diff --git a/libdc/include/dc/api.h b/libdc/include/dc/api.h
index 5a90fd9..5a826e2 100644
--- a/libdc/include/dc/api.h
+++ b/libdc/include/dc/api.h
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ bool dc_api_create_channel(dc_api_t api, dc_account_t login,
  */
 bool dc_api_get_messages(dc_api_t api, dc_account_t login, dc_channel_t c);
 
+/**
+ * post a message to the given channel
+ */
+bool dc_api_post_message(dc_api_t api, dc_account_t login,
+                         dc_channel_t c, dc_message_t m);
+
 /**
  * Fetch a list of friends of the login account "login". The friends are stored
  * within the login object.
diff --git a/libdc/include/dc/message.h b/libdc/include/dc/message.h
index 2555ee0..52abe01 100644
--- a/libdc/include/dc/message.h
+++ b/libdc/include/dc/message.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct dc_message_;
 typedef struct dc_message_ *dc_message_t;
 
 dc_message_t dc_message_new(void);
+dc_message_t dc_message_new_content(char const *s, int len);
 dc_message_t dc_message_from_json(json_t *j);
 json_t *dc_message_to_json(dc_message_t m);
 
diff --git a/libdc/include/dc/session.h b/libdc/include/dc/session.h
index c175892..76f78c5 100644
--- a/libdc/include/dc/session.h
+++ b/libdc/include/dc/session.h
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ bool dc_session_has_token(dc_session_t s);
  */
 dc_account_t dc_session_me(dc_session_t s);
 
+/**
+ * Return the API handle in use by the session. Do not unref the reference
+ * and if you need it for something else, dc_ref() it yourself.
+ */
+dc_api_t dc_session_api(dc_session_t s);
+
 /**
  * access to the internal account cache
  */
diff --git a/libdc/src/api-channel.c b/libdc/src/api-channel.c
index f4fbb68..d84c40b 100644
--- a/libdc/src/api-channel.c
+++ b/libdc/src/api-channel.c
@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
+bool dc_api_post_message(dc_api_t api, dc_account_t login,
+                         dc_channel_t c, dc_message_t m)
+{
+    bool ret = false;
+    char *url = NULL;
+    json_t *j = NULL, *reply = NULL;
+
+    return_if_true(api == NULL || login == NULL || m == NULL, false);
+    return_if_true(dc_message_content(m) == NULL, false);
+
+    asprintf(&url, "channels/%s/messages", dc_channel_id(c));
+    goto_if_true(url == NULL, cleanup);
+
+    j = dc_message_to_json(m);
+    goto_if_true(j == NULL, cleanup);
+
+    reply = dc_api_call_sync(api, "POST", TOKEN(login), url, j);
+    goto_if_true(reply != NULL, cleanup);
+
+    ret = true;
+
+cleanup:
+
+    free(url);
+    json_decref(j);
+    json_decref(reply);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 bool dc_api_get_messages(dc_api_t api, dc_account_t login, dc_channel_t c)
 {
     bool ret = false;
diff --git a/libdc/src/message.c b/libdc/src/message.c
index b9d41bc..b9dd577 100644
--- a/libdc/src/message.c
+++ b/libdc/src/message.c
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ dc_message_t dc_message_new(void)
     return dc_ref(m);
 }
 
+dc_message_t dc_message_new_content(char const *s, int len)
+{
+    dc_message_t m = dc_message_new();
+    return_if_true(m == NULL, NULL);
+
+    if (len < 0) {
+        len = strlen(s);
+    }
+
+    m->content = strndup(s, len);
+    if (m->content == NULL) {
+        dc_unref(m);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return m;
+}
+
 dc_message_t dc_message_from_json(json_t *j)
 {
     dc_message_t m = NULL;
diff --git a/libdc/src/session.c b/libdc/src/session.c
index b4d74cc..def3dd2 100644
--- a/libdc/src/session.c
+++ b/libdc/src/session.c
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ bool dc_session_has_token(dc_session_t s)
     return dc_account_has_token(s->login);
 }
 
