diff --git a/notify.install b/notify.install
index 69b57ed..e32c0de 100755
--- a/notify.install
+++ b/notify.install
@@ -14,13 +14,26 @@ function notify_schema() {
       'comment' => array('type' => 'int', 'size' => 'tiny', 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => 0, 'disp-width' => '2'),
       'attempts' => array('type' => 'int', 'size' => 'tiny', 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => 0, 'disp-width' => '4'),
       'teasers' => array('type' => 'int', 'size' => 'tiny', 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => 0, 'disp-width' => '4'),
-      ),
+      'send_last' => array('type' => 'int', 'not null' => TRUE, 'default' => 0),
+    ),
     'primary key' => array('uid'),
   );
 
   return $schema;
 }
 
+function notify_update_6001() {
+  $ret = array();
+  switch ($GLOBALS['db_type']) {
+    case 'mysql':
+    case 'mysqli':
+      $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {notify} ADD COLUMN send_last int NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;");
+      break;
+  }
+
+  return $ret;
+}
+
 function notify_install() {
   // Create my tables.
   drupal_install_schema('notify');
diff --git a/notify.module b/notify.module
index ad7a678..d9d427b 100644
--- a/notify.module
+++ b/notify.module
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function notify_user($type, &$edit, &$user, $category = NULL) {
 
     case 'insert':
       if (isset($edit['notify_decision']) && $edit['notify_decision'] == 1) {
-        db_query('INSERT INTO {notify} (uid, status, node, teasers, comment) VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d, %d)', $user->uid, 1, 1, 0, 0);
+        db_query('INSERT INTO {notify} (uid, status, node, teasers, comment, send_last) VALUES (%d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d)', $user->uid, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
         $edit['notify_decision'] = NULL;
       }
       break;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ function notify_user_settings_form(&$form_state, $arg) {
     return;
   }
 
-  $result = db_query('SELECT u.uid, u.name, u.mail, n.status, n.node, n.teasers, n.comment FROM {users} u LEFT JOIN {notify} n ON u.uid = n.uid WHERE u.uid = %d AND u.status = 1', $account->uid);
+  $result = db_query('SELECT u.uid, u.name, u.mail, n.status, n.node, n.teasers, n.comment, n.send_last FROM {users} u LEFT JOIN {notify} n ON u.uid = n.uid WHERE u.uid = %d AND u.status = 1', $account->uid);
   $notify = db_fetch_object($result);
   $form = array();
   if (!$notify->mail) {
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ function notify_user_settings_form(&$form_state, $arg) {
     '#options' => array(t('Disabled'), t('Enabled')),
     '#description' => t('Include new comments in the notification mail.'),
   );
+  $form['notify_send_last'] = array('#type' => 'markup',
+    '#title' => t('Notify last send'),
+    '#description' => t('The date of the last notification for this user.'),
+    '#value' => '<div>' . t('Last Send: !date', array('!date' => $notify->send_last > 0 ? date('n/j/y g:i a', $notify->send_last) : "never")) . '</div>',
+  );
   $form['uid'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $account->uid);
   $form['submit'] = array('#type' => 'submit', '#value' => t('Save settings'));
 
@@ -339,6 +344,7 @@ function notify_admin_users() {
     $form['users'][$notify->uid]['teasers'] = array('#type' => 'select', '#default_value' => $notify->teasers, '#options' => array(t('Title only'), t('Title + Teaser'), t('Title + Body')));
     $form['users'][$notify->uid]['comment'] = array('#type' => 'checkbox', '#default_value' => $notify->comment);
     $form['users'][$notify->uid]['attempts'] = array('#type' => 'textfield', '#size' => 2,  '#default_value' => $notify->attempts ? intval($notify->attempts) : 0);
+    $form['users'][$notify->uid]['send_last'] = array('#type' => 'markup', '#value' => $notify->send_last > 0 ? date('n/j/y g:i a', $notify->send_last) : "never");
   }
 
   $form['flush'] = array(
@@ -388,7 +394,7 @@ function notify_admin_users_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  */
 function theme_notify_admin_users($form) {
   $output = drupal_render($form['info']);
-  $header = array(t('Username'), t('E-mail address'), t('Content'), t('Teasers'), t('Comment'), t('Failed attempts'));
+  $header = array(t('Username'), t('E-mail address'), t('Content'), t('Teasers'), t('Comment'), t('Failed attempts'), t('Last Send'));
 
   $rows = array();
   foreach (element_children($form['users']) as $uid) {
@@ -486,9 +492,26 @@ function _notify_send($send_start = NULL) {
   if (count($nodes) || count($comments)) {
 
     // Fetch users with notify enabled
-    $uresult = db_query('SELECT u.uid, u.name, u.mail, u.language, n.status, n.node, n.teasers, n.comment FROM {notify} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.status = 1 AND u.status = 1 AND n.attempts <= %d', variable_get('notify_attempts', 5));
+    $uresult = db_query('SELECT u.uid, u.name, u.mail, u.language, n.status, n.node, n.teasers, n.comment, n.send_last FROM {notify} n INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.status = 1 AND u.status = 1 AND n.attempts <= %d', variable_get('notify_attempts', 5));
 
     while ($user = db_fetch_object($uresult)) {
+    // check to see if the send_last for this user is > the global
+    // notify send_last setting. if so, this indicates cron was aborted
+    // for taking too long and that this user should be considered done.
+    // technically, we should look for new updates since then, but since
+    // cron isn't finishing in time, it's better to let it continue to the
+    // rest of the users.
+    $notify_send_last = variable_get('notify_send_last', 0);
+    if ( !empty($user->send_last) && $notify_send_last <= $user->send_last ) {
+      // enable this if you want lots of debug messages confirming it's
+      // doing the right thing
+      /*
+      watchdog('notify', 'Skipping user %name (%mail), was already done at !send_last and global notify is earlier (!notify_send_last)',
+	array('%name'=> $user->name, '%mail' => $user->mail, '!send_last' => date('n/j/y g:i a', $user->send_last), '!notify_send_last' => date('n/j/y g:i a', $notify_send_last)), WATCHDOG_INFO);
+      */
+      continue;
+    }
+
       // Switch current user to this account to use node_access functions, etc.
       _notify_switch_user($user->uid);
 
@@ -596,6 +619,7 @@ function _notify_send($send_start = NULL) {
           $num_sent++;
           watchdog('notify', 'User %name (%mail) notified successfully.', array('%name' => $user->name, '%mail' => $user->mail), WATCHDOG_INFO);
         }
+      db_query('UPDATE {notify} SET send_last = UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW()) WHERE uid = %d', $user->uid);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -647,4 +671,4 @@ function _notify_switch_user($uid = NULL) {
   else {
     $orig_user[] = $user;
   }
-}
+}
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