diff --git a/src/super_archives/templates/superarchives/includes/message.html b/src/super_archives/templates/superarchives/includes/message.html
index 248e901..af3891f 100644
--- a/src/super_archives/templates/superarchives/includes/message.html
+++ b/src/super_archives/templates/superarchives/includes/message.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             <form method="POST">
               {% csrf_token %}
               <p>
-                <textarea placeholder="{% trans 'Send a message' %}" rows="5" class="form-control"></textarea>
+                <textarea name="emailbody" placeholder="{% trans 'Send a message' %}" rows="5" class="form-control"></textarea>
               </p>
               <div class="col-lg-9 col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-7">
                 <p class="quiet">{% trans "After sending a message it will take few minutes before it shows up in here. Why don't you grab a coffee?" %}</p>
diff --git a/src/super_archives/views.py b/src/super_archives/views.py
index d19f8f3..a6d8c3c 100644
--- a/src/super_archives/views.py
+++ b/src/super_archives/views.py
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ def thread_post(request, mailinglist, thread_token):
         raise http.Http404
 
     data = {}
-    data['email_from']  = '{} <{}>'.format(request.user.get_full_name(),
+    data['from']  = '{} <{}>'.format(request.user.get_full_name(),
                                   request.user.email)
     data['subject'] = thread.message_set.first().subject_clean
-    data['body'] = request.POST.get('body', '').strip()
+    data['body'] = request.POST.get('emailbody', '').strip()
 
     url = urlparse.urljoin(settings.MAILMAN_API_URL, mailinglist + '/sendmail')
 
@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ def thread_post(request, mailinglist, thread_token):
                                     "in the meanwhile."))
     else:
         if not error_msg:
-            if resp and resp.status_code == 400:
-                error_msg = _('You cannot send an empty email')
+            if resp is not None:
+                if resp.status_code == 400:
+                    error_msg = _('You cannot send an empty email')
+                elif resp.status_code == 404:
+                    error_msg = _('Mailing list does not exist')
             else:
-               error_msg = _('Unkown error trying to connect to Mailman API')
+                error_msg = _('Unkown error trying to connect to Mailman API')
         messages.error(request, error_msg)
 
     return thread_get(request, mailinglist, thread_token)
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