diff --git a/src/bitmessagemain.py b/src/bitmessagemain.py
index 1842dba5..e759a7bd 100755
--- a/src/bitmessagemain.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagemain.py
@@ -3398,12 +3398,15 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread):
                         fromaddress, 'payloadlengthextrabytes'))
                 dataToEncrypt += '\x02'  # message encoding type
                 dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(len(
-                    'Subject:' + subject + '\n' + 'Body:' + body))  # Type 2 is simple UTF-8 message encoding.
+                    'Subject:' + subject + '\n' + 'Body:' + body))  # Type 2 is simple UTF-8 message encoding per the documentation on the wiki. 
                 dataToEncrypt += 'Subject:' + subject + '\n' + 'Body:' + body
                 signature = highlevelcrypto.sign(
                     dataToEncrypt, privSigningKeyHex)
                 dataToEncrypt += encodeVarint(len(signature))
                 dataToEncrypt += signature
+                # Encrypt the broadcast with the information contained in the broadcaster's address. Anyone who knows the address can generate 
+                # the private encryption key to decrypt the broadcast. This provides virtually no privacy; its purpose is to keep questionable 
+                # and illegal content from flowing through the Internet connections and being stored on the disk of 3rd parties. 
                 privEncryptionKey = hashlib.sha512(encodeVarint(
                     addressVersionNumber) + encodeVarint(streamNumber) + ripe).digest()[:32]
                 pubEncryptionKey = pointMult(privEncryptionKey)
@@ -3752,8 +3755,18 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread):
                 payload += signature
 
             # We have assembled the data that will be encrypted.
-            encrypted = highlevelcrypto.encrypt(
-                payload, "04" + pubEncryptionKeyBase256.encode('hex'))
+            try:
+                encrypted = highlevelcrypto.encrypt(payload,"04"+pubEncryptionKeyBase256.encode('hex'))
+            except:
+                shared.sqlLock.acquire()
+                t = (ackdata,)
+                shared.sqlSubmitQueue.put('''UPDATE sent SET status='badkey' WHERE ackdata=?''')
+                shared.sqlSubmitQueue.put(t)
+                queryreturn = shared.sqlReturnQueue.get()
+                shared.sqlSubmitQueue.put('commit')
+                shared.sqlLock.release()
+                shared.UISignalQueue.put(('updateSentItemStatusByAckdata',(ackdata,'Problem: The recipient\'s encryption key is no good. Could not encrypt message. ' + unicode(strftime(shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'timeformat'),localtime(int(time.time()))),'utf-8'))))
+                continue 
             encryptedPayload = embeddedTime + \
                 encodeVarint(toStreamNumber) + encrypted
             target = 2 ** 64 / ((len(
@@ -3788,7 +3801,7 @@ class singleWorker(threading.Thread):
             shared.sqlLock.acquire()
             t = (ackdata,)
             shared.sqlSubmitQueue.put(
-                '''UPDATE sent SET status='msgsent' WHERE ackdata=? AND (status='doingmsgpow' or status='forcepow') ''')
+                '''UPDATE sent SET status='msgsent' WHERE ackdata=?''')
             shared.sqlSubmitQueue.put(t)
             queryreturn = shared.sqlReturnQueue.get()
             shared.sqlSubmitQueue.put('commit')
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index d5463b08..278ad7d1 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             elif status == 'toodifficult':
                 statusText = _translate("MainWindow", "Problem: The work demanded by the recipient is more difficult than you are willing to do. %1").arg(
                     unicode(strftime(shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'timeformat'), localtime(int(lastactiontime)))))
+            elif status == 'badkey':
+                statusText = QtGui.QApplication.translate("MainWindow", "Problem: The recipient\'s encryption key is no good. Could not encrypt message. %1").arg(
+                    unicode(strftime(shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'timeformat'), localtime(int(lastactiontime))))) 
             elif status == 'forcepow':
                 statusText = _translate(
                     "MainWindow", "Forced difficulty override. Send should start soon.")