diff --git a/addons/event_sale/event_sale.py b/addons/event_sale/event_sale.py
index c578715f73c..8c2aad51643 100644
--- a/addons/event_sale/event_sale.py
+++ b/addons/event_sale/event_sale.py
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ class sale_order_line(osv.osv):
         if product:
             product_res = self.pool.get('product.product').browse(cr, uid, product, context=context)
             if product_res.event_ok:
-                res['value'].update({'event_type_id': product_res.event_type_id.id, 'event_ok':product_res.event_ok})
+                res['value'].update(event_type_id=product_res.event_type_id.id,
+                                    event_ok=product_res.event_ok)
+            else:
+                res['value'].update(event_type_id=False,
+                                    event_ok=False)
         return res
 
     def button_confirm(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
diff --git a/addons/hr/hr.py b/addons/hr/hr.py
index 94a6be4e541..40fcedea625 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr.py
+++ b/addons/hr/hr.py
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
         resource_ids = []
         for employee in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
             resource_ids.append(employee.resource_id.id)
+        super(hr_employee, self).unlink(cr, uid, ids, context=context)
         return self.pool.get('resource.resource').unlink(cr, uid, resource_ids, context=context)
 
     def onchange_address_id(self, cr, uid, ids, address, context=None):
diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_group.py b/addons/mail/mail_group.py
index 5a9f8751f2d..20867bc7164 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_group.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_group.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import openerp.tools as tools
 from openerp.osv import osv
 from openerp.osv import fields
 from openerp import SUPERUSER_ID
-
+from openerp.tools.translate import _
 
 class mail_group(osv.Model):
     """ A mail_group is a collection of users sharing messages in a discussion
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ class mail_group(osv.Model):
         mail_alias = self.pool.get('mail.alias')
         alias_ids = [group.alias_id.id for group in groups if group.alias_id]
         # Delete mail_group
+        try:
+            all_emp_group = self.pool['ir.model.data'].get_object_reference(cr, uid, 'mail', 'group_all_employees')[1]
+        except ValueError:
+            all_emp_group = None
+        if all_emp_group and all_emp_group in ids:
+            raise osv.except_osv(_('Warning!'), _('You cannot delete those groups, as the Whole Company group is required by other modules.'))
         res = super(mail_group, self).unlink(cr, uid, ids, context=context)
         # Delete alias
         mail_alias.unlink(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, alias_ids, context=context)
diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_thread.py b/addons/mail/mail_thread.py
index 8324b608c71..922f6cd3af5 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_thread.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_thread.py
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ class mail_thread(osv.AbstractModel):
             return result
         if partner and partner in obj.message_follower_ids:  # recipient already in the followers -> skip
             return result
-        if partner and partner in [val[0] for val in result[obj.id]]:  # already existing partner ID -> skip
+        if partner and partner.id in [val[0] for val in result[obj.id]]:  # already existing partner ID -> skip
             return result
         if partner and partner.email:  # complete profile: id, name <email>
             result[obj.id].append((partner.id, '%s<%s>' % (partner.name, partner.email), reason))
diff --git a/openerp/osv/orm.py b/openerp/osv/orm.py
index 7a333ba86c3..79d6d213939 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/orm.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/orm.py
@@ -3037,7 +3037,8 @@ class BaseModel(object):
         m2m_tbl, col1, col2 = f._sql_names(self)
         # do not create relations for custom fields as they do not belong to a module
         # they will be automatically removed when dropping the corresponding ir.model.field
-        if not f.string.startswith('x_'):
+        # table name for custom relation all starts with x_, see __init__
+        if not m2m_tbl.startswith('x_'):
             self._save_relation_table(cr, m2m_tbl)
         cr.execute("SELECT relname FROM pg_class WHERE relkind IN ('r','v') AND relname=%s", (m2m_tbl,))
         if not cr.dictfetchall():
diff --git a/openerp/tools/mail.py b/openerp/tools/mail.py
index 9aaaf0f559c..7f43fbe865e 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/mail.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/mail.py
@@ -498,10 +498,11 @@ def html2plaintext(html, body_id=None, encoding='utf-8'):
     html = re.sub('<br\s*/?>', '\n', html)
     html = re.sub('<.*?>', ' ', html)
     html = html.replace(' ' * 2, ' ')
+    html = html.replace('&gt;', '>')
+    html = html.replace('&lt;', '<')
 
     # strip all lines
-    html = '\n'.join([x.strip() for x in html.splitlines()])
-    html = html.replace('\n' * 2, '\n')
+    html = ''.join([x.strip() for x in html.splitlines(True)])
 
     for i, url in enumerate(url_index):
         if i == 0: