diff --git a/app/controllers/dmails_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dmails_controller.rb
index 3a27011af..1ffc2abf5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dmails_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dmails_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class DmailsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json
-  before_filter :member_only
+  before_filter :member_only, except: [:index, :show, :destroy, :mark_all_as_read]
 
   def new
     if params[:respond_to_id]
diff --git a/test/functional/dmails_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/dmails_controller_test.rb
index a697a0b75..1c9c74f0e 100644
--- a/test/functional/dmails_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/dmails_controller_test.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ class DmailsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
         assert_response :success
         assert_equal(0, assigns[:dmails].size)
       end
+
+      should "work for banned users" do
+        ban = FactoryGirl.create(:ban, :user => @user, :banner => FactoryGirl.create(:admin_user))
+        get :index, {:search => {:owner_id => @dmail.owner_id, :folder => "sent"}}, {:user_id => @dmail.owner_id}
+
+        assert_response :success
+      end
     end
 
     context "show action" do