diff --git a/NEWS.mdtext b/NEWS.mdtext
index b5f3900..a55e25f 100644
--- a/NEWS.mdtext
+++ b/NEWS.mdtext
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ or newer to run properly!
   foreign key relation. Adding project tags was not possible for a similar
   reason. This has been fixed (issue 800, continued).
 
+- If a project was created based on the settings of an existing project,
+  not all settings, like for example the new notification settings, have
+  been copied. This has been changed insofar that now all properties except
+  the project's URL, logo and individual SCM settings are copied by default.
+
 # InDefero 1.3.2 - Wed May 09 20:05 2012 UTC
 
 ## Bugfixes
diff --git a/src/IDF/Conf.php b/src/IDF/Conf.php
index 568d484..90ad871 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Conf.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Conf.php
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ class IDF_Conf extends Pluf_Model
                             array(
                                   'type' => 'Pluf_DB_Field_Sequence',
                                   //It is automatically added.
-                                  'blank' => true, 
+                                  'blank' => true,
                                   ),
-                            'project' => 
+                            'project' =>
                             array(
                                   'type' => 'Pluf_DB_Field_Foreignkey',
                                   'model' => 'IDF_Project',
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class IDF_Conf extends Pluf_Model
 
     function initCache()
     {
-        $this->datacache = new ArrayObject();
+        $this->datacache = array();
         $sql = new Pluf_SQL('project=%s', $this->_project->id);
         foreach ($this->getList(array('filter' => $sql->gen())) as $val) {
             $this->datacache[$val->vkey] = $val->vdesc;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class IDF_Conf extends Pluf_Model
      */
     function setVal($key, $value)
     {
-        if (!is_null($this->getVal($key, null)) 
+        if (!is_null($this->getVal($key, null))
             and $value == $this->getVal($key)) {
             return;
         }
@@ -129,4 +129,12 @@ class IDF_Conf extends Pluf_Model
             $this->initCache();
         }
     }
+
+    function getKeys()
+    {
+        if ($this->datacache === null) {
+            $this->initCache();
+        }
+        return array_keys($this->datacache);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php b/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php
index afe31b4..69973a0 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Form/Admin/ProjectCreate.php
@@ -360,45 +360,35 @@ class IDF_Form_Admin_ProjectCreate extends Pluf_Form
 
         $conf = new IDF_Conf();
         $conf->setProject($project);
-        $keys = array('scm', 'svn_remote_url', 'svn_username',
-                      'svn_password', 'mtn_master_branch', 'external_project_url');
-        foreach ($keys as $key) {
-            $this->cleaned_data[$key] = (!empty($this->cleaned_data[$key])) ?
-                $this->cleaned_data[$key] : '';
-            $conf->setVal($key, $this->cleaned_data[$key]);
-        }
+
         if ($this->cleaned_data['template'] != '--') {
             $tmplconf = new IDF_Conf();
             $tmplconf->setProject($tmpl);
-            // We need to get all the configuration variables we want from
-            // the old project and put them into the new project.
-            $props = array(
-                           'labels_download_predefined' => IDF_Form_UploadConf::init_predefined,
-                           'labels_download_one_max' => IDF_Form_UploadConf::init_one_max,
-                           'labels_wiki_predefined' => IDF_Form_WikiConf::init_predefined,
-                           'labels_wiki_one_max' => IDF_Form_WikiConf::init_one_max,
-                           'labels_issue_template' => IDF_Form_IssueTrackingConf::init_template,
-                           'labels_issue_open' => IDF_Form_IssueTrackingConf::init_open,
-                           'labels_issue_closed' => IDF_Form_IssueTrackingConf::init_closed,
-                           'labels_issue_predefined' =>  IDF_Form_IssueTrackingConf::init_predefined,
-                           'labels_issue_one_max' => IDF_Form_IssueTrackingConf::init_one_max,
-                           'issue_relations' => IDF_Form_IssueTrackingConf::init_relations,
-                           'webhook_url' => '',
-                           'downloads_access_rights' => 'all',
-                           'review_access_rights' => 'all',
-                           'wiki_access_rights' => 'all',
-                           'source_access_rights' => 'all',
-                           'issues_access_rights' => 'all',
-                           'downloads_notification_email' => '',
-                           'review_notification_email' => '',
-                           'wiki_notification_email' => '',
-                           'source_notification_email' => '',
-                           'issues_notification_email' => '',
-                           );
-            foreach ($props as $prop => $def) {
-                $conf->setVal($prop, $tmplconf->getVal($prop, $def));
+
+            $allKeys =  $tmplconf->getKeys();
+            $scm = $this->cleaned_data['scm'];
+            $ignoreKeys = array('scm', 'external_project_url', 'logo');
+
+            // copy over all existing variables, except scm-related data and
+            // the project url / logo
+            foreach ($allKeys as $key) {
+                if (in_array($key, $ignoreKeys) || strpos($key, $scm.'_') === 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                $conf->setVal($key, $tmplconf->getVal($key));
             }
         }
+
+        $keys = array(
+            'scm', 'svn_remote_url', 'svn_username',
+            'svn_password', 'mtn_master_branch',
+            'external_project_url'
+        );
+        foreach ($keys as $key) {
+            $this->cleaned_data[$key] = !empty($this->cleaned_data[$key]) ?
+                $this->cleaned_data[$key] : '';
+            $conf->setVal($key, $this->cleaned_data[$key]);
+        }
         $project->created();
 
         if ($this->cleaned_data['template'] == '--') {