) {
-
-    $data = parent::getFeedStoryData($object, $xactions);
-    $answer = $this->getAnswer();
-    if ($answer) {
-      $data['answerPHID'] = $answer->getPHID();
-    }
-
-    return $data;
- }
-
   protected function shouldImplyCC(
     PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
     PhabricatorApplicationTransaction $xaction) {
 
     switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
       case PonderQuestionTransaction::TYPE_ANSWERS:
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
     return parent::shouldImplyCC($object, $xaction);
@@ -209,7 +192,25 @@
   protected function shouldSendMail(
     PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
     array $xactions) {
-    return true;
+      foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
+        switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
+          case PonderQuestionTransaction::TYPE_ANSWERS:
+            return false;
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  protected function shouldPublishFeedStory(
+    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
+    array $xactions) {
+      foreach ($xactions as $xaction) {
+        switch ($xaction->getTransactionType()) {
+          case PonderQuestionTransaction::TYPE_ANSWERS:
+            return false;
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
   }
 
   public function getMailTagsMap() {
@@ -248,14 +249,6 @@
           $body->addRawSection($new);
         }
       }
-      // If the user gave an answer, add the answer text. Also update
-      // the header and uri to be more answer-specific.
-      if ($type == PonderQuestionTransaction::TYPE_ANSWERS) {
-        $answer = $this->getAnswer();
-        $body->addRawSection($answer->getContent());
-        $header = pht('ANSWER DETAIL');
-        $uri = $answer->getURI();
-      }
     }
 
     $body->addLinkSection(
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/feed/PonderTransactionFeedStory.php b/src/applications/ponder/feed/PonderTransactionFeedStory.php
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/applications/ponder/feed/PonderTransactionFeedStory.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-final class PonderTransactionFeedStory
-  extends PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory {
-
-  public function getRequiredObjectPHIDs() {
-    $phids = parent::getRequiredObjectPHIDs();
-    $answer_phid = $this->getValue('answerPHID');
-    if ($answer_phid) {
-      $phids[] = $answer_phid;
-    }
-    return $phids;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerMailReceiver.php b/src/applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerMailReceiver.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerMailReceiver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PonderAnswerMailReceiver extends PhabricatorObjectMailReceiver {
+
+  public function isEnabled() {
+    $app_class = 'PhabricatorPonderApplication';
+    return PhabricatorApplication::isClassInstalled($app_class);
+  }
+
+  protected function getObjectPattern() {
+    return 'ANSR[1-9]\d*';
+  }
+
+  protected function loadObject($pattern, PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
+    $id = (int)trim($pattern, 'ANSR');
+
+    return id(new PonderAnswerQuery())
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->withIDs(array($id))
+      ->executeOne();
+  }
+
+  protected function getTransactionReplyHandler() {
+    return new PonderAnswerReplyHandler();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerReplyHandler.php b/src/applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerReplyHandler.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/mail/PonderAnswerReplyHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PonderAnswerReplyHandler
+  extends PhabricatorApplicationTransactionReplyHandler {
+
+  public function validateMailReceiver($mail_receiver) {
+    if (!($mail_receiver instanceof PonderAnswer)) {
+      throw new Exception(pht('Mail receiver is not a %s!', 'PonderAnswer'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public function getObjectPrefix() {
+    return 'ANSR';
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestionTransaction.php b/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestionTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestionTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/ponder/storage/PonderQuestionTransaction.php
@@ -336,23 +336,4 @@
     return reset($add);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Generally, the answer object is only available if the transaction
-   * type is `self::TYPE_ANSWERS`.
-   *
-   * Some stories - notably ones made before D7027 - will be of the more
-   * generic @{class:PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory}. These
-   * poor stories won't have the PonderAnswer loaded, and thus will have
-   * less cool information.
-   */
-  private function getNewAnswerObject(PhabricatorFeedStory $story) {
-    if ($story instanceof PonderTransactionFeedStory) {
-      $answer_phid = $this->getNewAnswerPHID();
-      if ($answer_phid) {
-        return $story->getObject($answer_phid);
-      }
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
 }