diff --git a/tiix.tcl b/tiix.tcl
index e025188..2f4d5e2 100755
--- a/tiix.tcl
+++ b/tiix.tcl
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ ttk::button .tabbar.p.addrframe.send -text "Send!" -command {
       set result [dict get $res result]
       if {$status} {
         set tiix_status "Posting success: $result"
+        .tabbar.p.content.text delete 1.0 end
       } else {
         set tiix_status "Posting error: $result"
       }
@@ -404,6 +405,19 @@ proc updatefromreps {} {
       if {![string match "Re: *" $tiix_post_subj]} {
         set tiix_post_subj "Re: $tiix_post_subj"
       }
+      set textw .tabbar.p.content.text
+      # some nickname shortening heuristics
+      set shortnick $tiix_post_to
+      set parts [split $shortnick " "]
+      if {[llength $parts] > 1} {
+        set shortnick ""
+        foreach p $parts {
+          append shortnick [string index $p 0]
+        }
+      }
+      if {![string match "$shortnick>*" [$textw get 1.0 1.end]]} {
+        $textw insert 1.0 "[string trimright [join [lmap s $msg(body) {string cat $shortnick {> } $s}] \n]]\n"
+      }
     }
     msgdb close