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authorErik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>2014-09-06 18:18:55 +0100
committerErik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>2014-09-06 18:18:55 +0100
commitd12feed6235ec91e9797a47c98e9da162b6559c9 (patch)
tree57f47c24ee7a402f210d7cb07f08521dfba6867c
parentMinor spec tweaks. (diff)
parentCenter recaptcha dialog. (diff)
downloadsynapse-d12feed6235ec91e9797a47c98e9da162b6559c9.tar.xz
Merge branch 'release-v0.2.2' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse v0.2.2
-rw-r--r--.gitignore3
-rw-r--r--CHANGES.rst20
-rw-r--r--VERSION2
-rw-r--r--docs/specification.rst176
-rw-r--r--synapse/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/auth.py113
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/errors.py15
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/events/__init__.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/events/factory.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/events/room.py7
-rwxr-xr-xsynapse/app/homeserver.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/captcha.py42
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/homeserver.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/_base.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/directory.py38
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/message.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/presence.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/register.py68
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room.py54
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/client.py28
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/directory.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/login.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/profile.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/register.py36
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/room.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/state.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/__init__.py9
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/_base.py19
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/directory.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/roommember.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/schema/delta/v3.sql27
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/stream.py17
-rw-r--r--tests/rest/test_events.py1
-rw-r--r--tests/test_state.py1
-rw-r--r--webclient/CAPTCHA_SETUP46
-rw-r--r--webclient/README7
-rw-r--r--webclient/app-controller.js41
-rw-r--r--webclient/app-filter.js83
-rwxr-xr-xwebclient/app.css59
-rw-r--r--webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js97
-rw-r--r--webclient/components/matrix/event-stream-service.js1
-rw-r--r--webclient/components/matrix/matrix-call.js5
-rw-r--r--webclient/components/matrix/matrix-filter.js135
-rw-r--r--webclient/components/matrix/matrix-service.js77
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-rw-r--r--webclient/index.html36
-rw-r--r--webclient/login/login.html4
-rw-r--r--webclient/login/register-controller.js48
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-rw-r--r--webclient/recents/recents-controller.js11
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-rw-r--r--webclient/room/room-controller.js284
-rw-r--r--webclient/room/room-directive.js11
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-rw-r--r--webclient/settings/settings-controller.js75
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58 files changed, 1473 insertions, 373 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c214971e11..dfe8dfedbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ htmlcov
 demo/*.db
 demo/*.log
 demo/*.pid
+demo/etc
 
 graph/*.svg
 graph/*.png
 graph/*.dot
 
+webclient/config.js
+
 uploads
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 31eee891da..b9b3e9d0ea 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+Changes in synapse 0.2.2 (2014-09-06)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+ * When the server returns state events it now also includes the previous 
+   content.
+ * Add support for inviting people when creating a new room.
+ * Make the homeserver inform the room via `m.room.aliases` when a new alias
+   is added for a room.
+ * Validate `m.room.power_level` events.
+
+Webclient:
+ * Add support for captchas on registration.
+ * Handle `m.room.aliases` events.
+ * Asynchronously send messages and show a local echo.
+ * Inform the UI when a message failed to send.
+ * Only autoscroll on receiving a new message if the user was already at the 
+   bottom of the screen.
+ * Add support for ban/kick reasons.
+
 Changes in synapse 0.2.1 (2014-09-03)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0c62199f16..ee1372d33a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.1
+0.2.2
diff --git a/docs/specification.rst b/docs/specification.rst
index a329c07542..b15792c00d 100644
--- a/docs/specification.rst
+++ b/docs/specification.rst
@@ -347,11 +347,12 @@ Receiving live updates on a client
 Clients can receive new events by long-polling the home server. This will hold open the
 HTTP connection for a short period of time waiting for new events, returning early if an
 event occurs. This is called the `Event Stream`_. All events which are visible to the
-client and match the client's query will appear in the event stream. When the request
+client will appear in the event stream. When the request
 returns, an ``end`` token is included in the response. This token can be used in the next
 request to continue where the client left off.
 
 .. TODO
+  How do we filter the event stream?
   Do we ever return multiple events in a single request?  Don't we get lots of request
   setup RTT latency if we only do one event per request? Do we ever support streaming
   requests? Why not websockets?
@@ -417,6 +418,16 @@ which can be set when creating a room:
     If this is included, an ``m.room.topic`` event will be sent into the room to indicate the
     topic for the room. See `Room Events`_ for more information on ``m.room.topic``.
 
+``invite``
+  Type:
+    List
+  Optional:
+    Yes
+  Value:
+    A list of user ids to invite.
+  Description:
+    This will tell the server to invite everyone in the list to the newly created room.
+
 Example::
 
   {
@@ -473,7 +484,9 @@ action in a room a user must have a suitable power level.
 
 Power levels for users are defined in ``m.room.power_levels``, where both
 a default and specific users' power levels can be set. By default all users
-have a power level of 0.
+have a power level of 0, other than the room creator whose power level defaults to 100.
+Power levels for users are tracked per-room even if the user is not present in 
+the room.
 
 State events may contain a ``required_power_level`` key, which indicates the
 minimum power a user must have before they can update that state key. The only
@@ -483,11 +496,11 @@ To perform certain actions there are additional power level requirements
 defined in the following state events:
 
 - ``m.room.send_event_level`` defines the minimum level for sending non-state 
-  events. Defaults to 5.
+  events. Defaults to 50.
 - ``m.room.add_state_level`` defines the minimum level for adding new state,
-  rather than updating existing state. Defaults to 5.
+  rather than updating existing state. Defaults to 50.
 - ``m.room.ops_level`` defines the minimum levels to ban and kick other users.
-  This defaults to a kick and ban levels of 5 each.
+  This defaults to a kick and ban levels of 50 each.
 
 
 Joining rooms
@@ -908,6 +921,22 @@ prefixed with ``m.``
     ``ban_level`` will be greater than or equal to ``kick_level`` since 
     banning is more severe than kicking.
 
+``m.room.aliases``
+  Summary:
+    These state events are used to inform the room about what room aliases it has.
+  Type:
+    State event
+  JSON format:
+    ``{ "aliases": ["string", ...] }``
+  Example:
+    ``{ "aliases": ["#foo:example.com"] }``
+  Description:
+    A server `may` inform the room that it has added or removed an alias for 
+    the room. This is purely for informational purposes and may become stale.
+    Clients `should` check that the room alias is still valid before using it.
+    The ``state_key`` of the event is the homeserver which owns the room 
+    alias.
+
 ``m.room.message``
   Summary:
     A message.
@@ -1124,19 +1153,104 @@ Typing notifications
 
 Voice over IP
 =============
-.. NOTE::
-  This section is a work in progress.
+Matrix can also be used to set up VoIP calls. This is part of the core specification,
+although is still in a very early stage. Voice (and video) over Matrix is based on
+the WebRTC standards.
 
-.. TODO Dave
-    - what are the event types.
-    - what are the valid keys/values. What do they represent. Any gotchas?
-    - In what sequence should the events be sent?
-    - How do you accept / decline inbound calls? How do you make outbound calls?
-      Give examples.
-    - How does negotiation work? Give examples.
-    - How do you hang up?
-    - What does call log information look like e.g. duration of call?
+Call events are sent to a room, like any other event. This means that clients
+must only send call events to rooms with exactly two participants as currently
+the WebRTC standard is based around two-party communication.
+
+Events
+------
+``m.call.invite``
+This event is sent by the caller when they wish to establish a call.
+
+  Required keys:
+    - ``call_id`` : "string" - A unique identifier for the call
+    - ``offer`` : "offer object" - The session description
+    - ``version`` : "integer" - The version of the VoIP specification this message
+                                adheres to. This specification is version 0.
+      
+  Optional keys:
+    None.
+  Example:
+    ``{ "version" : 0, "call_id": "12345", "offer": { "type" : "offer", "sdp" : "v=0\r\no=- 6584580628695956864 2 IN IP4 127.0.0.1[...]" } }``
+
+``Offer Object``
+  Required keys:
+    - ``type`` : "string" - The type of session description, in this case 'offer'
+    - ``sdp`` : "string" - The SDP text of the session description
+
+``m.call.candidate``
+This event is sent by callers after sending an invite and by the callee after answering.
+Its purpose is to give the other party an additional ICE candidate to try using to
+communicate.
+
+  Required keys:
+    - ``call_id`` : "string" - The ID of the call this event relates to
+    - ``version`` : "integer" - The version of the VoIP specification this messages
+                                adheres to. his specification is version 0.
+    - ``candidate`` : "candidate object" - Object describing the candidate.
+
+``Candidate Object``
 
+  Required Keys:
+    - ``sdpMid`` : "string" - The SDP media type this candidate is intended for.
+    - ``sdpMLineIndex`` : "integer" - The index of the SDP 'm' line this
+                                      candidate is intended for
+    - ``candidate`` : "string" - The SDP 'a' line of the candidate
+
+``m.call.answer``
+
+  Required keys:
+    - ``call_id`` : "string" - The ID of the call this event relates to
+    - ``version`` : "integer" - The version of the VoIP specification this messages
+    - ``answer`` : "answer object" - Object giving the SDK answer
+
+``Answer Object``
+
+  Required keys:
+    - ``type`` : "string" - The type of session description. 'answer' in this case.
+    - ``sdp`` : "string" - The SDP text of the session description
+
+``m.call.hangup``
+Sent by either party to signal their termination of the call. This can be sent either once
+the call has has been established or before to abort the call.
+
+  Required keys:
+    - ``call_id`` : "string" - The ID of the call this event relates to
+    - ``version`` : "integer" - The version of the VoIP specification this messages
+
+Message Exchange
+----------------
+A call is set up with messages exchanged as follows:
+
+::
+
+   Caller                   Callee
+ m.call.invite ----------->
+ m.call.candidate -------->
+ [more candidates events]
+                         User answers call
+                  <------ m.call.answer
+               [...]
+                  <------ m.call.hangup
+                  
+Or a rejected call:
+
+::
+
+   Caller                   Callee
+ m.call.invite ----------->
+ m.call.candidate -------->
+ [more candidates events]
+                        User rejects call
+                 <------- m.call.hangup
+
+Calls are negotiated according to the WebRTC specification.
+ 
+ 
 Profiles
 ========
 .. NOTE::
@@ -1151,8 +1265,8 @@ Profiles
   - Display name changes also generates m.room.member with displayname key f.e. room
     the user is in.
 
-Internally within Matrix users are referred to by their user ID, which is not a
-human-friendly string. Profiles grant users the ability to see human-readable 
+Internally within Matrix users are referred to by their user ID, which is typically
+a compact unique identifier. Profiles grant users the ability to see human-readable 
 names for other users that are in some way meaningful to them. Additionally, 
 profiles can publish additional information, such as the user's age or location.
 
@@ -1466,17 +1580,19 @@ Federation is the term used to describe how to communicate between Matrix home
 servers. Federation is a mechanism by which two home servers can exchange
 Matrix event messages, both as a real-time push of current events, and as a
 historic fetching mechanism to synchronise past history for clients to view. It
-uses HTTP connections between each pair of servers involved as the underlying
+uses HTTPS connections between each pair of servers involved as the underlying
 transport. Messages are exchanged between servers in real-time by active pushing
 from each server's HTTP client into the server of the other. Queries to fetch
 historic data for the purpose of back-filling scrollback buffers and the like
-can also be performed.
+can also be performed. Currently routing of messages between homeservers is full
+mesh (like email) - however, fan-out refinements to this design are currently
+under consideration.
 
 There are three main kinds of communication that occur between home servers:
 
 :Queries:
    These are single request/response interactions between a given pair of
-   servers, initiated by one side sending an HTTP GET request to obtain some
+   servers, initiated by one side sending an HTTPS GET request to obtain some
    information, and responded by the other. They are not persisted and contain
    no long-term significant history. They simply request a snapshot state at the
    instant the query is made.
@@ -1692,7 +1808,7 @@ by the same origin as the current one, or other origins.
 Because of the distributed nature of participants in a Matrix conversation, it
 is impossible to establish a globally-consistent total ordering on the events.
 However, by annotating each outbound PDU at its origin with IDs of other PDUs it
-has received, a partial ordering can be constructed allowing causallity
+has received, a partial ordering can be constructed allowing causality
 relationships to be preserved. A client can then display these messages to the
 end-user in some order consistent with their content and ensure that no message
 that is semantically in reply of an earlier one is ever displayed before it.
@@ -1778,7 +1894,7 @@ Retrieves a sliding-window history of previous PDUs that occurred on the
 given context. Starting from the PDU ID(s) given in the "v" argument, the
 PDUs that preceeded it are retrieved, up to a total number given by the
 "limit" argument. These are then returned in a new Transaction containing all
-off the PDUs.
+of the PDUs.
 
 
 To stream events all the events::
@@ -1858,6 +1974,10 @@ victim would then include in their view of the chatroom history. Other servers
 in the chatroom would reject the invalid messages and potentially reject the
 victims messages as well since they depended on the invalid messages.
 
+.. TODO
+  Track trustworthiness of HS or users based on if they try to pretend they
+  haven't seen recent events, and fake a splitbrain... --M
+
 Threat: Block Network Traffic
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
@@ -1963,6 +2083,9 @@ The ``retry_after_ms`` key SHOULD be included to tell the client how long they h
 in milliseconds before they can try again.
 
 .. TODO
+  - Surely we should recommend an algorithm for the rate limiting, rather than letting every
+    homeserver come up with their own idea, causing totally unpredictable performance over
+    federated rooms?
   - crypto (s-s auth)
   - E2E
   - Lawful intercept + Key Escrow
@@ -1973,6 +2096,9 @@ Policy Servers
 .. NOTE::
   This section is a work in progress.
 
