diff --git a/bin/.bin/hungryroot-notifications b/bin/.bin/hungryroot-notifications
index fd7d869..29ca8ea 100755
--- a/bin/.bin/hungryroot-notifications
+++ b/bin/.bin/hungryroot-notifications
@@ -21,14 +21,8 @@ FORWARDED_HEADER_RE = re.compile(
     re.IGNORECASE
 )
 
-TITLE_PREFIX_RE = re.compile(
-    r"""
-    ^\s*
-    (?:fwd:|fw:)\s*                 # optional forward prefix
-    (?:\[hungryroot/[^\]]+\]\s*)*   # one or more [hungryroot/*] blocks
-    """,
-    re.IGNORECASE | re.VERBOSE,
-)
+PREFIX_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(?:(?:re|fw|fwd)\s*:\s*)+", re.IGNORECASE)
+HUNGRYROOT_REPOS_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(?:\[hungryroot/[^\]]+\]\s*)+", re.IGNORECASE)
 
 GITHUB_URL_RE = re.compile(r"https://github\.com/[^\s>,]+")
 
@@ -39,7 +33,7 @@ FOOTER_START_MARKERS = (
 
 IMAP_HOST = os.environ.get("IMAP_HOST", "box.unbl.ink")
 IMAP_USER = os.environ.get("IMAP_USER", "hungryroot@unbl.ink")
-IMAP_PASS = os.environ.get("IMAP_PASS", "Mainr0ot")
+IMAP_PASS = os.environ.get("IMAP_PASS", "")
 
 NTFY_BASE = os.environ.get("NTFY_BASE", "https://ntfy.unbl.ink")
 NTFY_TOPIC = os.environ.get("NTFY_TOPIC", "hroot-notifications")
@@ -90,9 +84,16 @@ def _sanitize_header(value: str) -> str:
     return " ".join(value.replace("\r", " ").replace("\n", " ").split())
 
 def normalize_title(title: str) -> str:
-    # Remove CR/LF and collapse whitespace first (safe for headers)
+    # Unfold/sanitize any CRLF + weird spacing from forwarded headers
     title = " ".join(title.replace("\r", " ").replace("\n", " ").split())
-    return TITLE_PREFIX_RE.sub("", title).strip()
+
+    # Strip Re:/Fwd: chains like "Re: Re: Fwd:"
+    title = PREFIX_RE.sub("", title).strip()
+
+    # Strip ONLY hungryroot repo prefix blocks, keep [BE-####] etc.
+    title = HUNGRYROOT_REPOS_RE.sub("", title).strip()
+
+    return title
 
 def strip_github_footer(text: str) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
     """