--- a/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py	Tue Dec 17 00:56:39 2013 +0100
+++ b/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py	Tue Dec 17 01:46:45 2013 +0100
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@
     def registerNewAccount(self, login, password, email, host, port=5222):
         return unicode(self.db_core_iface.registerNewAccount(login, password, email, host, port))
 
-    def sendMessage(self, to_jid, message, subject='', mess_type="auto", extra={}, profile_key="@NONE@"):
-        return self.db_core_iface.sendMessage(to_jid, message, subject, mess_type, extra, profile_key)
+    def sendMessage(self, to_jid, message, subject='', mess_type="auto", extra={}, profile_key="@NONE@", callback=None, errback=None):
+        return self.db_core_iface.sendMessage(to_jid, message, subject, mess_type, extra, profile_key, reply_handler=callback, error_handler=lambda err:errback(err._dbus_error_name[len(const_ERROR_PREFIX)+1:]))
 
     def setParam(self, name, value, category, security_limit=-1, profile_key="@DEFAULT@"):
         return self.db_core_iface.setParam(name, value, category, security_limit, profile_key)

--- a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus	Tue Dec 17 00:56:39 2013 +0100
+++ b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus	Tue Dec 17 01:46:45 2013 +0100
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                                      editBar.get_edit_text(),
                                      mess_type = "groupchat" if chat.type == 'group' else "chat",
                                      profile_key=self.app.profile)
-                except:
+                except: # FIXME: bad global catch + sendMessage is now async
                     self.app.notify(_("Error while sending message"))
                 editBar.set_edit_text('')
         elif self.mode == 'COMMAND':

--- a/src/bridge/DBus.py	Tue Dec 17 00:56:39 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/bridge/DBus.py	Tue Dec 17 01:46:45 2013 +0100
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@
 
     @dbus.service.method(const_INT_PREFIX+const_CORE_SUFFIX,
                          in_signature='ssssa{ss}s', out_signature='',
-                         async_callbacks=None)
-    def sendMessage(self, to_jid, message, subject='', mess_type="auto", extra={}, profile_key="@NONE@"):
-        return self._callback("sendMessage", unicode(to_jid), unicode(message), unicode(subject), unicode(mess_type), extra, unicode(profile_key))
+                         async_callbacks=('callback', 'errback'))
+    def sendMessage(self, to_jid, message, subject='', mess_type="auto", extra={}, profile_key="@NONE@", callback=None, errback=None):
+        return self._callback("sendMessage", unicode(to_jid), unicode(message), unicode(subject), unicode(mess_type), extra, unicode(profile_key), callback=callback, errback=errback)
 
     @dbus.service.method(const_INT_PREFIX+const_CORE_SUFFIX,
                          in_signature='sssis', out_signature='',

--- a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/bridge_template.ini	Tue Dec 17 00:56:39 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/bridge_template.ini	Tue Dec 17 01:46:45 2013 +0100
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@
 
 
 [sendMessage]
+async=
 type=method
 category=core
 sig_in=ssssa{ss}s

--- a/src/core/sat_main.py	Tue Dec 17 00:56:39 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/core/sat_main.py	Tue Dec 17 01:46:45 2013 +0100
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
     def _sendMessage(self, to_s, msg, subject=None, mess_type='auto', extra={}, profile_key='@NONE@'):
         to_jid = jid.JID(to_s)
         #XXX: we need to use the dictionary comprehension because D-Bus return its own types, and pickle can't manage them. TODO: Need to find a better way
-        self.sendMessage(to_jid, msg, subject, mess_type, {unicode(key): unicode(value) for key, value in extra.items()}, profile_key=profile_key)
+        return self.sendMessage(to_jid, msg, subject, mess_type, {unicode(key): unicode(value) for key, value in extra.items()}, profile_key=profile_key)
 
     def sendMessage(self, to_jid, msg, subject=None, mess_type='auto', extra={}, no_trigger=False, profile_key='@NONE@'):
         #FIXME: check validity of recipient
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
 
         if not no_trigger:
             if not self.trigger.point("sendMessage", mess_data, treatments, profile):
-                return
+                return defer.succeed(None)
 
         debug(_("Sending jabber message of type [%(type)s] to %(to)s...") % {"type": mess_data["type"], "to": to_jid.full()})
         mess_data['xml'] = domish.Element((None, 'message'))
@@ -569,12 +569,14 @@
                 debug(text)
             elif e.check(AbortSendMessage):
                 warning(text)
+                return e
             else:
                 error("Unmanaged exception: %s" % text)
                 return e
 
         treatments.addCallbacks(self.sendAndStoreMessage, sendErrback, [False, profile])
         treatments.callback(mess_data)
+        return treatments
 
     def sendAndStoreMessage(self, mess_data, skip_send=False, profile=None):
         """Actually send and store the message to history, after all the treatments