+.. TODO
+  We should mention them in the Architecture section at least...
+  
 Content repository
 ==================
 .. NOTE::
@@ -2071,6 +2197,9 @@ Transaction:
   A message which relates to the communication between a given pair of servers.
   A transaction contains possibly-empty lists of PDUs and EDUs.
 
+.. TODO
+  This glossary contradicts the terms used above - especially on State Events v. "State"
+  and Non-State Events v. "Events".  We need better consistent names.
 
 .. Links through the external API docs are below
 .. =============================================
@@ -2118,3 +2247,4 @@ Transaction:
 .. _/join/<room_alias_or_id>: /docs/api/client-server/#!/-rooms/join
 
 .. _`Event Stream`: /docs/api/client-server/#!/-events/get_event_stream
+
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 440e633966..1ed9cdcdf3 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a synapse home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py
index b4eda3df01..8f32191b57 100644
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.constants import Membership, JoinRules
-from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, StoreError, Codes
-from synapse.api.events.room import RoomMemberEvent
+from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, StoreError, Codes, SynapseError
+from synapse.api.events.room import RoomMemberEvent, RoomPowerLevelsEvent
 from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 
 import logging
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ class Auth(object):
                 else:
                     yield self._can_send_event(event)
 
+                if event.type == RoomPowerLevelsEvent.TYPE:
+                    yield self._check_power_levels(event)
+
                 defer.returnValue(True)
             else:
                 raise AuthError(500, "Unknown event: %s" % event)
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ class Auth(object):
                 if kick_level:
                     kick_level = int(kick_level)
                 else:
-                    kick_level = 5
+                    kick_level = 50
 
                 if user_level < kick_level:
                     raise AuthError(
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ class Auth(object):
             if ban_level:
                 ban_level = int(ban_level)
             else:
-                ban_level = 5  # FIXME (erikj): What should we do here?
+                ban_level = 50  # FIXME (erikj): What should we do here?
 
             if user_level < ban_level:
                 raise AuthError(403, "You don't have permission to ban")
@@ -305,7 +308,9 @@ class Auth(object):
         else:
             user_level = 0
 
-        logger.debug("Checking power level for %s, %s", event.user_id, user_level)
+        logger.debug(
+            "Checking power level for %s, %s", event.user_id, user_level
+        )
         if current_state and hasattr(current_state, "required_power_level"):
             req = current_state.required_power_level
 
@@ -315,3 +320,101 @@ class Auth(object):
                     403,
                     "You don't have permission to change that state"
                 )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _check_power_levels(self, event):
+        for k, v in event.content.items():
+            if k == "default":
+                continue
+
+            # FIXME (erikj): We don't want hsob_Ts in content.
+            if k == "hsob_ts":
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                self.hs.parse_userid(k)
+            except:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid user_id: %s" % (k,))
+
+            try:
+                int(v)
+            except:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid power level: %s" % (v,))
+
+        current_state = yield self.store.get_current_state(
+            event.room_id,
+            event.type,
+            event.state_key,
+        )
+
+        if not current_state:
+            return
+        else:
+            current_state = current_state[0]
+
+        user_level = yield self.store.get_power_level(
+            event.room_id,
+            event.user_id,
+        )
+
+        if user_level:
+            user_level = int(user_level)
+        else:
+            user_level = 0
+
+        old_list = current_state.content
+
+        # FIXME (erikj)
+        old_people = {k: v for k, v in old_list.items() if k.startswith("@")}
+        new_people = {
+            k: v for k, v in event.content.items()
+            if k.startswith("@")
+        }
+
+        removed = set(old_people.keys()) - set(new_people.keys())
+        added = set(old_people.keys()) - set(new_people.keys())
+        same = set(old_people.keys()) & set(new_people.keys())
+
+        for r in removed:
+            if int(old_list.content[r]) > user_level:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403,
+                    "You don't have permission to remove user: %s" % (r, )
+                )
+
+        for n in added:
+            if int(event.content[n]) > user_level:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403,
+                    "You don't have permission to add ops level greater "
+                    "than your own"
+                )
+
+        for s in same:
+            if int(event.content[s]) != int(old_list[s]):
+                if int(event.content[s]) > user_level:
+                    raise AuthError(
+                        403,
+                        "You don't have permission to add ops level greater "
+                        "than your own"
+                    )
+
+        if "default" in old_list:
+            old_default = int(old_list["default"])
+
+            if old_default > user_level:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403,
+                    "You don't have permission to add ops level greater than "
+                    "your own"
+                )
+
+            if "default" in event.content:
+                new_default = int(event.content["default"])
+
+                if new_default > user_level:
+                    raise AuthError(
+                        403,
+                        "You don't have permission to add ops level greater "
+                        "than your own"
+                    )
diff --git a/synapse/api/errors.py b/synapse/api/errors.py
index 84afe4fa37..88175602c4 100644
--- a/synapse/api/errors.py
+++ b/synapse/api/errors.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Codes(object):
     NOT_FOUND = "M_NOT_FOUND"
     UNKNOWN_TOKEN = "M_UNKNOWN_TOKEN"
     LIMIT_EXCEEDED = "M_LIMIT_EXCEEDED"
+    CAPTCHA_NEEDED = "M_CAPTCHA_NEEDED"
+    CAPTCHA_INVALID = "M_CAPTCHA_INVALID"
 
 
 class CodeMessageException(Exception):
@@ -101,6 +103,19 @@ class StoreError(SynapseError):
     pass
 
 
+class InvalidCaptchaError(SynapseError):
+    def __init__(self, code=400, msg="Invalid captcha.", error_url=None,
+                 errcode=Codes.CAPTCHA_INVALID):
+        super(InvalidCaptchaError, self).__init__(code, msg, errcode)
+        self.error_url = error_url
+
+    def error_dict(self):
+        return cs_error(
+            self.msg,
+            self.errcode,
+            error_url=self.error_url,
+        )
+
 class LimitExceededError(SynapseError):
     """A client has sent too many requests and is being throttled.
     """
diff --git a/synapse/api/events/__init__.py b/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
index f95468fc65..5f300de108 100644
--- a/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ class SynapseEvent(JsonEncodedObject):
 
 
 class SynapseStateEvent(SynapseEvent):
-     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+
+    valid_keys = SynapseEvent.valid_keys + [
+        "prev_content",
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         if "state_key" not in kwargs:
             kwargs["state_key"] = ""
         super(SynapseStateEvent, self).__init__(**kwargs)
diff --git a/synapse/api/events/factory.py b/synapse/api/events/factory.py
index a3b293e024..5e38cdbc44 100644
--- a/synapse/api/events/factory.py
+++ b/synapse/api/events/factory.py
@@ -47,11 +47,14 @@ class EventFactory(object):
             self._event_list[event_class.TYPE] = event_class
 
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.hs = hs
 
     def create_event(self, etype=None, **kwargs):
         kwargs["type"] = etype
         if "event_id" not in kwargs:
-            kwargs["event_id"] = random_string(10)
+            kwargs["event_id"] = "%s@%s" % (
+                random_string(10), self.hs.hostname
+            )
 
         if "ts" not in kwargs:
             kwargs["ts"] = int(self.clock.time_msec())
diff --git a/synapse/api/events/room.py b/synapse/api/events/room.py
index 33f0f0cb99..3a4dbc58ce 100644
--- a/synapse/api/events/room.py
+++ b/synapse/api/events/room.py
@@ -173,3 +173,10 @@ class RoomOpsPowerLevelsEvent(SynapseStateEvent):
 
     def get_content_template(self):
         return {}
+
+
+class RoomAliasesEvent(SynapseStateEvent):
+    TYPE = "m.room.aliases"
+
+    def get_content_template(self):
+        return {}
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index 49cf928cc1..d675d8c8f9 100755
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ SCHEMAS = [
 
 # Remember to update this number every time an incompatible change is made to
 # database schema files, so the users will be informed on server restarts.
-SCHEMA_VERSION = 2
+SCHEMA_VERSION = 3
 
 
 class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
diff --git a/synapse/config/captcha.py b/synapse/config/captcha.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a97a5bab1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/config/captcha.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from ._base import Config
+
+class CaptchaConfig(Config):
+
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        super(CaptchaConfig, self).__init__(args)
+        self.recaptcha_private_key = args.recaptcha_private_key
+        self.enable_registration_captcha = args.enable_registration_captcha
+        self.captcha_ip_origin_is_x_forwarded = args.captcha_ip_origin_is_x_forwarded
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(CaptchaConfig, cls).add_arguments(parser)
+        group = parser.add_argument_group("recaptcha")
+        group.add_argument(
+            "--recaptcha-private-key", type=str, default="YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY",
+            help="The matching private key for the web client's public key."
+        )
+        group.add_argument(
+            "--enable-registration-captcha", type=bool, default=False,
+            help="Enables ReCaptcha checks when registering, preventing signup "+
+            "unless a captcha is answered. Requires a valid ReCaptcha public/private key."
+        )
+        group.add_argument(
+            "--captcha_ip_origin_is_x_forwarded", type=bool, default=False,
+            help="When checking captchas, use the X-Forwarded-For (XFF) header as the client IP "+
+            "and not the actual client IP."
+        )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/config/homeserver.py b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
index 76e2cdeddd..e16f2c733b 100644
--- a/synapse/config/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ from .logger import LoggingConfig
 from .database import DatabaseConfig
 from .ratelimiting import RatelimitConfig
 from .repository import ContentRepositoryConfig
+from .captcha import CaptchaConfig
 
 class HomeServerConfig(TlsConfig, ServerConfig, DatabaseConfig, LoggingConfig,
-                       RatelimitConfig, ContentRepositoryConfig):
+                       RatelimitConfig, ContentRepositoryConfig, CaptchaConfig):
     pass
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/_base.py b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
index 9989fe8670..de4d23bbb3 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
                 retry_after_ms=int(1000*(time_allowed - time_now)),
             )
 
-
-class BaseRoomHandler(BaseHandler):
-
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _on_new_room_event(self, event, snapshot, extra_destinations=[],
                            extra_users=[]):
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/directory.py b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
index 1b9e831fc0..4ab00a761a 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ from ._base import BaseHandler
 
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.http.client import HttpClient
+from synapse.api.events.room import RoomAliasesEvent
 
 import logging
+import sqlite3
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
         )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def create_association(self, room_alias, room_id, servers=None):
+    def create_association(self, user_id, room_alias, room_id, servers=None):
+
         # TODO(erikj): Do auth.
 
         if not room_alias.is_mine:
@@ -54,12 +57,37 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
         if not servers:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Failed to get server list")
 
-        yield self.store.create_room_alias_association(
-            room_alias,
-            room_id,
-            servers
+
+        try:
+            yield self.store.create_room_alias_association(
+                room_alias,
+                room_id,
+                servers
+            )
+        except sqlite3.IntegrityError:
+            defer.returnValue("Already exists")
+
+        # TODO: Send the room event.
+
+        aliases = yield self.store.get_aliases_for_room(room_id)
+
+        event = self.event_factory.create_event(
+            etype=RoomAliasesEvent.TYPE,
+            state_key=self.hs.hostname,
+            room_id=room_id,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            content={"aliases": aliases},
+        )
+
+        snapshot = yield self.store.snapshot_room(
+            room_id=room_id,
+            user_id=user_id,
         )
 
+        yield self.state_handler.handle_new_event(event, snapshot)
+        yield self._on_new_room_event(event, snapshot, extra_users=[user_id])
+
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_association(self, room_alias):
         room_id = None
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index dad2bbd1a4..87fc04478b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from synapse.api.constants import Membership
 from synapse.api.events.room import RoomTopicEvent
 from synapse.api.errors import RoomError
 from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
-from ._base import BaseRoomHandler
+from ._base import BaseHandler
 
 import logging
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 
-class MessageHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
+class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(MessageHandler, self).__init__(hs)
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/presence.py b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
index c79bb6ff76..b2af09f090 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
@@ -796,11 +796,12 @@ class PresenceEventSource(object):
         updates = []
         # TODO(paul): use a DeferredList ? How to limit concurrency.
         for observed_user in cachemap.keys():
-            if not (from_key < cachemap[observed_user].serial):
+            cached = cachemap[observed_user]
+            if not (from_key < cached.serial):
                 continue
 
             if (yield self.is_visible(observer_user, observed_user)):
-                updates.append((observed_user, cachemap[observed_user]))
+                updates.append((observed_user, cached))
 
         # TODO(paul): limit
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/register.py b/synapse/handlers/register.py
index bee052274f..0b841d6d3a 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/register.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/register.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.types import UserID
-from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, RegistrationError
+from synapse.api.errors import (
+    SynapseError, RegistrationError, InvalidCaptchaError
+)
 from ._base import BaseHandler
 import synapse.util.stringutils as stringutils
 from synapse.http.client import PlainHttpClient
@@ -38,7 +40,8 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         self.distributor.declare("registered_user")
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def register(self, localpart=None, password=None, threepidCreds=None):
+    def register(self, localpart=None, password=None, threepidCreds=None, 
+                 captcha_info={}):
         """Registers a new client on the server.
 
         Args:
@@ -51,10 +54,26 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         Raises:
             RegistrationError if there was a problem registering.
         """
+        if captcha_info:
+            captcha_response = yield self._validate_captcha(
+                captcha_info["ip"], 
+                captcha_info["private_key"],
+                captcha_info["challenge"],
+                captcha_info["response"]
+            )
+            if not captcha_response["valid"]:
+                logger.info("Invalid captcha entered from %s. Error: %s", 
+                            captcha_info["ip"], captcha_response["error_url"])
+                raise InvalidCaptchaError(
+                    error_url=captcha_response["error_url"]
+                )
+            else:
+                logger.info("Valid captcha entered from %s", captcha_info["ip"])
 
         if threepidCreds:
             for c in threepidCreds:
-                logger.info("validating theeepidcred sid %s on id server %s", c['sid'], c['idServer'])
+                logger.info("validating theeepidcred sid %s on id server %s",
+                            c['sid'], c['idServer'])
                 try:
                     threepid = yield self._threepid_from_creds(c)
                 except:
@@ -63,7 +82,8 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
                     
                 if not threepid:
                     raise RegistrationError(400, "Couldn't validate 3pid")
-                logger.info("got threepid medium %s address %s", threepid['medium'], threepid['address'])
+                logger.info("got threepid medium %s address %s", 
+                            threepid['medium'], threepid['address'])
 
         password_hash = None
         if password:
@@ -131,7 +151,8 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         # XXX: make this configurable!
         trustedIdServers = [ 'matrix.org:8090' ]
         if not creds['idServer'] in trustedIdServers:
-            logger.warn('%s is not a trusted ID server: rejecting 3pid credentials', creds['idServer'])
+            logger.warn('%s is not a trusted ID server: rejecting 3pid '+
+                        'credentials', creds['idServer'])
             defer.returnValue(None)
         data = yield httpCli.get_json(
             creds['idServer'],
@@ -149,9 +170,44 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         data = yield httpCli.post_urlencoded_get_json(
             creds['idServer'],
             "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/3pid/bind",
-            { 'sid': creds['sid'], 'clientSecret': creds['clientSecret'], 'mxid':mxid }
+            { 'sid': creds['sid'], 'clientSecret': creds['clientSecret'], 
+            'mxid':mxid }
         )
         defer.returnValue(data)
         
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _validate_captcha(self, ip_addr, private_key, challenge, response):
+        """Validates the captcha provided.
+        
+        Returns:
+            dict: Containing 'valid'(bool) and 'error_url'(str) if invalid.
+        
+        """
+        response = yield self._submit_captcha(ip_addr, private_key, challenge, 
+                                              response)
+        # parse Google's response. Lovely format..
+        lines = response.split('\n')
+        json = {
+            "valid": lines[0] == 'true',
+            "error_url": "http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/challenge?"+
+                         "error=%s" % lines[1]
+        }
+        defer.returnValue(json)
+        
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _submit_captcha(self, ip_addr, private_key, challenge, response):
+        client = PlainHttpClient(self.hs)
+        data = yield client.post_urlencoded_get_raw(
+            "www.google.com:80",
+            "/recaptcha/api/verify",
+            accept_partial=True,  # twisted dislikes google's response, no content length.
+            args={ 
+                'privatekey': private_key, 
+                'remoteip': ip_addr,
+                'challenge': challenge,
+                'response': response
+            }
+        )
+        defer.returnValue(data)
         
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 8171e9eb45..a0d0f2af16 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ from synapse.api.events.room import (
     RoomSendEventLevelEvent, RoomOpsPowerLevelsEvent, RoomNameEvent,
 )
 from synapse.util import stringutils
-from ._base import BaseRoomHandler
+from ._base import BaseHandler
 
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
+class RoomCreationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def create_room(self, user_id, room_id, config):
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
         else:
             room_alias = None
 
+        invite_list = config.get("invite", [])
+        for i in invite_list:
+            try:
+                self.hs.parse_userid(i)
+            except:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid user_id: %s" % (i,))
+
         is_public = config.get("visibility", None) == "public"
 
         if room_id:
@@ -105,7 +112,9 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
         )
 
         if room_alias:
-            yield self.store.create_room_alias_association(
+            directory_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().directory_handler
+            yield directory_handler.create_association(
+                user_id=user_id,
                 room_id=room_id,
                 room_alias=room_alias,
                 servers=[self.hs.hostname],
@@ -132,7 +141,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
                 etype=RoomNameEvent.TYPE,
                 room_id=room_id,
                 user_id=user_id,
-                required_power_level=5,
+                required_power_level=50,
                 content={"name": name},
             )
 
@@ -143,7 +152,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
                 etype=RoomNameEvent.TYPE,
                 room_id=room_id,
                 user_id=user_id,
-                required_power_level=5,
+                required_power_level=50,
                 content={"name": name},
             )
 
@@ -155,7 +164,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
                 etype=RoomTopicEvent.TYPE,
                 room_id=room_id,
                 user_id=user_id,
-                required_power_level=5,
+                required_power_level=50,
                 content={"topic": topic},
             )
 
@@ -176,6 +185,25 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
             do_auth=False
         )
 
+        content = {"membership": Membership.INVITE}
+        for invitee in invite_list:
+            invite_event = self.event_factory.create_event(
+                etype=RoomMemberEvent.TYPE,
+                state_key=invitee,
+                room_id=room_id,
+                user_id=user_id,
+                content=content
+            )
+
+            yield self.hs.get_handlers().room_member_handler.change_membership(
+                invite_event,
+                do_auth=False
+            )
+
+        yield self.hs.get_handlers().room_member_handler.change_membership(
+            join_event,
+            do_auth=False
+        )
         result = {"room_id": room_id}
         if room_alias:
             result["room_alias"] = room_alias.to_string()
@@ -186,7 +214,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
         event_keys = {
             "room_id": room_id,
             "user_id": creator.to_string(),
-            "required_power_level": 10,
+            "required_power_level": 100,
         }
 
         def create(etype, **content):
@@ -203,7 +231,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
 
         power_levels_event = self.event_factory.create_event(
             etype=RoomPowerLevelsEvent.TYPE,
-            content={creator.to_string(): 10, "default": 0},
+            content={creator.to_string(): 100, "default": 0},
             **event_keys
         )
 
@@ -215,7 +243,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
 
         add_state_event = create(
             etype=RoomAddStateLevelEvent.TYPE,
-            level=10,
+            level=100,
         )
 
         send_event = create(
@@ -225,8 +253,8 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
 
         ops = create(
             etype=RoomOpsPowerLevelsEvent.TYPE,
-            ban_level=5,
-            kick_level=5,
+            ban_level=50,
+            kick_level=50,
         )
 
         return [
@@ -239,7 +267,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
         ]
 
 
-class RoomMemberHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
+class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
     # TODO(paul): This handler currently contains a messy conflation of
     #   low-level API that works on UserID objects and so on, and REST-level
     #   API that takes ID strings and returns pagination chunks. These concerns
@@ -560,7 +588,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
             extra_users=[target_user]
         )
 
-class RoomListHandler(BaseRoomHandler):
+class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_public_room_list(self):
diff --git a/synapse/http/client.py b/synapse/http/client.py
index ebf1aa47c4..ece6318e00 100644
--- a/synapse/http/client.py
+++ b/synapse/http/client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
 from twisted.internet.error import DNSLookupError
-from twisted.web.client import _AgentBase, _URI, readBody, FileBodyProducer
+from twisted.web.client import _AgentBase, _URI, readBody, FileBodyProducer, PartialDownloadError
 from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 
 from synapse.http.endpoint import matrix_endpoint
@@ -188,6 +188,32 @@ class TwistedHttpClient(HttpClient):
         body = yield readBody(response)
 
         defer.returnValue(json.loads(body))
+        
+    # XXX FIXME : I'm so sorry.
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def post_urlencoded_get_raw(self, destination, path, accept_partial=False, args={}):
+        if destination in _destination_mappings:
+            destination = _destination_mappings[destination]
+
+        query_bytes = urllib.urlencode(args, True)
+
+        response = yield self._create_request(
+            destination.encode("ascii"),
+            "POST",
+            path.encode("ascii"),
+            producer=FileBodyProducer(StringIO(urllib.urlencode(args))),
+            headers_dict={"Content-Type": ["application/x-www-form-urlencoded"]}
+        )
+
+        try:
+            body = yield readBody(response)
+            defer.returnValue(body)
+        except PartialDownloadError as e:
+            if accept_partial:
+                defer.returnValue(e.response)
+            else:
+                raise e
+        
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _create_request(self, destination, method, path_bytes, param_bytes=b"",
diff --git a/synapse/rest/directory.py b/synapse/rest/directory.py
index 18df7c8d8b..31849246a1 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/directory.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class ClientDirectoryServer(RestServlet):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_PUT(self, request, room_alias):
+        user = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+
         content = _parse_json(request)
         if not "room_id" in content:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Missing room_id key",
@@ -69,12 +71,13 @@ class ClientDirectoryServer(RestServlet):
 
         try:
             yield dir_handler.create_association(
-                room_alias, room_id, servers
+                user.to_string(), room_alias, room_id, servers
             )
         except SynapseError as e:
             raise e
         except:
             logger.exception("Failed to create association")
+            raise
 
         defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
diff --git a/synapse/rest/login.py b/synapse/rest/login.py
index c7bf901c8e..ba49afcaa7 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/login.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class LoginFallbackRestServlet(RestServlet):
     def on_GET(self, request):
         # TODO(kegan): This should be returning some HTML which is capable of
         # hitting LoginRestServlet
-        return (200, "")
+        return (200, {})
 
 
 def _parse_json(request):
diff --git a/synapse/rest/profile.py b/synapse/rest/profile.py
index 2e17f87fa1..dad5a208c7 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/profile.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/profile.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ProfileDisplaynameRestServlet(RestServlet):
         yield self.handlers.profile_handler.set_displayname(
             user, auth_user, new_name)
 
-        defer.returnValue((200, ""))
+        defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
     def on_OPTIONS(self, request, user_id):
         return (200, {})
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ProfileAvatarURLRestServlet(RestServlet):
         yield self.handlers.profile_handler.set_avatar_url(
             user, auth_user, new_name)
 
-        defer.returnValue((200, ""))
+        defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
     def on_OPTIONS(self, request, user_id):
         return (200, {})
diff --git a/synapse/rest/register.py b/synapse/rest/register.py
index b8de3b250d..48d3c6eca0 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/register.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 """This module contains REST servlets to do with registration: /register"""
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes
 from base import RestServlet, client_path_pattern
 
 import json
@@ -50,12 +50,44 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         threepidCreds = None
         if 'threepidCreds' in register_json:
             threepidCreds = register_json['threepidCreds']
+            
+        captcha = {}
+        if self.hs.config.enable_registration_captcha:
+            challenge = None
+            user_response = None
+            try:
+                captcha_type = register_json["captcha"]["type"]
+                if captcha_type != "m.login.recaptcha":
+                    raise SynapseError(400, "Sorry, only m.login.recaptcha " +
+                                       "requests are supported.")
+                challenge = register_json["captcha"]["challenge"]
+                user_response = register_json["captcha"]["response"]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Captcha response is required",
+                                   errcode=Codes.CAPTCHA_NEEDED)
+            
+            # TODO determine the source IP : May be an X-Forwarding-For header depending on config
+            ip_addr = request.getClientIP()
+            if self.hs.config.captcha_ip_origin_is_x_forwarded:
+                # use the header
+                if request.requestHeaders.hasHeader("X-Forwarded-For"):
+                    ip_addr = request.requestHeaders.getRawHeaders(
+                        "X-Forwarded-For")[0]
+            
+            captcha = {
+                "ip": ip_addr,
+                "private_key": self.hs.config.recaptcha_private_key,
+                "challenge": challenge,
+                "response": user_response
+            }
+            
 
         handler = self.handlers.registration_handler
         (user_id, token) = yield handler.register(
             localpart=desired_user_id,
             password=password,
-            threepidCreds=threepidCreds)
+            threepidCreds=threepidCreds,
+            captcha_info=captcha)
 
         result = {
             "user_id": user_id,
diff --git a/synapse/rest/room.py b/synapse/rest/room.py
index 308b447090..cef700c81c 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/room.py
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ class RoomStateEventRestServlet(RestServlet):
             # membership events are special
             handler = self.handlers.room_member_handler
             yield handler.change_membership(event)
-            defer.returnValue((200, ""))
+            defer.returnValue((200, {}))
         else:
             # store random bits of state
             msg_handler = self.handlers.message_handler
             yield msg_handler.store_room_data(
                 event=event
             )
-            defer.returnValue((200, ""))
+            defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
 
 # TODO: Needs unit testing for generic events + feedback
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class JoinRoomAliasServlet(RestServlet):
             )
             handler = self.handlers.room_member_handler
             yield handler.change_membership(event)
-            defer.returnValue((200, ""))
+            defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_PUT(self, request, room_identifier, txn_id):
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class RoomMembershipRestServlet(RestServlet):
         )
         handler = self.handlers.room_member_handler
         yield handler.change_membership(event)
-        defer.returnValue((200, ""))
+        defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_PUT(self, request, room_id, membership_action, txn_id):
diff --git a/synapse/state.py b/synapse/state.py
index 36d8210eb5..5dcff27367 100644
--- a/synapse/state.py
+++ b/synapse/state.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-from synapse.federation.pdu_codec import encode_event_id
+from synapse.federation.pdu_codec import encode_event_id, decode_event_id
 from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ class StateHandler(object):
         # than the power level of the user
         # power_level = self._get_power_level_for_event(event)
 
+        pdu_id, origin = decode_event_id(event.event_id, self.server_name)
+
         yield self.store.update_current_state(
-            pdu_id=event.event_id,
-            origin=self.server_name,
+            pdu_id=pdu_id,
+            origin=origin,
             context=key.context,
             pdu_type=key.type,
             state_key=key.state_key
diff --git a/synapse/storage/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
index d97014f4da..81c3c94b2e 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
         defer.returnValue(latest)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_event(self, event_id):
+    def get_event(self, event_id, allow_none=False):
         events_dict = yield self._simple_select_one(
             "events",
             {"event_id": event_id},
@@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
                 "content",
                 "unrecognized_keys"
             ],
+            allow_none=allow_none,
         )
 
+        if not events_dict:
+            defer.returnValue(None)
+
         event = self._parse_event_from_row(events_dict)
         defer.returnValue(event)
 
@@ -220,7 +224,8 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
 
         results = yield self._execute_and_decode(sql, *args)
 
-        defer.returnValue([self._parse_event_from_row(r) for r in results])
+        events = yield self._parse_events(results)
+        defer.returnValue(events)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _get_min_token(self):
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index bae50e7d1f..8037225079 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -312,6 +312,25 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
             **d
         )
 
+    def _parse_events(self, rows):
+        return self._db_pool.runInteraction(self._parse_events_txn, rows)
+
+    def _parse_events_txn(self, txn, rows):
+        events = [self._parse_event_from_row(r) for r in rows]
+
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM events WHERE event_id = ?"
+
+        for ev in events:
+           if hasattr(ev, "prev_state"):
+                # Load previous state_content. 
+                # TODO: Should we be pulling this out above?
+                cursor = txn.execute(sql, (ev.prev_state,))
+                prevs = self.cursor_to_dict(cursor)
+                if prevs:
+                    prev = self._parse_event_from_row(prevs[0])
+                    ev.prev_content = prev.content
+
+        return events
 
 class Table(object):
     """ A base class used to store information about a particular table.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/directory.py b/synapse/storage/directory.py
index bf55449253..540eb4c2c4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/directory.py
@@ -92,3 +92,10 @@ class DirectoryStore(SQLBaseStore):
                     "server": server,
                 }
             )
+
+    def get_aliases_for_room(self, room_id):
+        return self._simple_select_onecol(
+            "room_aliases",
+            {"room_id": room_id},
+            "room_alias",
+        )
diff --git a/synapse/storage/roommember.py b/synapse/storage/roommember.py
index 75c9a60101..9a393e2568 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/roommember.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/roommember.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
         txn.execute(sql, (user_id, room_id))
         rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
         if rows:
-            return self._parse_event_from_row(rows[0])
+            return self._parse_events_txn(txn, rows)[0]
         else:
             return None
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         # logger.debug("_get_members_query Got rows %s", rows)
 
-        results = [self._parse_event_from_row(r) for r in rows]
+        results = yield self._parse_events(rows)
         defer.returnValue(results)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/v3.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/v3.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cade295989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/v3.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Copyright 2014 OpenMarket Ltd
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS room_aliases_alias ON room_aliases(room_alias);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS room_aliases_id ON room_aliases(room_id);
+
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS room_alias_servers_alias ON room_alias_servers(room_alias);
+
+DELETE FROM room_aliases WHERE rowid NOT IN (SELECT max(rowid) FROM room_aliases GROUP BY room_alias, room_id);
+
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS room_aliases_uniq ON room_aliases(room_alias, room_id);
+
+PRAGMA user_version = 3;
diff --git a/synapse/storage/stream.py b/synapse/storage/stream.py
index 2cb0067a67..aff6dc9855 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/stream.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/stream.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
             user_id, user_id, from_id, to_id
         )
 
-        ret = [self._parse_event_from_row(r) for r in rows]
+        ret = yield self._parse_events(rows)
 
         if rows:
             key = "s%d" % max([r["stream_ordering"] for r in rows])
@@ -243,9 +243,11 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
             # TODO (erikj): We should work out what to do here instead.
             next_token = to_key if to_key else from_key
 
+        events = yield self._parse_events(rows)
+
         defer.returnValue(
             (
-                [self._parse_event_from_row(r) for r in rows],
+                events,
                 next_token
             )
         )
@@ -277,12 +279,11 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
         else:
             token = (end_token, end_token)
 
-        defer.returnValue(
-            (
-                [self._parse_event_from_row(r) for r in rows],
-                token
-            )
-        )
+        events = yield self._parse_events(rows)
+
+        ret = (events, token)
+
+        defer.returnValue(ret)
 
     def get_room_events_max_id(self):
         return self._db_pool.runInteraction(self._get_room_events_max_id_txn)
diff --git a/tests/rest/test_events.py b/tests/rest/test_events.py
index 1dccf4c503..fd2224f55f 100644
--- a/tests/rest/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/rest/test_events.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class EventStreamPermissionsTestCase(RestTestCase):
         )
         self.ratelimiter = hs.get_ratelimiter()
         self.ratelimiter.send_message.return_value = (True, 0)
+        hs.config.enable_registration_captcha = False
 
         hs.get_handlers().federation_handler = Mock()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_state.py b/tests/test_state.py
index a1f5ee869b..b01496c40f 100644
--- a/tests/test_state.py
+++ b/tests/test_state.py
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ class StateTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_new_event(self):
         event = Mock()
+        event.event_id = "12123123@test"
 
         state_pdu = new_fake_pdu_entry("C", "test", "mem", "x", "A", 20)
 
diff --git a/webclient/CAPTCHA_SETUP b/webclient/CAPTCHA_SETUP
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebc8a5f3b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webclient/CAPTCHA_SETUP
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Captcha can be enabled for this web client / home server. This file explains how to do that.
+The captcha mechanism used is Google's ReCaptcha. This requires API keys from Google.
+
+Getting keys
+------------
+Requires a public/private key pair from:
+
+https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/
+
+
+Setting Private ReCaptcha Key
+-----------------------------
+The private key is a config option on the home server config. If it is not 
+visible, you can generate it via --generate-config. Set the following value:
+
+  recaptcha_private_key: YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY
+  
+In addition, you MUST enable captchas via:
+
+  enable_registration_captcha: true
+
+Setting Public ReCaptcha Key
+----------------------------
+The web client will look for the global variable webClientConfig for config 
+options. You should put your ReCaptcha public key there like so:
+
+webClientConfig = {
+    useCaptcha: true,
+    recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
+}
+
+This should be put in webclient/config.js which is already .gitignored, rather 
+than in the web client source files. You MUST set useCaptcha to true else a
+ReCaptcha widget will not be generated.
+
+Configuring IP used for auth
+----------------------------
+The ReCaptcha API requires that the IP address of the user who solved the
+captcha is sent. If the client is connecting through a proxy or load balancer,
+it may be required to use the X-Forwarded-For (XFF) header instead of the origin
+IP address. This can be configured as an option on the home server like so:
+
+  captcha_ip_origin_is_x_forwarded: true
+
+
+
diff --git a/webclient/README b/webclient/README
index 0f893b1712..13224c3d07 100644
--- a/webclient/README
+++ b/webclient/README
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Basic Usage
 -----------
 
-The Synapse web client needs to be hosted by a basic HTTP server.
-
-You can use the Python simple HTTP server::
+The web client should automatically run when running the home server. Alternatively, you can run
+it stand-alone:
 
     $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
 
 Then, open this URL in a WEB browser::
 
     http://127.0.0.1:8000/
+
+
diff --git a/webclient/app-controller.js b/webclient/app-controller.js
index ea48cbb011..064bde3ab2 100644
--- a/webclient/app-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/app-controller.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 'use strict';
 
 angular.module('MatrixWebClientController', ['matrixService', 'mPresence', 'eventStreamService'])
-.controller('MatrixWebClientController', ['$scope', '$location', '$rootScope', 'matrixService', 'mPresence', 'eventStreamService', 'matrixPhoneService',
-                               function($scope, $location, $rootScope, matrixService, mPresence, eventStreamService, matrixPhoneService) {
+.controller('MatrixWebClientController', ['$scope', '$location', '$rootScope', '$timeout', '$animate', 'matrixService', 'mPresence', 'eventStreamService', 'matrixPhoneService',
+                               function($scope, $location, $rootScope, $timeout, $animate, matrixService, mPresence, eventStreamService, matrixPhoneService) {
          
     // Check current URL to avoid to display the logout button on the login page
     $scope.location = $location.path();
@@ -89,6 +89,23 @@ angular.module('MatrixWebClientController', ['matrixService', 'mPresence', 'even
         $scope.user_id = matrixService.config().user_id;
     };
 
+    $rootScope.$watch('currentCall', function(newVal, oldVal) {
+        if (!$rootScope.currentCall) return;
+
+        var roomMembers = angular.copy($rootScope.events.rooms[$rootScope.currentCall.room_id].members);
+        delete roomMembers[matrixService.config().user_id];
+
+        $rootScope.currentCall.user_id = Object.keys(roomMembers)[0];
+        matrixService.getProfile($rootScope.currentCall.user_id).then(
+            function(response) {
+                $rootScope.currentCall.userProfile = response.data;
+            },
+            function(error) {
+                $scope.feedback = "Can't load user profile";
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
     $rootScope.$on(matrixPhoneService.INCOMING_CALL_EVENT, function(ngEvent, call) {
         console.trace("incoming call");
         call.onError = $scope.onCallError;
@@ -97,12 +114,19 @@ angular.module('MatrixWebClientController', ['matrixService', 'mPresence', 'even
     });
 
     $scope.answerCall = function() {
-        $scope.currentCall.answer();
+        $rootScope.currentCall.answer();
     };
 
     $scope.hangupCall = function() {
-        $scope.currentCall.hangup();
-        $scope.currentCall = undefined;
+        $rootScope.currentCall.hangup();
+
+        $timeout(function() {
+            var icon = angular.element('#callEndedIcon');
+            $animate.addClass(icon, 'callIconRotate');
+            $timeout(function(){
+                $rootScope.currentCall = undefined;
+            }, 2000);
+        }, 100);
     };
     
     $rootScope.onCallError = function(errStr) {
@@ -110,5 +134,12 @@ angular.module('MatrixWebClientController', ['matrixService', 'mPresence', 'even
     }
 
     $rootScope.onCallHangup = function() {
+        $timeout(function() {
+            var icon = angular.element('#callEndedIcon');
+            $animate.addClass(icon, 'callIconRotate');
+            $timeout(function(){
+                $rootScope.currentCall = undefined;
+            }, 2000);
+        }, 100);
     }
 }]);
diff --git a/webclient/app-filter.js b/webclient/app-filter.js
index 27f435674f..ee9374668b 100644
--- a/webclient/app-filter.js
+++ b/webclient/app-filter.js
@@ -79,85 +79,4 @@ angular.module('matrixWebClient')
     return function(text) {
         return $sce.trustAsHtml(text);
     };
-}])
-
-// Compute the room name according to information we have
-.filter('roomName', ['$rootScope', 'matrixService', function($rootScope, matrixService) {
-    return function(room_id) {
-        var roomName;
-
-        // If there is an alias, use it
-        // TODO: only one alias is managed for now
-        var alias = matrixService.getRoomIdToAliasMapping(room_id);
-        if (alias) {
-            roomName = alias;
-        }
-
-        if (undefined === roomName) {
-            // Else, build the name from its users
-            var room = $rootScope.events.rooms[room_id];
-            if (room) {
-                var room_name_event = room["m.room.name"];
-
-                if (room_name_event) {
-                    roomName = room_name_event.content.name;
-                }
-                else if (room.members) {
-                    // Limit the room renaming to 1:1 room
-                    if (2 === Object.keys(room.members).length) {
-                        for (var i in room.members) {
-                            var member = room.members[i];
-                            if (member.state_key !== matrixService.config().user_id) {
-
-                                if (member.state_key in $rootScope.presence) {
-                                    // If the user is available in presence, use the displayname there
-                                    // as it is the most uptodate
-                                    roomName = $rootScope.presence[member.state_key].content.displayname;
-                                }
-                                else if (member.content.displayname) {
-                                    roomName = member.content.displayname;
-                                }
-                                else {
-                                    roomName = member.state_key;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else if (1 === Object.keys(room.members).length) {
-                        // The other member may be in the invite list, get all invited users
-                        var invitedUserIDs = [];
-                        for (var i in room.messages) {
-                            var message = room.messages[i];
-                            if ("m.room.member" === message.type && "invite" === message.membership) {
-                                // Make sure there is no duplicate user
-                                if (-1 === invitedUserIDs.indexOf(message.state_key)) {
-                                    invitedUserIDs.push(message.state_key);
-                                }
-                            } 
-                        }
-                        
-                        // For now, only 1:1 room needs to be renamed. It means only 1 invited user
-                        if (1 === invitedUserIDs.length) {
-                            var userID = invitedUserIDs[0];
-
-                            // Try to resolve his displayname in presence global data
-                            if (userID in $rootScope.presence) {
-                                roomName = $rootScope.presence[userID].content.displayname;
-                            }
-                            else {
-                                roomName = userID;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (undefined === roomName) {
-            // By default, use the room ID
-            roomName = room_id;
-        }
-
-        return roomName;
-    };
-}]);
+}]);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webclient/app.css b/webclient/app.css
index 425d5bb11a..7698cb4fda 100755
--- a/webclient/app.css
+++ b/webclient/app.css
@@ -44,7 +44,49 @@ a:active  { color: #000; }
 }
 
 #callBar {
-   float: left;
+    float: left;
+    height: 32px;
+    margin: auto;
+    text-align: right;
+    line-height: 16px;
+}
+
+.callIcon {
+    margin-left: 4px;
+    margin-right: 4px;
+    margin-top: 8px;
+    -webkit-transition:all cubic-bezier(0.250, 0.460, 0.450, 0.940) 0.5s;
+    -moz-transition:all cubic-bezier(0.250, 0.460, 0.450, 0.940) 0.5s;
+    -o-transition:all cubic-bezier(0.250, 0.460, 0.450, 0.940) 0.5s;
+    transition:all cubic-bezier(0.250, 0.460, 0.450, 0.940) 0.5s;
+}
+
+.callIconRotate {
+    -webkit-transform: rotateZ(45deg);
+    -moz-transform: rotateZ(45deg);
+    -ms-transform: rotateZ(45deg);
+    -o-transform: rotateZ(45deg);
+    transform: rotateZ(45deg);
+}
+
+#callPeerImage {
+    width: 32px;
+    height: 32px;
+    border: none;
+    float: left;
+}
+
+#callPeerNameAndState {
+    float: left;
+    margin-left: 4px;
+}
+
+#callState {
+    font-size: 60%;
+}
+
+#callPeerName {
+    font-size: 80%;
 }
 
 #headerContent {
@@ -105,6 +147,10 @@ a:active  { color: #000; }
     text-align: center;
 }
 
