diff --git a/django_mailbox/management/commands/processincomingmessage.py b/django_mailbox/management/commands/processincomingmessage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15d8b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_mailbox/management/commands/processincomingmessage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import email
+import ipdb
+import sys
+
+from django.core.managemet.base import BaseCommand
+
+from django_mailbox.models import Mailbox, Message
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        message_string = open(sys.stdin, 'r').read()
+        ipdb.set_trace()
+        #message = email.message_from_string(message_string)
+
diff --git a/django_mailbox/models.py b/django_mailbox/models.py
index 50ea5d8..f293850 100755
--- a/django_mailbox/models.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/models.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ class Mailbox(models.Model):
                 <br />
                 Be sure to urlencode your username and password should they 
                 contain illegal characters (like @, :, etc).
-                """
+                """,
+            blank=True,
+            default=None,
             )
 
     @property