diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index 1e5acdca..38d025dd 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             "clicked()"), self.click_pushButtonAddSubscription)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.pushButtonAddBlacklist, QtCore.SIGNAL(
             "clicked()"), self.click_pushButtonAddBlacklist)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.pushButtonTTL, QtCore.SIGNAL(
+            "clicked()"), self.click_pushButtonTTL)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.pushButtonSend, QtCore.SIGNAL(
             "clicked()"), self.click_pushButtonSend)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook,
@@ -648,6 +650,18 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
 
         self.rerenderComboBoxSendFrom()
         
+        # Put the TTL slider in the correct spot
+        TTL = shared.config.getint('bitmessagesettings', 'ttl')
+        if TTL < 3600: # an hour
+            TTL = 3600
+        elif TTL > 28*24*60*60: # 28 days
+            TTL = 28*24*60*60
+        self.ui.horizontalSliderTTL.setSliderPosition((TTL - 3600) ** (1/3.199))
+        self.updateHumanFriendlyTTLDescription(TTL)
+        
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.horizontalSliderTTL, QtCore.SIGNAL(
+            "valueChanged(int)"), self.updateTTL)
+        
         # Check to see whether we can connect to namecoin. Hide the 'Fetch Namecoin ID' button if we can't.
         try:
             options = {}
@@ -662,7 +676,23 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
         except:
             print 'There was a problem testing for a Namecoin daemon. Hiding the Fetch Namecoin ID button'
             self.ui.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.hide()
-
+            
+    def updateTTL(self, sliderPosition):
+        TTL = int(sliderPosition ** 3.199 + 3600)
+        self.updateHumanFriendlyTTLDescription(TTL)
+        shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'ttl', str(TTL))
+        shared.writeKeysFile()
+        
+    def updateHumanFriendlyTTLDescription(self, TTL):
+        numberOfHours = int(round(TTL / (60*60)))
+        if numberOfHours < 48:
+            if numberOfHours == 1:
+                self.ui.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "1 hour"))
+            else:
+                self.ui.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "%1 hours").arg(numberOfHours))
+        else:
+            numberOfDays = int(round(TTL / (24*60*60)))
+            self.ui.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "%1 days").arg(numberOfDays))
 
     # Show or hide the application window after clicking an item within the
     # tray icon or, on Windows, the try icon itself.
@@ -1868,6 +1898,14 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                 newItem.setTextColor(QtGui.QColor(128, 128, 128))
             self.ui.tableWidgetBlacklist.setItem(0, 1, newItem)
 
+    def click_pushButtonTTL(self):
+        QtGui.QMessageBox.information(self, 'Time To Live', _translate(
+            "MainWindow", "The TTL, or Time-To-Live is the length of time that the network will hold the message. \
+The recipient must get it during this time. If your client does not hear an acknowledgement, your \
+Bitmessage client will resend the message automatically if it is open. The longer the Time-To-Live, the \
+more work your computer must do to send the message. A Time-To-Live of four or five days is often appropriate."), QMessageBox.Ok)
+        ###############
+
     def click_pushButtonSend(self):
         self.statusBar().showMessage('')
         toAddresses = str(self.ui.lineEditTo.text())
@@ -1953,10 +1991,11 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                             ackdata,
                             int(time.time()),
                             'msgqueued',
-                            1,
-                            1,
+                            1, # pubkeyretrynumber
+                            1, # msgretrynumber
                             'sent',
-                            2)
+                            2 # encodingtype
+                            )
 
                         toLabel = ''
                         queryreturn = sqlQuery('''select label from addressbook where address=?''',
@@ -2421,13 +2460,6 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
                         self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.lineEditDays.text())))
                         shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'stopresendingafterxmonths', str(float(
                         self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.lineEditMonths.text())))
-            #end
-
-            # if str(self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.comboBoxMaxCores.currentText()) == 'All':
-            #    shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxcores', '99999')
-            # else:
-            # shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxcores',
-            # str(self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.comboBoxMaxCores.currentText()))
 
             shared.writeKeysFile()
 
@@ -3756,8 +3788,6 @@ class NewAddressDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
         # the 'Your Identities' tab.
         while self.parent.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(row - 1, 1):
             self.ui.radioButtonExisting.click()
-            # print
-            # self.parent.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(row-1,1).text()
             self.ui.comboBoxExisting.addItem(
                 self.parent.ui.tableWidgetYourIdentities.item(row - 1, 1).text())
             row += 1
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py
index 318c1caf..c2d45a76 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'bitmessageui.ui'
 #
-# Created: Mon Jan 05 16:21:20 2015
+# Created: Fri Feb 27 18:48:36 2015
 #      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.10.3
 #
 # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
@@ -109,62 +109,55 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.send.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("send"))
         self.gridLayout_2 = QtGui.QGridLayout(self.send)
         self.gridLayout_2.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("gridLayout_2"))
+        self.lineEditSubject = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.send)
+        self.lineEditSubject.setText(_fromUtf8(""))
+        self.lineEditSubject.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditSubject"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.lineEditSubject, 4, 1, 1, 1)
         self.pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook = QtGui.QPushButton(self.send)
         font = QtGui.QFont()
         font.setPointSize(7)
         self.pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook.setFont(font)
         self.pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook"))
         self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook, 3, 2, 1, 1)
-        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID = QtGui.QPushButton(self.send)
-        font = QtGui.QFont()
-        font.setPointSize(7)
-        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.setFont(font)
-        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonFetchNamecoinID"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID, 3, 3, 1, 1)
-        self.label_4 = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
-        self.label_4.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_4"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label_4, 5, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.label_3 = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
+        self.label_3.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_3"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label_3, 4, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.pushButtonSend = QtGui.QPushButton(self.send)
+        self.pushButtonSend.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonSend"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.pushButtonSend, 7, 8, 1, 1)
+        self.horizontalSliderTTL = QtGui.QSlider(self.send)
+        self.horizontalSliderTTL.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(70, 16777215))
+        self.horizontalSliderTTL.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
+        self.horizontalSliderTTL.setInvertedAppearance(False)
+        self.horizontalSliderTTL.setInvertedControls(False)
+        self.horizontalSliderTTL.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("horizontalSliderTTL"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.horizontalSliderTTL, 7, 6, 1, 1)
+        spacerItem = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 297, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
+        self.gridLayout_2.addItem(spacerItem, 6, 0, 1, 1)
         self.comboBoxSendFrom = QtGui.QComboBox(self.send)
         self.comboBoxSendFrom.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(300, 0))
         self.comboBoxSendFrom.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("comboBoxSendFrom"))
         self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.comboBoxSendFrom, 2, 1, 1, 1)
-        self.label_3 = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
-        self.label_3.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_3"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label_3, 4, 0, 1, 1)
-        self.labelFrom = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
-        self.labelFrom.setText(_fromUtf8(""))
-        self.labelFrom.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelFrom"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.labelFrom, 2, 2, 1, 3)
+        self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
+        sizePolicy = QtGui.QSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Fixed, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Preferred)
+        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
+        self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(45, 0))
+        self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(45, 16777215))
+        self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription, 7, 7, 1, 1)
+        self.label_4 = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
+        self.label_4.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_4"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label_4, 5, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.label = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
+        self.label.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label, 3, 0, 1, 1)
         self.radioButtonSpecific = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.send)
         self.radioButtonSpecific.setChecked(True)
         self.radioButtonSpecific.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButtonSpecific"))
         self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.radioButtonSpecific, 0, 1, 1, 1)
-        self.lineEditTo = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.send)
-        self.lineEditTo.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditTo"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.lineEditTo, 3, 1, 1, 1)
-        self.textEditMessage = QtGui.QTextEdit(self.send)
-        self.textEditMessage.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("textEditMessage"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.textEditMessage, 5, 1, 2, 5)
-        self.label = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
-        self.label.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label, 3, 0, 1, 1)
-        self.label_2 = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
-        self.label_2.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_2"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label_2, 2, 0, 1, 1)
-        spacerItem = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 297, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
-        self.gridLayout_2.addItem(spacerItem, 6, 0, 1, 1)
-        self.radioButtonBroadcast = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.send)
-        self.radioButtonBroadcast.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButtonBroadcast"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.radioButtonBroadcast, 1, 1, 1, 3)
-        self.lineEditSubject = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.send)
-        self.lineEditSubject.setText(_fromUtf8(""))
-        self.lineEditSubject.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditSubject"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.lineEditSubject, 4, 1, 1, 5)
-        spacerItem1 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
-        self.gridLayout_2.addItem(spacerItem1, 3, 4, 1, 1)
-        self.pushButtonSend = QtGui.QPushButton(self.send)
-        self.pushButtonSend.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonSend"))
-        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.pushButtonSend, 7, 5, 1, 1)
         self.labelSendBroadcastWarning = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
         self.labelSendBroadcastWarning.setEnabled(True)
         sizePolicy = QtGui.QSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Ignored, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Preferred)
@@ -175,6 +168,54 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.labelSendBroadcastWarning.setIndent(-1)
         self.labelSendBroadcastWarning.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelSendBroadcastWarning"))
         self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.labelSendBroadcastWarning, 7, 1, 1, 4)
+        self.radioButtonBroadcast = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.send)
+        self.radioButtonBroadcast.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButtonBroadcast"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.radioButtonBroadcast, 1, 1, 1, 2)
+        self.pushButtonTTL = QtGui.QPushButton(self.send)
+        sizePolicy = QtGui.QSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Fixed, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Fixed)
+        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.pushButtonTTL.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setMaximumSize(QtCore.QSize(32, 16777215))
+        palette = QtGui.QPalette()
+        brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 255))
+        brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
+        palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Active, QtGui.QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
+        brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 255))
+        brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
+        palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
+        brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(120, 120, 120))
+        brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
+        palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Disabled, QtGui.QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setPalette(palette)
+        font = QtGui.QFont()
+        font.setUnderline(True)
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setFont(font)
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setFlat(True)
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonTTL"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.pushButtonTTL, 7, 5, 1, 1)
+        self.label_2 = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
+        self.label_2.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_2"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.label_2, 2, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.labelFrom = QtGui.QLabel(self.send)
+        self.labelFrom.setText(_fromUtf8(""))
+        self.labelFrom.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelFrom"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.labelFrom, 2, 2, 1, 1)
+        spacerItem1 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+        self.gridLayout_2.addItem(spacerItem1, 3, 4, 1, 1)
+        self.lineEditTo = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.send)
+        self.lineEditTo.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditTo"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.lineEditTo, 3, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.textEditMessage = QtGui.QTextEdit(self.send)
+        self.textEditMessage.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("textEditMessage"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.textEditMessage, 5, 1, 2, 8)
+        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID = QtGui.QPushButton(self.send)
+        font = QtGui.QFont()
+        font.setPointSize(7)
+        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.setFont(font)
+        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonFetchNamecoinID"))
+        self.gridLayout_2.addWidget(self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID, 3, 3, 1, 1)
         icon2 = QtGui.QIcon()
         icon2.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(_fromUtf8(":/newPrefix/images/send.png")), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
         self.tabWidget.addTab(self.send, icon2, _fromUtf8(""))
@@ -556,20 +597,22 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         item.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Received", None))
         self.tabWidget.setTabText(self.tabWidget.indexOf(self.inbox), _translate("MainWindow", "Inbox", None))
         self.pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Load from Address book", None))
-        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Fetch Namecoin ID", None))
-        self.label_4.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Message:", None))
         self.label_3.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Subject:", None))
+        self.pushButtonSend.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Send", None))
+        self.labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "X days", None))
+        self.label_4.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Message:", None))
+        self.label.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "To:", None))
         self.radioButtonSpecific.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Send to one or more specific people", None))
+        self.labelSendBroadcastWarning.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Be aware that broadcasts are only encrypted with your address. Anyone who knows your address can read them.", None))
+        self.radioButtonBroadcast.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Broadcast to everyone who is subscribed to your address", None))
+        self.pushButtonTTL.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "TTL:", None))
+        self.label_2.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "From:", None))
         self.textEditMessage.setHtml(_translate("MainWindow", "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd\">\n"
 "<html><head><meta name=\"qrichtext\" content=\"1\" /><style type=\"text/css\">\n"
 "p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }\n"
 "</style></head><body style=\" font-family:\'MS Shell Dlg 2\'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;\">\n"
 "<p style=\"-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;\"><br /></p></body></html>", None))
-        self.label.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "To:", None))
-        self.label_2.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "From:", None))
-        self.radioButtonBroadcast.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Broadcast to everyone who is subscribed to your address", None))
-        self.pushButtonSend.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Send", None))
-        self.labelSendBroadcastWarning.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Be aware that broadcasts are only encrypted with your address. Anyone who knows your address can read them.", None))
+        self.pushButtonFetchNamecoinID.setText(_translate("MainWindow", "Fetch Namecoin ID", None))
         self.tabWidget.setTabText(self.tabWidget.indexOf(self.send), _translate("MainWindow", "Send", None))
         self.sentSearchLineEdit.setPlaceholderText(_translate("MainWindow", "Search", None))
         self.sentSearchOptionCB.setItemText(0, _translate("MainWindow", "All", None))
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui
index 58e115d7..09ce6ff8 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui
@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@
         <string>Send</string>
        </attribute>
        <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
+        <item row="4" column="1">
+         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditSubject">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string/>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
         <item row="3" column="2">
          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonLoadFromAddressBook">
           <property name="font">
@@ -216,35 +223,6 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="3" column="3">
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonFetchNamecoinID">
-          <property name="font">
-           <font>
-            <pointsize>7</pointsize>
-           </font>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Fetch Namecoin ID</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="5" column="0">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Message:</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="2" column="1">
-         <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBoxSendFrom">
-          <property name="minimumSize">
-           <size>
-            <width>300</width>
-            <height>0</height>
-           </size>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
         <item row="4" column="0">
          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
           <property name="text">
@@ -252,48 +230,29 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="2" column="2" colspan="3">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelFrom">
+        <item row="7" column="8">
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonSend">
           <property name="text">
-           <string/>
+           <string>Send</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="0" column="1">
-         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioButtonSpecific">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Send to one or more specific people</string>
+        <item row="7" column="6">
+         <widget class="QSlider" name="horizontalSliderTTL">
+          <property name="maximumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>70</width>
+            <height>16777215</height>
+           </size>
           </property>
-          <property name="checked">
-           <bool>true</bool>
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
           </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="3" column="1">
-         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditTo"/>
-        </item>
-        <item row="5" column="1" rowspan="2" colspan="5">
-         <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEditMessage">
-          <property name="html">
-           <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
-&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
-p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
-&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
-&lt;p style=&quot;-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          <property name="invertedAppearance">
+           <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="3" column="0">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>To:</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="2" column="0">
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>From:</string>
+          <property name="invertedControls">
+           <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
@@ -310,37 +269,62 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
           </property>
          </spacer>
         </item>
-        <item row="1" column="1" colspan="3">
-         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioButtonBroadcast">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Broadcast to everyone who is subscribed to your address</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="4" column="1" colspan="5">
-         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditSubject">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string/>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
-        <item row="3" column="4">
-         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_6">
-          <property name="orientation">