+#recaptcha_area { 
+    margin: auto
+}
+
 #loginForm {
     text-align: left;
     padding: 1em;
@@ -251,12 +297,14 @@ a:active  { color: #000; }
 .userAvatar .userAvatarImage {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0px;
-    object-fit: cover;    
+    object-fit: cover;
+    width: 100%;
 }
 
 .userAvatar .userAvatarGradient {
     position: absolute;
     bottom: 20px;
+    width: 100%;
 }
 
 .userAvatar .userName {
@@ -417,6 +465,13 @@ a:active  { color: #000; }
     text-align: left ! important;
 }
 
+.bubble .messagePending {
+    opacity: 0.3
+}
+.messageUnSent {
+    color: #F00;
+}
+
 #room-fullscreen-image {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0px;
diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js b/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
index ee478d2eb0..d2bb31053f 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ angular.module('eventHandlerService', [])
     $rootScope.events = {
         rooms: {} // will contain roomId: { messages:[], members:{userid1: event} }
     };
+    
+    // used for dedupping events - could be expanded in future...
+    // FIXME: means that we leak memory over time (along with lots of the rest
+    // of the app, given we never try to reap memory yet)
+    var eventMap = {};
 
     $rootScope.presence = {};
     
@@ -66,11 +71,22 @@ angular.module('eventHandlerService', [])
         $rootScope.$broadcast(ROOM_CREATE_EVENT, event, isLiveEvent);
     };
 
+    var handleRoomAliases = function(event, isLiveEvent) {
+        matrixService.createRoomIdToAliasMapping(event.room_id, event.content.aliases[0]);
+    };
+
     var handleMessage = function(event, isLiveEvent) {
         initRoom(event.room_id);
         
         if (isLiveEvent) {
-            $rootScope.events.rooms[event.room_id].messages.push(event);
+            if (event.user_id === matrixService.config().user_id &&
+                (event.content.msgtype === "m.text" || event.content.msgtype === "m.emote") ) {
+                // assume we've already echoed it
+                // FIXME: track events by ID and ungrey the right message to show it's been delivered
+            }
+            else {
+                $rootScope.events.rooms[event.room_id].messages.push(event);
+            }
         }
         else {
             $rootScope.events.rooms[event.room_id].messages.unshift(event);
@@ -87,6 +103,14 @@ angular.module('eventHandlerService', [])
     var handleRoomMember = function(event, isLiveEvent) {
         initRoom(event.room_id);
         
+        // if the server is stupidly re-relaying a no-op join, discard it.
+        if (event.prev_content && 
+            event.content.membership === "join" &&
+            event.content.membership === event.prev_content.membership)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        
         // add membership changes as if they were a room message if something interesting changed
         if (event.content.prev !== event.content.membership) {
             if (isLiveEvent) {
@@ -137,40 +161,55 @@ angular.module('eventHandlerService', [])
         POWERLEVEL_EVENT: POWERLEVEL_EVENT,
         CALL_EVENT: CALL_EVENT,
         NAME_EVENT: NAME_EVENT,
-        
     
         handleEvent: function(event, isLiveEvent) {
-            switch(event.type) {
-                case "m.room.create":
-                    handleRoomCreate(event, isLiveEvent);
-                    break;
-                case "m.room.message":
-                    handleMessage(event, isLiveEvent);
-                    break;
-                case "m.room.member":
-                    handleRoomMember(event, isLiveEvent);
-                    break;
-                case "m.presence":
-                    handlePresence(event, isLiveEvent);
-                    break;
-                case 'm.room.ops_levels':
-                case 'm.room.send_event_level':
-                case 'm.room.add_state_level':
-                case 'm.room.join_rules':
-                case 'm.room.power_levels':
-                    handlePowerLevels(event, isLiveEvent);
-                    break;
-                case 'm.room.name':
-                    handleRoomName(event, isLiveEvent);
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    console.log("Unable to handle event type " + event.type);
-                    console.log(JSON.stringify(event, undefined, 4));
-                    break;
+            // FIXME: event duplication suppression is all broken as the code currently expect to handles
+            // events multiple times to get their side-effects...
+/*            
+            if (eventMap[event.event_id]) {
+                console.log("discarding duplicate event: " + JSON.stringify(event));
+                return;
             }
+            else {
+                eventMap[event.event_id] = 1;
+            }
+*/            
             if (event.type.indexOf('m.call.') === 0) {
                 handleCallEvent(event, isLiveEvent);
             }
+            else {            
+                switch(event.type) {
+                    case "m.room.create":
+                        handleRoomCreate(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    case "m.room.aliases":
+                        handleRoomAliases(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    case "m.room.message":
+                        handleMessage(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    case "m.room.member":
+                        handleRoomMember(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    case "m.presence":
+                        handlePresence(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    case 'm.room.ops_levels':
+                    case 'm.room.send_event_level':
+                    case 'm.room.add_state_level':
+                    case 'm.room.join_rules':
+                    case 'm.room.power_levels':
+                        handlePowerLevels(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    case 'm.room.name':
+                        handleRoomName(event, isLiveEvent);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        console.log("Unable to handle event type " + event.type);
+                        console.log(JSON.stringify(event, undefined, 4));
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
         },
         
         // isLiveEvents determines whether notifications should be shown, whether
diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/event-stream-service.js b/webclient/components/matrix/event-stream-service.js
index 1c0f7712b4..ed4f3b2ffc 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/event-stream-service.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/event-stream-service.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ angular.module('eventStreamService', [])
                 var rooms = response.data.rooms;
                 for (var i = 0; i < rooms.length; ++i) {
                     var room = rooms[i];
+                    // console.log("got room: " + room.room_id);
                     if ("state" in room) {
                         eventHandlerService.handleEvents(room.state, false);
                     }
diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-call.js b/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-call.js
index 3e13e4e81f..3cb5e8b693 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-call.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-call.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ angular.module('MatrixCall', [])
         this.room_id = room_id;
         this.call_id = "c" + new Date().getTime();
         this.state = 'fledgling';
+        this.didConnect = false;
     }
 
     navigator.getUserMedia = navigator.getUserMedia || navigator.webkitGetUserMedia || navigator.mozGetUserMedia;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ angular.module('MatrixCall', [])
         matrixPhoneService.callPlaced(this);
         navigator.getUserMedia({audio: true, video: false}, function(s) { self.gotUserMediaForInvite(s); }, function(e) { self.getUserMediaFailed(e); });
         self.state = 'wait_local_media';
+        this.direction = 'outbound';
     };
 
     MatrixCall.prototype.initWithInvite = function(msg) {
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ angular.module('MatrixCall', [])
         this.peerConn.onaddstream = function(s) { self.onAddStream(s); };
         this.peerConn.setRemoteDescription(new RTCSessionDescription(this.msg.offer), self.onSetRemoteDescriptionSuccess, self.onSetRemoteDescriptionError);
         this.state = 'ringing';
+        this.direction = 'inbound';
     };
 
     MatrixCall.prototype.answer = function() {
@@ -204,10 +207,12 @@ angular.module('MatrixCall', [])
     };
 
     MatrixCall.prototype.onIceConnectionStateChanged = function() {
+        if (this.state == 'ended') return; // because ICE can still complete as we're ending the call
         console.trace("Ice connection state changed to: "+this.peerConn.iceConnectionState);
         // ideally we'd consider the call to be connected when we get media but chrome doesn't implement nay of the 'onstarted' events yet
         if (this.peerConn.iceConnectionState == 'completed' || this.peerConn.iceConnectionState == 'connected') {
             this.state = 'connected';
+            this.didConnect = true;
             $rootScope.$apply();
         }
     };
diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-filter.js b/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-filter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..260e0827df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-filter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ Copyright 2014 OpenMarket Ltd
+ 
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+angular.module('matrixFilter', [])
+
+// Compute the room name according to information we have
+.filter('mRoomName', ['$rootScope', 'matrixService', function($rootScope, matrixService) {
+    return function(room_id) {
+        var roomName;
+
+        // If there is an alias, use it
+        // TODO: only one alias is managed for now
+        var alias = matrixService.getRoomIdToAliasMapping(room_id);
+        if (alias) {
+            roomName = alias;
+        }
+
+        if (undefined === roomName) {
+            // Else, build the name from its users
+            var room = $rootScope.events.rooms[room_id];
+            if (room) {
+                var room_name_event = room["m.room.name"];
+
+                if (room_name_event) {
+                    roomName = room_name_event.content.name;
+                }
+                else if (room.members) {
+                    // Limit the room renaming to 1:1 room
+                    if (2 === Object.keys(room.members).length) {
+                        for (var i in room.members) {
+                            var member = room.members[i];
+                            if (member.state_key !== matrixService.config().user_id) {
+
+                                if (member.state_key in $rootScope.presence) {
+                                    // If the user is available in presence, use the displayname there
+                                    // as it is the most uptodate
+                                    roomName = $rootScope.presence[member.state_key].content.displayname;
+                                }
+                                else if (member.content.displayname) {
+                                    roomName = member.content.displayname;
+                                }
+                                else {
+                                    roomName = member.state_key;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if (1 === Object.keys(room.members).length) {
+                        // The other member may be in the invite list, get all invited users
+                        var invitedUserIDs = [];
+                        for (var i in room.messages) {
+                            var message = room.messages[i];
+                            if ("m.room.member" === message.type && "invite" === message.membership) {
+                                // Make sure there is no duplicate user
+                                if (-1 === invitedUserIDs.indexOf(message.state_key)) {
+                                    invitedUserIDs.push(message.state_key);
+                                }
+                            } 
+                        }
+                        
+                        // For now, only 1:1 room needs to be renamed. It means only 1 invited user
+                        if (1 === invitedUserIDs.length) {
+                            var userID = invitedUserIDs[0];
+
+                            // Try to resolve his displayname in presence global data
+                            if (userID in $rootScope.presence) {
+                                roomName = $rootScope.presence[userID].content.displayname;
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                roomName = userID;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (undefined === roomName) {
+            // By default, use the room ID
+            roomName = room_id;
+        }
+
+        return roomName;
+    };
+}])
+
+// Compute the user display name in a room according to the data already downloaded
+.filter('mUserDisplayName', ['$rootScope', function($rootScope) {
+    return function(user_id, room_id) {
+        var displayName;
+    
+        // Try to find the user name among presence data
+        // Warning: that means we have received before a presence event for this
+        // user which cannot be guaranted.
+        // However, if we get the info by this way, we are sure this is the latest user display name
+        // See FIXME comment below
+        if (user_id in $rootScope.presence) {
+            displayName = $rootScope.presence[user_id].content.displayname;
+        }
+            
+        // FIXME: Would like to use the display name as defined in room members of the room.
+        // But this information is the display name of the user when he has joined the room.
+        // It does not take into account user display name update
+        if (room_id) {
+            var room = $rootScope.events.rooms[room_id];
+            if (room && (user_id in room.members)) {
+                var member = room.members[user_id];
+                if (member.content.displayname) {
+                    displayName = member.content.displayname;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (undefined === displayName) {
+            // By default, use the user ID
+            displayName = user_id;
+        }
+        return displayName;
+    };
+}]);
diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-service.js b/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-service.js
index 25222a9e9e..3c28c52fbe 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-service.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/matrix-service.js
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
     */    
     var config;
     
+    var roomIdToAlias = {};
+    var aliasToRoomId = {};
+    
     // Current version of permanent storage
     var configVersion = 0;
     var prefixPath = "/_matrix/client/api/v1";
@@ -84,15 +87,32 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
         prefix: prefixPath,
 
         // Register an user
-        register: function(user_name, password, threepidCreds) {
+        register: function(user_name, password, threepidCreds, useCaptcha) {         
             // The REST path spec
             var path = "/register";
-
-            return doRequest("POST", path, undefined, {
+            
+            var data = {
                  user_id: user_name,
                  password: password,
                  threepidCreds: threepidCreds
-            });
+            };
+            
+            if (useCaptcha) {
+                // Not all home servers will require captcha on signup, but if this flag is checked,
+                // send captcha information.
+                // TODO: Might be nice to make this a bit more flexible..
+                var challengeToken = Recaptcha.get_challenge();
+                var captchaEntry = Recaptcha.get_response();
+                var captchaType = "m.login.recaptcha";
+                
+                data.captcha = {
+                    type: captchaType,
+                    challenge: challengeToken,
+                    response: captchaEntry
+                };
+            }   
+
+            return doRequest("POST", path, undefined, data);
         },
 
         // Create a room
@@ -168,18 +188,20 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
         },
 
         // Change the membership of an another user
-        setMembership: function(room_id, user_id, membershipValue) {
+        setMembership: function(room_id, user_id, membershipValue, reason) {
+            
             // The REST path spec
             var path = "/rooms/$room_id/state/m.room.member/$user_id";
             path = path.replace("$room_id", encodeURIComponent(room_id));
             path = path.replace("$user_id", user_id);
 
             return doRequest("PUT", path, undefined, {
-                membership: membershipValue
+                membership : membershipValue,
+                reason: reason
             });
         },
            
-        // Bans a user from from a room
+        // Bans a user from a room
         ban: function(room_id, user_id, reason) {
             var path = "/rooms/$room_id/ban";
             path = path.replace("$room_id", encodeURIComponent(room_id));
@@ -189,7 +211,20 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
                 reason: reason
             });
         },
-
+        
+        // Unbans a user in a room
+        unban: function(room_id, user_id) {
+            // FIXME: To update when there will be homeserver API for unban 
+            // For now, do an unban by resetting the user membership to "leave"
+            return this.setMembership(room_id, user_id, "leave");
+        },
+        
+        // Kicks a user from a room
+        kick: function(room_id, user_id, reason) {
+            // Set the user membership to "leave" to kick him
+            return this.setMembership(room_id, user_id, "leave", reason);
+        },
+        
         // Retrieves the room ID corresponding to a room alias
         resolveRoomAlias:function(room_alias) {
             var path = "/_matrix/client/api/v1/directory/room/$room_alias";
@@ -280,6 +315,11 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
             return doRequest("GET", path);
         },
         