+dc_api_t dc_session_api(dc_session_t s)
+{
+    return_if_true(s == NULL, NULL);
+    return s->api;
+}
+
 dc_account_t dc_session_me(dc_session_t s)
 {
     return_if_true(s == NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/ncdc/CMakeLists.txt b/ncdc/CMakeLists.txt
index bc88a68..5ccfd6d 100644
--- a/ncdc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ncdc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ SET(SOURCES
   "src/mainwindow.c"
   "src/msg.c"
   "src/ncdc.c"
+  "src/post.c"
   "src/textview.c"
   "src/util.c"
   )
diff --git a/ncdc/include/ncdc/cmds.h b/ncdc/include/ncdc/cmds.h
index e8bec5f..6a1f5fe 100644
--- a/ncdc/include/ncdc/cmds.h
+++ b/ncdc/include/ncdc/cmds.h
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
 #include <ncdc/ncdc.h>
 #include <ncdc/mainwindow.h>
 
+/**
+ * n      .. the main window handle
+ * ac,av  .. the full string parsed up along white spaces
+ * f      .. the full string, without the /command bit
+ */
 typedef bool (*ncdc_command_t)(ncdc_mainwindow_t n,
-                               size_t argc, wchar_t **argv);
+                               size_t argc, wchar_t **argv,
+                               wchar_t const *f);
 
 typedef struct {
     wchar_t const *name;
@@ -24,10 +30,11 @@ bool ncdc_dispatch(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, wchar_t const *s);
  */
 ncdc_commands_t *ncdc_find_cmd(ncdc_commands_t *cmds, wchar_t const *name);
 
-bool ncdc_cmd_friends(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av);
-bool ncdc_cmd_login(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av);
-bool ncdc_cmd_logout(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av);
-bool ncdc_cmd_msg(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av);
-bool ncdc_cmd_quit(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av);
+bool ncdc_cmd_friends(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f);
+bool ncdc_cmd_login(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f);
+bool ncdc_cmd_logout(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f);
+bool ncdc_cmd_msg(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f);
+bool ncdc_cmd_post(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f);
+bool ncdc_cmd_quit(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ncdc/include/ncdc/mainwindow.h b/ncdc/include/ncdc/mainwindow.h
index 6c939fa..d92b8de 100644
--- a/ncdc/include/ncdc/mainwindow.h
+++ b/ncdc/include/ncdc/mainwindow.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ncdc_mainwindow_t ncdc_mainwindow_new(void);
 void ncdc_mainwindow_log(ncdc_mainwindow_t w, wchar_t const *fmt, ...);
 
 GPtrArray *ncdc_mainwindow_views(ncdc_mainwindow_t n);
+dc_channel_t ncdc_mainwindow_current_channel(ncdc_mainwindow_t n);
 void ncdc_mainwindow_switchview(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, int idx);
 
 void ncdc_mainwindow_refresh(ncdc_mainwindow_t n);
diff --git a/ncdc/include/ncdc/ncdc.h b/ncdc/include/ncdc/ncdc.h
index 72a9294..1b2f468 100644
--- a/ncdc/include/ncdc/ncdc.h
+++ b/ncdc/include/ncdc/ncdc.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <wctype.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/ncdc/src/cmds.c b/ncdc/src/cmds.c
index 46b803f..7628824 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/cmds.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/cmds.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ncdc_commands_t cmds[] = {
     { L"/login",   ncdc_cmd_login },
     { L"/logout",  ncdc_cmd_logout },
     { L"/msg",     ncdc_cmd_msg },
+    { L"/post",    ncdc_cmd_post },
     { L"/quit",    ncdc_cmd_quit },
     { NULL, NULL }
 };
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ static pthread_cond_t cnd;
 
 typedef struct {
     ncdc_commands_t *cmd;
+    wchar_t *f;
     size_t ac;
     wchar_t **av;
     ncdc_mainwindow_t mainwindow;
@@ -43,9 +45,12 @@ static void *async_dispatcher(void *arg)
             } else {
                 /* call the handler
                  */
-                item->cmd->handler(item->mainwindow, item->ac, item->av);
+                item->cmd->handler(item->mainwindow, item->ac,
+                                   item->av, item->f
+                    );
 
                 w_strfreev(item->av);
+                free(item->f);
                 free(item);
             }
         }
@@ -109,6 +114,8 @@ bool ncdc_dispatch(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, wchar_t const *s)
     wchar_t **tokens = NULL;
     ncdc_commands_t *it = NULL;
     queue_item *item = NULL;
+    wchar_t *f = NULL;
+    size_t len = 0, cmdlen = 0;
 
     tokens = w_tokenise(s);
     return_if_true(tokens == NULL, false);
@@ -121,12 +128,21 @@ bool ncdc_dispatch(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, wchar_t const *s)
         return false;
     }
 
