1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/serve.js b/lib/serve.js
index 30bcf68..64f25f0 100644
--- a/lib/serve.js
+++ b/lib/serve.js
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Serve.prototype.wrapPrivate = function (opts) {
   return u.hyperwrap(function (thread, cb) {
     self.composer({
       placeholder: 'private message',
-      useRecpsFromMentions: true,
+      private: true,
     }, function (err, composer) {
       if (err) return cb(err)
       cb(null, [
@@ -769,7 +769,8 @@ Serve.prototype.composer = function (opts, cb) {
   var done = multicb({pluck: 1, spread: true})
   done()(null, h('section.composer',
     h('form', {method: 'post', action: opts.id ? '#' + opts.id : ''},
-      opts.recps ? self.app.render.privateLine(opts.recps, done()) : '',
+      opts.recps ? self.app.render.privateLine(opts.recps, done()) :
+      opts.private ? h('div', h('input.recps-input', {name: 'recps', value: data.recps || '', placeholder: 'recipient ids'})) : '',
       h('textarea', {
         id: opts.id,
         name: 'text',
@@ -799,11 +800,12 @@ Serve.prototype.composer = function (opts, cb) {
       }
       var mentions = ssbMentions(data.text)
       if (mentions.length) content.mentions = mentions
-      if (opts.useRecpsFromMentions) {
-        content.recps = [myId].concat(mentions.filter(function (e) {
-          return e.link[0] === '@'
-        }))
-        if (opts.recps) return cb(new Error('got recps in opts and mentions'))
+      if (data.recps != null) {
+        if (opts.recps) return cb(new Error('got recps in opts and data'))
+        content.recps = [myId]
+        String(data.recps).replace(u.ssbRefRegex, function (recp) {
+          if (content.recps.indexOf(recp) === -1) content.recps.push(recp)
+        })
       } else {
         if (opts.recps) content.recps = opts.recps
       }