+        // get a user's profile
+        getProfile: function(userId) {
+            return this.getProfileInfo(userId);
+        },
+
         // get a display name for this user ID
         getDisplayName: function(userId) {
             return this.getProfileInfo(userId, "displayname");
@@ -313,8 +353,8 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
         },
 
         getProfileInfo: function(userId, info_segment) {
-            var path = "/profile/$user_id/" + info_segment;
-            path = path.replace("$user_id", userId);
+            var path = "/profile/"+userId
+            if (info_segment) path += '/' + info_segment;
             return doRequest("GET", path);
         },
         
@@ -485,18 +525,20 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
                 room_alias: undefined,
                 room_display_name: undefined
             };
-            
             var alias = this.getRoomIdToAliasMapping(room.room_id);
             if (alias) {
                 // use the existing alias from storage
                 result.room_alias = alias;
                 result.room_display_name = alias;
             }
+            // XXX: this only lets us learn aliases from our local HS - we should
+            // make the client stop returning this if we can trust m.room.aliases state events
             else if (room.aliases && room.aliases[0]) {
                 // save the mapping
                 // TODO: select the smarter alias from the array
                 this.createRoomIdToAliasMapping(room.room_id, room.aliases[0]);
                 result.room_display_name = room.aliases[0];
+                result.room_alias = room.aliases[0];
             }
             else if (room.membership === "invite" && "inviter" in room) {
                 result.room_display_name = room.inviter + "'s room";
@@ -509,13 +551,22 @@ angular.module('matrixService', [])
         },
         
         createRoomIdToAliasMapping: function(roomId, alias) {
-            localStorage.setItem(MAPPING_PREFIX+roomId, alias);
+            roomIdToAlias[roomId] = alias;
+            aliasToRoomId[alias] = roomId;
+            // localStorage.setItem(MAPPING_PREFIX+roomId, alias);
         },
         
         getRoomIdToAliasMapping: function(roomId) {
-            return localStorage.getItem(MAPPING_PREFIX+roomId);
+            var alias = roomIdToAlias[roomId]; // was localStorage.getItem(MAPPING_PREFIX+roomId)
+            //console.log("looking for alias for " + roomId + "; found: " + alias);
+            return alias;
         },
 
+        getAliasToRoomIdMapping: function(alias) {
+            var roomId = aliasToRoomId[alias];
+            //console.log("looking for roomId for " + alias + "; found: " + roomId);
+            return roomId;
+        },
 
         /****** Power levels management ******/
 
diff --git a/webclient/home/home.html b/webclient/home/home.html
index c1f9643839..7240e79f86 100644
--- a/webclient/home/home.html
+++ b/webclient/home/home.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     
     <div class="public_rooms" ng-repeat="room in public_rooms">
         <div>
-            <a href="#/room/{{ room.room_alias ? room.room_alias : room.room_id }}" >{{ room.room_alias }}</a>
+            <a href="#/room/{{ room.room_alias ? room.room_alias : room.room_id }}" >{{ room.room_display_name }}</a>
         </div>
     </div>
     <br/>
diff --git a/webclient/img/green_phone.png b/webclient/img/green_phone.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28807c749b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webclient/img/green_phone.png
Binary files differdiff --git a/webclient/img/red_phone.png b/webclient/img/red_phone.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11fc44940c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webclient/img/red_phone.png
Binary files differdiff --git a/webclient/index.html b/webclient/index.html
index f016dbb877..81c7c7d06c 100644
--- a/webclient/index.html
+++ b/webclient/index.html
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
    
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
    
-    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js'></script> 
+    <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js'></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha_ajax.js"></script> 
     <script src="js/angular.min.js"></script>
     <script src="js/angular-route.min.js"></script>
     <script src="js/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='js/ng-infinite-scroll-matrix.js'></script>
     <script src="app.js"></script>
+    <script src="config.js"></script>
     <script src="app-controller.js"></script>
     <script src="app-directive.js"></script>
     <script src="app-filter.js"></script>
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
     <script src="settings/settings-controller.js"></script>
     <script src="user/user-controller.js"></script>
     <script src="components/matrix/matrix-service.js"></script>
+    <script src="components/matrix/matrix-filter.js"></script>
     <script src="components/matrix/matrix-call.js"></script>
     <script src="components/matrix/matrix-phone-service.js"></script>
     <script src="components/matrix/event-stream-service.js"></script>
@@ -44,18 +47,29 @@
     <div id="header">
         <!-- Do not show buttons on the login page -->
         <div id="headerContent" ng-hide="'/login' == location || '/register' == location">
-            <div id="callBar">
-                <div ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ringing'">
-                Incoming call from {{ currentCall.user_id }}
-                <button ng-click="answerCall()">Answer</button>
-                <button ng-click="hangupCall()">Reject</button>
+            <div id="callBar" ng-show="currentCall">
+                <img id="callPeerImage" ng-show="currentCall.userProfile.avatar_url" ngSrc="{{ currentCall.userProfile.avatar_url }}" />
+                <img class="callIcon" src="img/green_phone.png" ng-show="currentCall.state != 'ended'" />
+                <img class="callIcon" id="callEndedIcon" src="img/red_phone.png" ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ended'" />
+                <div id="callPeerNameAndState">
+                    <span id="callPeerName">{{ currentCall.userProfile.displayname }}</span>
+                    <br />
+                    <span id="callState">
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'invite_sent'">Calling...</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'connecting'">Call Connecting...</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'connected'">Call Connected</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ended' && !currentCall.didConnect && currentCall.direction == 'outbound'">Call Rejected</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ended' && currentCall.didConnect && currentCall.direction == 'outbound'">Call Ended</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ended' && !currentCall.didConnect && currentCall.direction == 'inbound'">Call Canceled</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ended' && currentCall.didConnect && currentCall.direction == 'inbound'">Call Ended</span>
+                        <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'wait_local_media'">Waiting for media permission...</span>
+                    </span>
                 </div>
+                <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ringing'">
+                    <button ng-click="answerCall()">Answer</button>
+                    <button ng-click="hangupCall()">Reject</button>
+                </span>
                 <button ng-click="hangupCall()" ng-show="currentCall && currentCall.state != 'ringing' && currentCall.state != 'ended' && currentCall.state != 'fledgling'">Hang up</button>
-                <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'invite_sent'">Calling...</span>
-                <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'connecting'">Call Connecting...</span>
-                <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'connected'">Call Connected</span>
-                <span ng-show="currentCall.state == 'ended'">Call Ended</span>
-                <span style="display: none; ">{{ currentCall.state }}</span>
             </div>
             <a href id="headerUserId" ng-click='goToUserPage(user_id)'>{{ user_id }}</a>
             &nbsp;
diff --git a/webclient/login/login.html b/webclient/login/login.html
index 18e7a02815..6297ec4d42 100644
--- a/webclient/login/login.html
+++ b/webclient/login/login.html
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
                         Only http://matrix.org:8090 currently exists.</div>
                     <br/>
                     <br/>
-                    <a href="#/register" style="padding-right: 3em">Create account</a>
-                    <a href="#/reset_password">Forgotten password?</a>
+                    <a href="#/register" style="padding-right: 0em">Create account</a>
+                    <a href="#/reset_password" style="display: none; ">Forgotten password?</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </form>
diff --git a/webclient/login/register-controller.js b/webclient/login/register-controller.js
index 5a14964248..b3c0c21335 100644
--- a/webclient/login/register-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/login/register-controller.js
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ angular.module('RegisterController', ['matrixService'])
                                     function($scope, $rootScope, $location, matrixService, eventStreamService) {
     'use strict';
     
+    var config = window.webClientConfig;
+    var useCaptcha = true;
+    if (config !== undefined) {
+        useCaptcha = config.useCaptcha;
+    }
+    
     // FIXME: factor out duplication with login-controller.js
     
     // Assume that this is hosted on the home server, in which case the URL
@@ -87,9 +93,12 @@ angular.module('RegisterController', ['matrixService'])
     };
 
     $scope.registerWithMxidAndPassword = function(mxid, password, threepidCreds) {
-        matrixService.register(mxid, password, threepidCreds).then(
+        matrixService.register(mxid, password, threepidCreds, useCaptcha).then(
             function(response) {
                 $scope.feedback = "Success";
+                if (useCaptcha) {
+                    Recaptcha.destroy();
+                }
                 // Update the current config 
                 var config = matrixService.config();
                 angular.extend(config, {
@@ -116,11 +125,21 @@ angular.module('RegisterController', ['matrixService'])
             },
             function(error) {
                 console.trace("Registration error: "+error);
+                if (useCaptcha) {
+                    Recaptcha.reload();
+                }
                 if (error.data) {
                     if (error.data.errcode === "M_USER_IN_USE") {
                         $scope.feedback = "Username already taken.";
                         $scope.reenter_username = true;
                     }
+                    else if (error.data.errcode == "M_CAPTCHA_INVALID") {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Failed captcha.";
+                    }
+                    else if (error.data.errcode == "M_CAPTCHA_NEEDED") {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Captcha is required on this home " +
+                                          "server.";
+                    }
                 }
                 else if (error.status === 0) {
                     $scope.feedback = "Unable to talk to the server.";
@@ -142,6 +161,33 @@ angular.module('RegisterController', ['matrixService'])
             }
         );
     };
+	
+	var setupCaptcha = function() {
+	    console.log("Setting up ReCaptcha")
+        var config = window.webClientConfig;
+        var public_key = undefined;
+        if (config === undefined) {
+            console.error("Couldn't find webClientConfig. Cannot get public key for captcha.");
+        }
+        else {
+            public_key = webClientConfig.recaptcha_public_key;
+            if (public_key === undefined) {
+                console.error("No public key defined for captcha!")
+            }
+        }
+	    Recaptcha.create(public_key,
+	    "regcaptcha",
+	    {
+	      theme: "red",
+	      callback: Recaptcha.focus_response_field
+	    });
+	};
 
+	$scope.init = function() {
+        if (useCaptcha) {
+	        setupCaptcha();
+        }
+	};
+    
 }]);
 
diff --git a/webclient/login/register.html b/webclient/login/register.html
index 06a6526b70..a27f9ad4e8 100644
--- a/webclient/login/register.html
+++ b/webclient/login/register.html
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
                 
                 <div style="text-align: center">
                     <br/>
-
                     <input ng-show="!wait_3pid_code" id="email" size="32" type="text" ng-focus="true" ng-model="account.email" placeholder="Email address (optional)"/>
                     <div ng-show="!wait_3pid_code" class="smallPrint">Specifying an email address lets other users find you on Matrix more easily,<br/>
                         and will give you a way to reset your password in the future</div>
@@ -26,7 +25,10 @@
                     <input ng-show="!wait_3pid_code" id="displayName" size="32" type="text" ng-model="account.displayName" placeholder="Display name (e.g. Bob Obson)"/>
                     <br ng-show="!wait_3pid_code" />
                     <br ng-show="!wait_3pid_code" />
-                    
+
+
+                    <div id="regcaptcha" ng-init="init()" />
+
                     <button ng-show="!wait_3pid_code" ng-click="register()" ng-disabled="!account.desired_user_id || !account.homeserver || !account.pwd1 || !account.pwd2 || account.pwd1 !== account.pwd2">Sign up</button>
 
                     <div ng-show="wait_3pid_code">
diff --git a/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js b/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js
index 3209f2cbdf..0f27f7a660 100644
--- a/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/recents/recents-controller.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-angular.module('RecentsController', ['matrixService', 'eventHandlerService'])
+angular.module('RecentsController', ['matrixService', 'matrixFilter', 'eventHandlerService'])
 .controller('RecentsController', ['$scope', 'matrixService', 'eventHandlerService', 
                                function($scope,  matrixService, eventHandlerService) {
     $scope.rooms = {};
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ angular.module('RecentsController', ['matrixService', 'eventHandlerService'])
     var listenToEventStream = function() {
         // Refresh the list on matrix invitation and message event
         $scope.$on(eventHandlerService.MEMBER_EVENT, function(ngEvent, event, isLive) {
-            var config = matrixService.config();
-            if (isLive && event.state_key === config.user_id && event.content.membership === "invite") {
-                console.log("Invited to room " + event.room_id);
-                // FIXME push membership to top level key to match /im/sync
-                event.membership = event.content.membership;
-
-                $scope.rooms[event.room_id] = event;
+            if (isLive) {
+                $scope.rooms[event.room_id].lastMsg = event;
             }
         });
         $scope.$on(eventHandlerService.MSG_EVENT, function(ngEvent, event, isLive) {
diff --git a/webclient/recents/recents.html b/webclient/recents/recents.html
index 9978e08b13..280d0632ab 100644
--- a/webclient/recents/recents.html
+++ b/webclient/recents/recents.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
                ng-class="{'recentsRoomSelected': (room.room_id === recentsSelectedRoomID)}">
             <tr>
                 <td class="recentsRoomName">
-                    {{ room.room_id | roomName }}
+                    {{ room.room_id | mRoomName }}
                 </td>
                 <td class="recentsRoomSummaryTS">
                     {{ (room.lastMsg.ts) | date:'MMM d HH:mm' }}
@@ -16,27 +16,48 @@
             <tr>
                 <td colspan="2" class="recentsRoomSummary">
 
-                    <div ng-show="room.membership === 'invite'" >
-                        {{ room.inviter }} invited you
+                    <div ng-show="room.membership === 'invite'">
+                        {{ room.lastMsg.inviter | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }} invited you
                     </div>
-
-                    <div ng-hide="room.membership === 'invite'" ng-switch="room.lastMsg.type" >
-                         <div ng-switch-when="m.room.member">
-                            {{ room.lastMsg.user_id }}
-                            {{ {"join": "joined", "leave": "left", "invite": "invited", "ban": "banned"}[msg.content.membership] }}
-                            {{ (msg.content.membership === "invite" || msg.content.membership === "ban") ? (msg.state_key || '') : '' }}
+                    
+                    <div ng-hide="room.membership === 'invite'" ng-switch="room.lastMsg.type">
+                        <div ng-switch-when="m.room.member">
+                            <span ng-if="'join' === room.lastMsg.content.membership">
+                                {{ room.lastMsg.state_key | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id}} joined
+                            </span>
+                            <span ng-if="'leave' === room.lastMsg.content.membership">
+                                <span ng-if="room.lastMsg.user_id === room.lastMsg.state_key">
+                                    {{room.lastMsg.state_key | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }} left
+                                </span>
+                                <span ng-if="room.lastMsg.user_id !== room.lastMsg.state_key">
+                                    {{ room.lastMsg.user_id | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }}
+                                    {{ {"join": "kicked", "ban": "unbanned"}[room.lastMsg.content.prev] }}
+                                    {{ room.lastMsg.state_key | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }}
+                                </span>
+                                <span ng-if="'join' === room.lastMsg.content.prev && room.lastMsg.content.reason">
+                                    : {{ room.lastMsg.content.reason }}
+                                </span>
+                            </span>
+                            <span ng-if="'invite' === room.lastMsg.content.membership || 'ban' === room.lastMsg.content.membership">
+                                {{ room.lastMsg.user_id | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }}
+                                {{ {"invite": "invited", "ban": "banned"}[room.lastMsg.content.membership] }}
+                                {{ room.lastMsg.state_key | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }}
+                                <span ng-if="'ban' === room.lastMsg.content.prev && room.lastMsg.content.reason">
+                                    : {{ room.lastMsg.content.reason }}
+                                </span>
+                            </span>
                         </div>
 
                         <div ng-switch-when="m.room.message">
                             <div ng-switch="room.lastMsg.content.msgtype">
                                 <div ng-switch-when="m.text">
-                                    {{ room.lastMsg.user_id }} :
+                                    {{ room.lastMsg.user_id | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }} :
                                     <span ng-bind-html="(room.lastMsg.content.body) | linky:'_blank'">
                                     </span>
                                 </div>
 
                                 <div ng-switch-when="m.image">
-                                    {{ room.lastMsg.user_id }} sent an image
+                                    {{ room.lastMsg.user_id | mUserDisplayName: room.room_id }} sent an image
                                 </div>
 
                                 <div ng-switch-when="m.emote">
@@ -51,7 +72,7 @@
                         </div>
 
                         <div ng-switch-default>
-                            <div ng-if="room.lastMsg.type.indexOf('m.call.') == 0">
+                            <div ng-if="room.lastMsg.type.indexOf('m.call.') === 0">
                                 Call
                             </div>
                         </div>
diff --git a/webclient/room/room-controller.js b/webclient/room/room-controller.js
index c3f72c9d25..e69adb9b46 100644
--- a/webclient/room/room-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/room/room-controller.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
+angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'matrixFilter', 'mFileInput'])
 .controller('RoomController', ['$scope', '$timeout', '$routeParams', '$location', '$rootScope', 'matrixService', 'eventHandlerService', 'mFileUpload', 'mPresence', 'matrixPhoneService', 'MatrixCall',
                                function($scope, $timeout, $routeParams, $location, $rootScope, matrixService, eventHandlerService, mFileUpload, mPresence, matrixPhoneService, MatrixCall) {
    'use strict';
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
         first_pagination: true, // this is toggled off when the first pagination is done
         can_paginate: true, // this is toggled off when we run out of items
         paginating: false, // used to avoid concurrent pagination requests pulling in dup contents
-        stream_failure: undefined, // the response when the stream fails
-        // FIXME: sending has been disabled, as surely messages should be sent in the background rather than locking the UI synchronously --Matthew
-        sending: false // true when a message is being sent. It helps to disable the UI when a process is running
+        stream_failure: undefined // the response when the stream fails
     };
     $scope.members = {};
     $scope.autoCompleting = false;
@@ -44,18 +42,25 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
     $scope.imageURLToSend = "";
     $scope.userIDToInvite = "";
     
-    var scrollToBottom = function() {
+    var scrollToBottom = function(force) {
         console.log("Scrolling to bottom");
-        $timeout(function() {
-            var objDiv = document.getElementById("messageTableWrapper");
-            objDiv.scrollTop = objDiv.scrollHeight;
-        }, 0);
+        
+        // Do not autoscroll to the bottom to display the new event if the user is not at the bottom.
+        // Exception: in case where the event is from the user, we want to force scroll to the bottom
+        var objDiv = document.getElementById("messageTableWrapper");
+        if ((objDiv.offsetHeight + objDiv.scrollTop >= objDiv.scrollHeight) || force) {
+            
+            $timeout(function() {
+                objDiv.scrollTop = objDiv.scrollHeight;
+            }, 0);
+        }
     };
 
     $scope.$on(eventHandlerService.MSG_EVENT, function(ngEvent, event, isLive) {
         if (isLive && event.room_id === $scope.room_id) {
-            scrollToBottom();
             
+            scrollToBottom();
+
             if (window.Notification) {
                 // Show notification when the user is idle
                 if (matrixService.presence.offline === mPresence.getState()) {
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
     
     $scope.$on(eventHandlerService.MEMBER_EVENT, function(ngEvent, event, isLive) {
         if (isLive) {
+            scrollToBottom();
             updateMemberList(event);
         }
     });
@@ -169,16 +175,18 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
     var updateMemberList = function(chunk) {
         if (chunk.room_id != $scope.room_id) return;
 
-        // Ignore banned and kicked (leave) people
-        if ("ban" === chunk.membership || "leave" === chunk.membership) {
-            return;
-        }
 
         // set target_user_id to keep things clear
         var target_user_id = chunk.state_key;
 
         var isNewMember = !(target_user_id in $scope.members);
         if (isNewMember) {
+            
+            // Ignore banned and kicked (leave) people
+            if ("ban" === chunk.membership || "leave" === chunk.membership) {
+                return;
+            }
+        
             // FIXME: why are we copying these fields around inside chunk?
             if ("presence" in chunk.content) {
                 chunk.presence = chunk.content.presence;
@@ -202,6 +210,13 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
         }
         else {
             // selectively update membership and presence else it will nuke the picture and displayname too :/
+            
+            // Remove banned and kicked (leave) people
+            if ("ban" === chunk.membership || "leave" === chunk.membership) {
+                delete $scope.members[target_user_id];
+                return;
+            }
+            
             var member = $scope.members[target_user_id];
             member.membership = chunk.content.membership;
             if ("presence" in chunk.content) {
@@ -256,7 +271,7 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
             
             normaliseMembersPowerLevels();
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     // Normalise users power levels so that the user with the higher power level
     // will have a bar covering 100% of the width of his avatar
@@ -277,104 +292,225 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
                 member.powerLevelNorm = (member.powerLevel * 100) / maxPowerLevel;
             }
         }
-    }
+    };
 
     $scope.send = function() {
         if ($scope.textInput === "") {
             return;
         }
-
-        $scope.state.sending = true;
+        
+        scrollToBottom(true);
         
         var promise;
+        var cmd;
+        var args;
+        var echo = false;
         
         // Check for IRC style commands first
-        if ($scope.textInput.indexOf("/") === 0) {
-            var args = $scope.textInput.split(' ');
-            var cmd = args[0];
+        var line = $scope.textInput;
+        
+        // trim any trailing whitespace, as it can confuse the parser for IRC-style commands
+        line = line.replace(/\s+$/, "");
+        
+        if (line[0] === "/" && line[1] !== "/") {
+            var bits = line.match(/^(\S+?)( +(.*))?$/);
+            cmd = bits[1];
+            args = bits[3];
+            
+            console.log("cmd: " + cmd + ", args: " + args);
             
             switch (cmd) {
                 case "/me":
-                    var emoteMsg = args.slice(1).join(' ');
-                    promise = matrixService.sendEmoteMessage($scope.room_id, emoteMsg);
+                    promise = matrixService.sendEmoteMessage($scope.room_id, args);
+                    echo = true;
                     break;
                     
                 case "/nick":
                     // Change user display name
-                    if (2 === args.length) {
-                        promise = matrixService.setDisplayName(args[1]);
+                    if (args) {
+                        promise = matrixService.setDisplayName(args);                     
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /nick <display_name>";
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                case "/join":
+                    // Join a room
+                    if (args) {
+                        var matches = args.match(/^(\S+)$/);
+                        if (matches) {
+                            var room_alias = matches[1];
+                            if (room_alias.indexOf(':') == -1) {
+                                // FIXME: actually track the :domain style name of our homeserver
+                                // with or without port as is appropriate and append it at this point
+                            }
+                            
+                            var room_id = matrixService.getAliasToRoomIdMapping(room_alias);
+                            console.log("joining " + room_alias + " id=" + room_id);
+                            if ($rootScope.events.rooms[room_id]) {
+                                // don't send a join event for a room you're already in.
+                                $location.url("room/" + room_alias);
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                promise = matrixService.joinAlias(room_alias).then(
+                                    function(response) {
+                                        $location.url("room/" + room_alias);
+                                    },
+                                    function(error) {
+                                        $scope.feedback = "Can't join room: " + JSON.stringify(error.data);
+                                    }
+                                );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /join <room_alias>";
                     }
                     break;
                     
                 case "/kick":
-                    // Kick a user from the room
-                    if (2 === args.length) {
-                        var user_id = args[1];
+                    // Kick a user from the room with an optional reason
+                    if (args) {
+                        var matches = args.match(/^(\S+?)( +(.*))?$/);
+                        if (matches) {
+                            promise = matrixService.kick($scope.room_id, matches[1], matches[3]);
+                        }
+                    }
 
-                        // Set his state in the room as leave
-                        promise = matrixService.setMembership($scope.room_id, user_id, "leave");
+                    if (!promise) {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /kick <userId> [<reason>]";
                     }
                     break;
-                    
+
                 case "/ban":
-                    // Ban a user from the room
-                    if (2 <= args.length) {
-                        // TODO: The user may have entered the display name
-                        // Need display name -> user_id resolution. Pb: how to manage user with same display names?
-                        var user_id = args[1];
-
-                        // Does the user provide a reason?
-                        if (3 <= args.length) {
-                            var reason = args.slice(2).join(' ');
+                    // Ban a user from the room with an optional reason
+                    if (args) {
+                        var matches = args.match(/^(\S+?)( +(.*))?$/);
+                        if (matches) {
+                            promise = matrixService.ban($scope.room_id, matches[1], matches[3]);
                         }
-                        promise = matrixService.ban($scope.room_id, user_id, reason);
                     }
-                    break;
                     
+                    if (!promise) {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /ban <userId> [<reason>]";
+                    }
+                    break;
+
                 case "/unban":
                     // Unban a user from the room
-                    if (2 === args.length) {
-                        var user_id = args[1];
-
-                        // Reset the user membership to leave to unban him
-                        promise = matrixService.setMembership($scope.room_id, user_id, "leave");
+                    if (args) {
+                        var matches = args.match(/^(\S+)$/);
+                        if (matches) {
+                            // Reset the user membership to "leave" to unban him
+                            promise = matrixService.unban($scope.room_id, matches[1]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    
+                    if (!promise) {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /unban <userId>";
                     }
                     break;
                     
                 case "/op":
                     // Define the power level of a user
-                    if (3 === args.length) {
-                        var user_id = args[1];
-                        var powerLevel = parseInt(args[2]);
-                        promise = matrixService.setUserPowerLevel($scope.room_id, user_id, powerLevel);
+                    if (args) {
+                        var matches = args.match(/^(\S+?)( +(\d+))?$/);
+                        var powerLevel = 50; // default power level for op
+                        if (matches) {
+                            var user_id = matches[1];
+                            if (matches.length === 4) {
+                                powerLevel = parseInt(matches[3]);
+                            }
+                            if (powerLevel !== NaN) {
+                                promise = matrixService.setUserPowerLevel($scope.room_id, user_id, powerLevel);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    
+                    if (!promise) {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /op <userId> [<power level>]";
                     }
                     break;
                     
                 case "/deop":
                     // Reset the power level of a user
-                    if (2 === args.length) {
-                        var user_id = args[1];
-                        promise = matrixService.setUserPowerLevel($scope.room_id, user_id, undefined);
+                    if (args) {
+                        var matches = args.match(/^(\S+)$/);
+                        if (matches) {
+                            promise = matrixService.setUserPowerLevel($scope.room_id, args, undefined);
+                        }
                     }
+                    
+                    if (!promise) {
+                        $scope.feedback = "Usage: /deop <userId>";
+                    }
+                    break;
+                
+                default:
+                    $scope.feedback = ("Unrecognised IRC-style command: " + cmd);
                     break;
             }
         }
         
-        if (!promise) {
-            // Send the text message
-            promise = matrixService.sendTextMessage($scope.room_id, $scope.textInput);
+        // By default send this as a message unless it's an IRC-style command
+        if (!promise && !cmd) {
+            // Make the request
+            promise = matrixService.sendTextMessage($scope.room_id, line);
+            echo = true;
         }
         
