diff --git a/scripts/mail/mail_handler.php b/scripts/mail/mail_handler.php
index 2b49c910bb..deb0e2bffe 100755
--- a/scripts/mail/mail_handler.php
+++ b/scripts/mail/mail_handler.php
@@ -1,66 +1,74 @@
 #!/usr/bin/php
 <?php
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2011 Facebook, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
 if ($argc > 1) {
   $_SERVER['PHABRICATOR_ENV'] = $argv[1];
 }
 
 $root = dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
 require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';
 require_once $root.'/externals/mimemailparser/MimeMailParser.class.php';
 
 phutil_require_module(
   'phabricator',
   'applications/metamta/storage/receivedmail');
 phutil_require_module(
   'phabricator',
   'applications/files/storage/file');
 
 $parser = new MimeMailParser();
 $parser->setText(file_get_contents('php://stdin'));
 
 $received = new PhabricatorMetaMTAReceivedMail();
 $received->setHeaders($parser->getHeaders());
 $received->setBodies(array(
   'text' => $parser->getMessageBody('text'),
   'html' => $parser->getMessageBody('html'),
 ));
 
 $attachments = array();
 foreach ($parser->getAttachments() as $attachment) {
   if (preg_match('@text/(plain|html)@', $attachment->getContentType()) &&
       $attachment->getContentDisposition() == 'inline') {
     // If this is an "inline" attachment with some sort of text content-type,
     // do not treat it as a file for attachment. MimeMailParser already picked
     // it up in the getMessageBody() call above. We still want to treat 'inline'
     // attachments with other content types (e.g., images) as attachments.
     continue;
   }
 
   $file = PhabricatorFile::newFromFileData(
     $attachment->getContent(),
     array(
       'name' => $attachment->getFilename(),
     ));
   $attachments[] = $file->getPHID();
 }
-$received->setAttachments($attachments);
-$received->save();
 
-$received->processReceivedMail();
+try {
+  $received->setAttachments($attachments);
+  $received->save();
+  $received->processReceivedMail();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+  $received
+    ->setMessage('EXCEPTION: '.$e->getMessage())
+    ->save();
+}
+
+