!poll_link variable not parsing in send forward - Please Help

Hi,

When you send an email to someone it isn't displaying the full link to the poll.

This is a mystery to me because the email functionality renders the !poll_link correctly when you are using the feature to be notified of a vote. I've looked over the code and the two functions are structured the same. I even tried rewriting to use the same variables, but for some reason when you send the poll using the example.com/makemeeting/#######/sendfw it doesn't parse/render the poll link.

@line 710

    // send to friends the poll link

    case 'refer':
      $variables = array(
        '!site' => variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal'),
        '!nickname' => $params['name'],
        '!poll_owner' => $params['owner_name'],
        '!poll_link' => url('makemeeting/' . $params['poll_url'], array("absolute" => true))
      );
      
      $message['subject'] = t('Event Schedule Response Requested on !site', $variables, $language->language);  
      $message['body'] = 
t('Dear !nickname, 

please follow the link below to answer the question of !poll_owner !poll_link

Greetings,
!site', $variables, $language->language);
      
      break;
    
    // send notify to poll owner

    case 'new_vote':
      $variables = array(
        '!name' => $params['name'],
        '!site' => variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal'),
        '!poll_link' => url('makemeeting/' . $params['poll_url'], array("absolute" => true))
      );
      
      $message['subject'] = t('New vote on !site', $variables, $language->language);
      $message['body'] = 
t('Dear !name, 

somebody voted on your poll!
Check it at the following link:

!poll_link', $variables, $language->language);
      break;
      

Could it have something to do with this?
@line 1065

  // send emails
  
  for ($i=0; $i<5; $i++) {
    if (!empty($form['#post']['sendfw']['address_' . $i])) {
      $email = $form['#post']['sendfw']['address_' . $i];
      drupal_mail('makemeeting', 'refer', $email, language_default(), $mail_params);
    }
  }
  
  drupal_set_message(t("Mail sent."));
}

/**
 * makemeeting_sendfw_form_validate()
 * 
 * @return void
 */
function makemeeting_sendfw_form_validate($form_id, $form_values) {
  for ($i=0; $i<5; $i++) {
    if (!empty($form_values['values']['sendfw']['address_' . $i])) {
      if (!valid_email_address($form_values['values']['sendfw']['address_' . $i])) {
        form_set_error('sendfw[address_' . $i . ']', t('E-mail #@count is not valid', array("@count" => $i+1)));
      }
    }
  }
}

Any help sorting this out would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

CarbonPig