diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/emails.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/emails.ts
index 6aae07d74..5fa138812 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/svc/emails.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/svc/emails.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface ForwardEmailMessage {
   html: string
   unsubMailTo?: string
   unsubHttpUrl?: string
-  text?: string
+  text: string
   forwardedFrom?: string
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function emailsServiceRouter() {
     logger.info('email forward router')
 
     const { message, expired } = readPushSubscription(req)
-    logger.info('pubsub message:', message, 'expired:', expired)
+    logger.info('pubsub message:', { message, expired })
 
     if (!message) {
       res.status(400).send('Bad Request')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function emailsServiceRouter() {
     }
 
     if (expired) {
-      logger.log('discards expired message:', message)
+      logger.info('discards expired message.')
       res.status(200).send('Expired')
       return
     }
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ export function emailsServiceRouter() {
         !('from' in data) ||
         !('to' in data) ||
         !('subject' in data) ||
-        !('html' in data)
+        (!('html' in data) && !('text' in data))
       ) {
-        logger.info('Invalid message')
+        logger.error('Invalid message')
         res.status(400).send('Bad Request')
         return
       }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function emailsServiceRouter() {
       const newsletterEmail = await getNewsletterEmail(data.to)
 
       if (!newsletterEmail) {
-        logger.info('newsletter email not found', data.to)
+        logger.info('newsletter email not found', { email: data.to })
         res.status(200).send('Not Found')
         return
       }
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ export function emailsServiceRouter() {
           data.subject
         )
       ) {
-        logger.info('handling as article', data)
+        logger.info('handling as article')
         await saveEmail(ctx, {
           title: getTitleFromEmailSubject(data.subject),
           author: parsedFrom.name,
           url: generateUniqueUrl(),
-          originalContent: data.html,
+          originalContent: data.html || data.text,
         })
         res.status(200).send('Article')
         return
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ export function emailsServiceRouter() {
       })
 
       if (!result) {
-        logger.info('Email not forwarded', data)
-        res.status(200).send('Failed to send email')
+        logger.error('Email not forwarded')
+        res.status(500).send('Failed to send email')
         return
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts
index 1f3294541..b3239f55d 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/src/newsletter.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface Unsubscribe {
 const EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_CODE_RECEIVED_TOPIC = 'emailConfirmationCodeReceived'
 const CONFIRMATION_EMAIL_SENDER_ADDRESS = 'forwarding-noreply@google.com'
 // check unicode parentheses too
-const CONFIRMATION_CODE_PATTERN = /^[(（]#\d+[)）]/u
+const CONFIRMATION_CODE_PATTERN = /\d+/u
 const UNSUBSCRIBE_HTTP_URL_PATTERN = /<(https?:\/\/[^>]*)>/
 const UNSUBSCRIBE_MAIL_TO_PATTERN = /<mailto:([^>]*)>/
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const getConfirmationCode = (subject: string): string | undefined => {
   if (matches) {
     // get the number code only
     // e.g. (#123456) => 123456
-    return matches[0].slice(2, -1)
+    return matches[0]
   }
   return undefined
 }
diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts
index 369cf9ab5..598b0a50d 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/newsletter.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ describe('Confirmation email test', () => {
 
       expect(isConfirmationEmail(from, subject)).to.be.true
     })
+
+    it('returns true when email is in Spanish', () => {
+      from = 'Equipo de Gmail <forwarding-noreply@google.com>'
+      subject =
+        'Confirmación de reenvío de 123456789 (n.º Gmail) - Recibir correo de test@omnivore.app'
+
+      expect(isConfirmationEmail(from, subject)).to.be.true
+    })
   })
 
   describe('#getConfirmationCode()', () => {
@@ -44,6 +52,13 @@ describe('Confirmation email test', () => {
 
       expect(getConfirmationCode(subject)).to.equal(code)
     })
+
+    it('returns the confirmation code from the Spanish email', () => {
+      code = '123456789'
+      subject = `Confirmación de reenvío de ${code} (n.º Gmail) - Recibir correo de test@omnivore.app`
+
+      expect(getConfirmationCode(subject)).to.equal(code)
+    })
   })
 })