-           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <item row="2" column="1">
+         <widget class="QComboBox" name="comboBoxSendFrom">
+          <property name="minimumSize">
            <size>
-            <width>20</width>
-            <height>20</height>
+            <width>300</width>
+            <height>0</height>
            </size>
           </property>
-         </spacer>
+         </widget>
         </item>
-        <item row="7" column="5">
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonSend">
+        <item row="7" column="7">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelHumanFriendlyTTLDescription">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="minimumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>45</width>
+            <height>0</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="maximumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>45</width>
+            <height>16777215</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Send</string>
+           <string>X days</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="5" column="0">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Message:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="3" column="0">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>To:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="0" column="1">
+         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioButtonSpecific">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Send to one or more specific people</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="checked">
+           <bool>true</bool>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
@@ -363,6 +347,130 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item row="1" column="1" colspan="2">
+         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioButtonBroadcast">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Broadcast to everyone who is subscribed to your address</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="7" column="5">
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonTTL">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="maximumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>32</width>
+            <height>16777215</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="palette">
+           <palette>
+            <active>
+             <colorrole role="ButtonText">
+              <brush brushstyle="SolidPattern">
+               <color alpha="255">
+                <red>0</red>
+                <green>0</green>
+                <blue>255</blue>
+               </color>
+              </brush>
+             </colorrole>
+            </active>
+            <inactive>
+             <colorrole role="ButtonText">
+              <brush brushstyle="SolidPattern">
+               <color alpha="255">
+                <red>0</red>
+                <green>0</green>
+                <blue>255</blue>
+               </color>
+              </brush>
+             </colorrole>
+            </inactive>
+            <disabled>
+             <colorrole role="ButtonText">
+              <brush brushstyle="SolidPattern">
+               <color alpha="255">
+                <red>120</red>
+                <green>120</green>
+                <blue>120</blue>
+               </color>
+              </brush>
+             </colorrole>
+            </disabled>
+           </palette>
+          </property>
+          <property name="font">
+           <font>
+            <underline>true</underline>
+           </font>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>TTL:</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="flat">
+           <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="2" column="0">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>From:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="2" column="2">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelFrom">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string/>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="3" column="4">
+         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_6">
+          <property name="orientation">
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+           <size>
+            <width>20</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item row="3" column="1">
+         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditTo"/>
+        </item>
+        <item row="5" column="1" rowspan="2" colspan="8">
+         <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEditMessage">
+          <property name="html">
+           <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;p style=&quot;-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="3" column="3">
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonFetchNamecoinID">
+          <property name="font">
+           <font>
+            <pointsize>7</pointsize>
+           </font>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Fetch Namecoin ID</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
        </layout>
       </widget>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="sent">
diff --git a/src/class_sqlThread.py b/src/class_sqlThread.py
index d4c69b59..56e86118 100644
--- a/src/class_sqlThread.py
+++ b/src/class_sqlThread.py
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ class sqlThread(threading.Thread):
             item = '''update settings set value=? WHERE key='version';'''
             parameters = (9,)
             self.cur.execute(item, parameters)
+            
+        # TTL is now user-specifyable. Let's add an option to save whatever the user selects. 
+        if not shared.config.has_option('bitmessagesettings', 'ttl'):
+            shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'ttl', '367200')
 
         # Are you hoping to add a new option to the keys.dat file of existing
         # Bitmessage users or modify the SQLite database? Add it right above this line!
diff --git a/src/helper_startup.py b/src/helper_startup.py
index c71ee436..ef40dd51 100644
--- a/src/helper_startup.py
+++ b/src/helper_startup.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def loadConfig():
         shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'replybelow', 'False')
         shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxdownloadrate', '0')
         shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'maxuploadrate', '0')
+        shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'ttl', '367200')
         
          #start:UI setting to stop trying to send messages after X days/months
         shared.config.set(