+    /* make a complete string without the /command part
+     */
+    len = wcslen(s);
+    cmdlen = wcslen(it->name);
+    f = wcsdup(s);
+    return_if_true(f == NULL, false);
+    memmove(f, f+cmdlen, len-cmdlen);
+
     item = calloc(1, sizeof(queue_item));
 
     item->ac = w_strlenv(tokens);
     item->av = tokens;
     item->cmd = it;
     item->mainwindow = n;
+    item->f = f;
 
     pthread_mutex_lock(&mtx);
     g_queue_push_tail(queue, item);
@@ -136,7 +152,8 @@ bool ncdc_dispatch(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, wchar_t const *s)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool ncdc_cmd_quit(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+bool ncdc_cmd_quit(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                   wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     exit_main();
     return true;
diff --git a/ncdc/src/friends.c b/ncdc/src/friends.c
index 43f7859..4a7df11 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/friends.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/friends.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include <ncdc/ncdc.h>
 
 static bool
-ncdc_cmd_friends_list(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+ncdc_cmd_friends_list(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                      wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     size_t i = 0;
     char c = ' ';
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ ncdc_cmd_friends_list(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
 }
 
 static bool
-ncdc_cmd_friends_add(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+ncdc_cmd_friends_add(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                     wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     char *name = NULL;
     dc_account_t friend = NULL;
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ cleanup:
 }
 
 static bool
-ncdc_cmd_friends_remove(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+ncdc_cmd_friends_remove(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                        wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     char *name = NULL;
     dc_account_t friend = NULL;
@@ -104,7 +107,8 @@ cleanup:
 }
 
 static bool
-ncdc_cmd_friends_accept(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+ncdc_cmd_friends_accept(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                        wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     char *name = NULL;
     dc_account_t friend = NULL;
@@ -156,7 +160,8 @@ static ncdc_commands_t subcmds[] = {
     { NULL,     NULL }
 };
 
-bool ncdc_cmd_friends(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+bool ncdc_cmd_friends(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                      wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     wchar_t *subcmd = NULL;
     ncdc_commands_t *it = NULL;
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ bool ncdc_cmd_friends(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
     }
 
     if (ac <= 1) {
-        return ncdc_cmd_friends_list(n, ac, av);
+        return ncdc_cmd_friends_list(n, ac, av, f);
     }
 
     subcmd = av[1];
@@ -180,5 +185,5 @@ bool ncdc_cmd_friends(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
         return false;
     }
 
-    return it->handler(n, ac, av);
+    return it->handler(n, ac, av, f);
 }
diff --git a/ncdc/src/login.c b/ncdc/src/login.c
index d61d35c..64000bd 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/login.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/login.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include <ncdc/ncdc.h>
 #include <ncdc/config.h>
 
-bool ncdc_cmd_login(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+bool ncdc_cmd_login(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                    wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     char *arg = NULL;
     bool ret = false;
diff --git a/ncdc/src/logout.c b/ncdc/src/logout.c
index c3fa440..ffd831c 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/logout.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/logout.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include <ncdc/ncdc.h>
 #include <ncdc/config.h>
 
-bool ncdc_cmd_logout(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+bool ncdc_cmd_logout(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                     wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *f)
 {
     bool ret = false;
 
diff --git a/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c b/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c
index 9ebc702..afa5f0e 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/mainwindow.c
@@ -110,16 +110,25 @@ ncdc_mainwindow_callback(ncdc_input_t i, wchar_t const *s,
                          size_t len, void *arg)
 {
     ncdc_mainwindow_t mainwin = (ncdc_mainwindow_t)arg;
+    bool ret = false;
 
-    if (s != NULL && s[0] == '/') {
-        if (s[1] == '\0') {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return ncdc_dispatch(mainwin, s);
+    if (s == NULL || s[0] == '\0') {
+        return false;
     }
 