-        promise.then(
-            function() {
-                console.log("Request successfully sent");
-                $scope.textInput = "";
-                $scope.state.sending = false;
-            },
-            function(error) {
-                $scope.feedback = "Request failed: " + error.data.error;
-                $scope.state.sending = false;
-            });
+        if (echo) {
+            // Echo the message to the room
+            // To do so, create a minimalist fake text message event and add it to the in-memory list of room messages
+            var echoMessage = {
+                content: {
+                    body: (cmd === "/me" ? args : line),
+                    hsob_ts: new Date().getTime(), // fake a timestamp
+                    msgtype: (cmd === "/me" ? "m.emote" : "m.text"),
+                },
+                room_id: $scope.room_id,
+                type: "m.room.message",
+                user_id: $scope.state.user_id,
+                // FIXME: re-enable echo_msg_state when we have a nice way to turn the field off again
+                // echo_msg_state: "messagePending"     // Add custom field to indicate the state of this fake message to HTML
+            };
+
+            $scope.textInput = "";
+            $rootScope.events.rooms[$scope.room_id].messages.push(echoMessage);
+            scrollToBottom();
+        }
+
+        if (promise) {
+            promise.then(
+                function() {
+                    console.log("Request successfully sent");
+                    $scope.textInput = "";
+/*
+                    if (echoMessage) {
+                        // Remove the fake echo message from the room messages
+                        // It will be replaced by the one acknowledged by the server
+                        // ...except this causes a nasty flicker.  So don't swap messages for now. --matthew
+                        // var index = $rootScope.events.rooms[$scope.room_id].messages.indexOf(echoMessage);
+                        // if (index > -1) {
+                        //     $rootScope.events.rooms[$scope.room_id].messages.splice(index, 1);
+                        // }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        $scope.textInput = "";
+                    }
+*/                    
+                },
+                function(error) {
+                    $scope.feedback = "Request failed: " + error.data.error;
+
+                    if (echoMessage) {
+                        // Mark the message as unsent for the rest of the page life
+                        echoMessage.content.hsob_ts = "Unsent";
+                        echoMessage.echo_msg_state = "messageUnSent";
+                    }
+                });
+        }
     };
 
     $scope.onInit = function() {
@@ -531,25 +667,20 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
     };
 
     $scope.sendImage = function(url, body) {
-        $scope.state.sending = true;
-
+        scrollToBottom(true);
+        
         matrixService.sendImageMessage($scope.room_id, url, body).then(
             function() {
                 console.log("Image sent");
-                $scope.state.sending = false;
             },
             function(error) {
                 $scope.feedback = "Failed to send image: " + error.data.error;
-                $scope.state.sending = false;
             });
     };
     
     $scope.imageFileToSend;
     $scope.$watch("imageFileToSend", function(newValue, oldValue) {
         if ($scope.imageFileToSend) {
-
-            $scope.state.sending = true;
-
             // Upload this image with its thumbnail to Internet
             mFileUpload.uploadImageAndThumbnail($scope.imageFileToSend, THUMBNAIL_SIZE).then(
                 function(imageMessage) {
@@ -557,16 +688,13 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
                     matrixService.sendMessage($scope.room_id, undefined, imageMessage).then(
                         function() {
                             console.log("Image message sent");
-                            $scope.state.sending = false;
                         },
                         function(error) {
                             $scope.feedback = "Failed to send image message: " + error.data.error;
-                            $scope.state.sending = false;
                         });
                 },
                 function(error) {
                     $scope.feedback = "Can't upload image";
-                    $scope.state.sending = false;
                 }
             );
         }
@@ -582,6 +710,6 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'mFileInput'])
         call.onHangup = $rootScope.onCallHangup;
         call.placeCall();
         $rootScope.currentCall = call;
-    }
+    };
 
 }]);
diff --git a/webclient/room/room-directive.js b/webclient/room/room-directive.js
index 659bcbc60f..e033b003e1 100644
--- a/webclient/room/room-directive.js
+++ b/webclient/room/room-directive.js
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ angular.module('RoomController')
                 var search = /@?([a-zA-Z0-9_\-:\.]+)$/.exec(text);
                 if (targetIndex === 0) {
                     element[0].value = text;
+                    
+                    // Force angular to wake up and update the input ng-model by firing up input event
+                    angular.element(element[0]).triggerHandler('input');
                 }
                 else if (search && search[1]) {
                     // console.log("search found: " + search);
@@ -81,7 +84,10 @@ angular.module('RoomController')
                             expansion += " ";
                         element[0].value = text.replace(/@?([a-zA-Z0-9_\-:\.]+)$/, expansion);
                         // cancel blink
-                        element[0].className = "";                        
+                        element[0].className = "";     
+                        
+                        // Force angular to wake up and update the input ng-model by firing up input event
+                        angular.element(element[0]).triggerHandler('input');
                     }
                     else {
                         // console.log("wrapped!");
@@ -91,6 +97,9 @@ angular.module('RoomController')
                         }, 150);
                         element[0].value = text;
                         scope.tabCompleteIndex = 0;
+                        
+                        // Force angular to wake up and update the input ng-model by firing up input event
+                        angular.element(element[0]).triggerHandler('input');
                     }
                 }
                 else {
diff --git a/webclient/room/room.html b/webclient/room/room.html
index 6732a7b3ae..5bd2cc92d5 100644
--- a/webclient/room/room.html
+++ b/webclient/room/room.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div id="roomHeader">
         <a href ng-click="goToPage('/')"><img src="img/logo-small.png" width="100" height="43" alt="[matrix]"/></a>
         <div id="roomName">
-            {{ room_id  | roomName }}
+            {{ room_id  | mRoomName }}
         </div>
     </div>
 
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@
                 ng-class="(events.rooms[room_id].messages[$index + 1].user_id !== msg.user_id ? 'differentUser' : '') + (msg.user_id === state.user_id ? ' mine' : '')" scroll-item>
                 <td class="leftBlock">
                     <div class="sender" ng-hide="events.rooms[room_id].messages[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id">{{ members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id }}</div>
-                    <div class="timestamp">{{ (msg.content.hsob_ts || msg.ts) | date:'MMM d HH:mm' }}</div>
+                    <div class="timestamp"
+                         ng-class="msg.echo_msg_state">
+                        {{ (msg.content.hsob_ts || msg.ts) | date:'MMM d HH:mm' }}
+                    </div>
                 </td>
                 <td class="avatar">
                     <img class="avatarImage" ng-src="{{ members[msg.user_id].avatar_url || 'img/default-profile.png' }}" width="32" height="32"
@@ -59,15 +62,24 @@
                                 {{ members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id }}
                                 {{ {"join": "kicked", "ban": "unbanned"}[msg.content.prev] }}
                                 {{ members[msg.state_key].displayname || msg.state_key }}
+                                <span ng-if="'join' === msg.content.prev && msg.content.reason">
+                                    : {{ msg.content.reason }}
+                                </span>
                             </span>
                         </span>
                         <span ng-if="'invite' === msg.content.membership || 'ban' === msg.content.membership">
                             {{ members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id }}
                             {{ {"invite": "invited", "ban": "banned"}[msg.content.membership] }}
                             {{ members[msg.state_key].displayname || msg.state_key }}
-                        </span>
+                            <span ng-if="'ban' === msg.content.prev && msg.content.reason">
+                                : {{ msg.content.reason }}
+                            </span>
+                        </span>                        
+                        
                         <span ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.emote"' ng-bind-html="'* ' + (members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id) + ' ' + msg.content.body | linky:'_blank'"/>
-                        <span ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.text"' ng-bind-html="((msg.content.msgtype === 'm.text') ? msg.content.body : '') | linky:'_blank'"/>
+                        <span ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.text"' 
+                              ng-class="msg.echo_msg_state"
+                              ng-bind-html="((msg.content.msgtype === 'm.text') ? msg.content.body : '') | linky:'_blank'"/>
                         <div ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.image"'>
                             <div ng-hide='msg.content.thumbnail_url' ng-style="msg.content.body.h && { 'height' : (msg.content.body.h < 320) ? msg.content.body.h : 320}">
                                 <img class="image" ng-src="{{ msg.content.url }}"/>
diff --git a/webclient/settings/settings-controller.js b/webclient/settings/settings-controller.js
index 7a26367a1b..8c877a24e9 100644
--- a/webclient/settings/settings-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/settings/settings-controller.js
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ limitations under the License.
 angular.module('SettingsController', ['matrixService', 'mFileUpload', 'mFileInput'])
 .controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', 'matrixService', 'mFileUpload',
                               function($scope, matrixService, mFileUpload) {                 
+    // XXX: duplicated from register
+    var generateClientSecret = function() {
+        var ret = "";
+        var chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+            ret += chars.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length));
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+    };
     $scope.config = matrixService.config();
 
     $scope.profile = {
@@ -106,16 +117,22 @@ angular.module('SettingsController', ['matrixService', 'mFileUpload', 'mFileInpu
     $scope.linkedEmails = {
         linkNewEmail: "", // the email entry box
         emailBeingAuthed: undefined, // to populate verification text
-        authTokenId: undefined, // the token id from the IS
+        authSid: undefined, // the token id from the IS
         emailCode: "", // the code entry box
         linkedEmailList: matrixService.config().emailList // linked email list
     };
     
     $scope.linkEmail = function(email) {
-        matrixService.linkEmail(email).then(
+        if (email != $scope.linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed) {
+            $scope.linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed = email;
+            $scope.clientSecret = generateClientSecret();
+            $scope.sendAttempt = 0;
+        }
+        $scope.sendAttempt++;
+        matrixService.linkEmail(email, $scope.clientSecret, $scope.sendAttempt).then(
             function(response) {
                 if (response.data.success === true) {
-                    $scope.linkedEmails.authTokenId = response.data.tokenId;
+                    $scope.linkedEmails.authSid = response.data.sid;
                     $scope.emailFeedback = "You have been sent an email.";
                     $scope.linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed = email;
                 }
@@ -129,34 +146,44 @@ angular.module('SettingsController', ['matrixService', 'mFileUpload', 'mFileInpu
         );
     };
 
-    $scope.submitEmailCode = function(code) {
-        var tokenId = $scope.linkedEmails.authTokenId;
+    $scope.submitEmailCode = function() {
+        var tokenId = $scope.linkedEmails.authSid;
         if (tokenId === undefined) {
             $scope.emailFeedback = "You have not requested a code with this email.";
             return;
         }
-        matrixService.authEmail(matrixService.config().user_id, tokenId, code).then(
+        matrixService.authEmail($scope.clientSecret, $scope.linkedEmails.authSid, $scope.linkedEmails.emailCode).then(
             function(response) {
-                if ("success" in response.data && response.data.success === false) {
+                if ("errcode" in response.data) {
                     $scope.emailFeedback = "Failed to authenticate email.";
                     return;
                 }
-                var config = matrixService.config();
-                var emailList = {};
-                if ("emailList" in config) {
-                    emailList = config.emailList;
-                }
-                emailList[response.address] = response;
-                // save the new email list
-                config.emailList = emailList;
-                matrixService.setConfig(config);
-                matrixService.saveConfig();
-                // invalidate the email being authed and update UI.
-                $scope.linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed = undefined;
-                $scope.emailFeedback = "";
-                $scope.linkedEmails.linkedEmailList = emailList;
-                $scope.linkedEmails.linkNewEmail = "";
-                $scope.linkedEmails.emailCode = "";
+                matrixService.bindEmail(matrixService.config().user_id, tokenId, $scope.clientSecret).then(
+                    function(response) {
+                         if ('errcode' in response.data) {
+                             $scope.emailFeedback = "Failed to link email.";
+                             return;
+                         }
+                         var config = matrixService.config();
+                         var emailList = {};
+                         if ("emailList" in config) {
+                             emailList = config.emailList;
+                         }
+                         emailList[$scope.linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed] = response;
+                         // save the new email list
+                         config.emailList = emailList;
+                         matrixService.setConfig(config);
+                         matrixService.saveConfig();
+                         // invalidate the email being authed and update UI.
+                         $scope.linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed = undefined;
+                         $scope.emailFeedback = "";
+                         $scope.linkedEmails.linkedEmailList = emailList;
+                         $scope.linkedEmails.linkNewEmail = "";
+                         $scope.linkedEmails.emailCode = "";
+                    }, function(reason) {
+                        $scope.emailFeedback = "Failed to link email: " + reason;
+                    }
+                );
             },
             function(reason) {
                 $scope.emailFeedback = "Failed to auth email: " + reason;
@@ -182,4 +209,4 @@ angular.module('SettingsController', ['matrixService', 'mFileUpload', 'mFileInpu
             $scope.settings.notifications = permission;
         });
     };
-}]);
\ No newline at end of file
+}]);
diff --git a/webclient/settings/settings.html b/webclient/settings/settings.html
index b7fd5dfb50..924812e7ae 100644
--- a/webclient/settings/settings.html
+++ b/webclient/settings/settings.html
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         </div>
         <br/>
 
-        <h3 style="display: none; ">Linked emails</h3>
-        <div class="section" style="display: none; ">
+        <h3>Linked emails</h3>
+        <div class="section">
             <form>
                 <input size="40" ng-model="linkedEmails.linkNewEmail" ng-enter="linkEmail(linkedEmails.linkNewEmail)" />
                 <button ng-disabled="!linkedEmails.linkNewEmail" ng-click="linkEmail(linkedEmails.linkNewEmail)">
                     Link Email
                 </button>
-                {{ emailFeedback }}    
+                {{ emailFeedback }}
             </form>
             <form ng-hide="!linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed">
                 Enter validation token for {{ linkedEmails.emailBeingAuthed }}:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             <ul>
                 <li>/nick &lt;display_name&gt;: change your display name</li>
                 <li>/me &lt;action&gt;: send the action you are doing. /me will be replaced by your display name</li>
-                <li>/kick &lt;user_id&gt;: kick the user</li>
+                <li>/kick &lt;user_id&gt; [&lt;reason&gt;]: kick the user</li>
                 <li>/ban &lt;user_id&gt; [&lt;reason&gt;]: ban the user</li>
                 <li>/unban &lt;user_id&gt;: unban the user</li>
                 <li>/op &lt;user_id&gt; &lt;power_level&gt;: set user power level</li>