-    return false;
+    if (s[0] == '/') {
+        ret = ncdc_dispatch(mainwin, s);
+    } else {
+        wchar_t *post = calloc(wcslen(s)+6, sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+        wcscat(post, L"/post ");
+        wcscat(post, s);
+
+        ret = ncdc_dispatch(mainwin, post);
+        free(post);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void ncdc_mainwindow_resize(ncdc_mainwindow_t n)
@@ -331,3 +340,13 @@ void ncdc_mainwindow_leftview(ncdc_mainwindow_t n)
     return_if_true(n == NULL,);
     n->curview = (n->curview - 1) % n->views->len;
 }
+
+dc_channel_t ncdc_mainwindow_current_channel(ncdc_mainwindow_t n)
+{
+    return_if_true(n == NULL, NULL);
+    ncdc_textview_t view = g_ptr_array_index(n->views, n->curview);
+    /* can't post to the log channel, that's for internal use only
+     */
+    return_if_true(view == n->log, NULL);
+    return ncdc_textview_channel(view);
+}
diff --git a/ncdc/src/msg.c b/ncdc/src/msg.c
index 8f32b04..8a7947b 100644
--- a/ncdc/src/msg.c
+++ b/ncdc/src/msg.c
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 #include <ncdc/ncdc.h>
 #include <ncdc/textview.h>
 
-bool ncdc_cmd_msg(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
+bool ncdc_cmd_msg(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac,
+                  wchar_t **av, wchar_t const *fullmsg)
 {
     return_if_true(ac <= 1, false);
 
     char * target = NULL;
     wchar_t *full_message = NULL;
     char * message = NULL;
+    dc_message_t m = NULL;
     bool ret = false;
     dc_channel_t c = NULL;
     ncdc_textview_t v = NULL;
@@ -64,15 +66,34 @@ bool ncdc_cmd_msg(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av)
         ncdc_mainwindow_switchview(n, ncdc_mainwindow_views(n)->len-1);
     }
 
+    if (ac > 2) {
+        /* also post the rest of the content as a message to the channel
+         */
+        full_message = wcsstr(fullmsg, av[2]);
+        goto_if_true(full_message == NULL, cleanup);
+
+        message = w_convert(full_message);
+        goto_if_true(message == NULL, cleanup);
+
+        m = dc_message_new_content(message, -1);
+        goto_if_true(m == NULL, cleanup);
+
+        ret = dc_api_post_message(
+            dc_session_api(current_session),
+            dc_session_me(current_session),
+            c, m
+            );
+    }
+
     ret = true;
 
 cleanup:
 
     dc_unref(c);
     dc_unref(v);
+    dc_unref(m);
 
     free(target);
-    free(full_message);
     free(message);
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/ncdc/src/post.c b/ncdc/src/post.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9498979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncdc/src/post.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include <ncdc/cmds.h>
+#include <ncdc/ncdc.h>
+
+bool ncdc_cmd_post(ncdc_mainwindow_t n, size_t ac, wchar_t **av,
+                   wchar_t const *f)
+{
+    char *str = NULL;
+    bool ret = false;
+    dc_message_t m = NULL;
+    dc_channel_t chan = NULL;
+    size_t i = 0;
+
+    if (!is_logged_in()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    chan = ncdc_mainwindow_current_channel(n);
+    goto_if_true(chan == NULL, cleanup);
+
+    /* the API only uses multi-byte strings, so convert from wchar_t
+     */
+    str = w_convert(f);
+    goto_if_true(str == NULL, cleanup);
+
+    /* trim string at least on the left
+     */
+    for (i = 0; isspace(str[i]) && str[i] != '\0'; i++)
+        ;
+    goto_if_true (str[i] == '\0', cleanup);
+    memmove(str, str+i, strlen(str)+1-i);
+
+    m = dc_message_new_content(str, -1);
+    goto_if_true(m == NULL, cleanup);
+
+    ret = dc_api_post_message(
+        dc_session_api(current_session),
+        dc_session_me(current_session),
+        chan, m
+        );
+    goto_if_true(ret == false, cleanup);
+
+    ret = true;
+
+cleanup:
+
+    dc_unref(m);
+    free(str);
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/todo.org b/todo.org
index 2fd539b..014ed18 100644
--- a/todo.org
+++ b/todo.org
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-* Channels [0/4]
+* Channels [1/4]
 ** TODO Automatically open window for 1:1 and 1:N
 ** TODO send v6/api/channels/$ID/ack for "I read that shit"
 ** TODO add timestamps from messages
-** TODO add message sending
+** DONE add message sending
 * Guilds [0/3]
 ** TODO Guild support code
 ** TODO Guild view on the left pane