diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7022ed6..93c3777 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "smtp-protocol": "^2",
     "squabble": "^1",
     "request": "^2",
-    "mailparser": "^0.5"
+    "mailparser": "^0.5",
+    "colors": "^1"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/smtp2http.js b/smtp2http.js
index c09108d..5665e14 100644
--- a/smtp2http.js
+++ b/smtp2http.js
@@ -7,14 +7,28 @@ var squabble = require("squabble").createParser(),
     tlsTokens,
     serverOpts = {};
 
+// enable color support
+require("colors");
+
 // setup CLI argument parsing
 squabble.shortOpts().longOpts().stopper()
     .option("-T", "--tls")
+    .flag("-s", "-q", "--silent", "--quiet")
+    .flag("-v", "--verbose")
     .required("ENDPOINT");
 
 // parse arguments
 args = squabble.parse();
 serverOpts.endpoint = args.named.ENDPOINT;
+
+// configure console output
+if (args.named["--quiet"]) {
+    console.log = function() {};
+    console.error = function() {};
+} else if (!args.named["--verbose"]) {
+    console.log = function() {};
+}
+
 if (args.named["--tls"]) {
     tlsTokens = args.named["--tls"].split(":");
     switch (tlsTokens.length) {
@@ -39,18 +53,34 @@ if (args.named["--tls"]) {
 smtp.createServer(serverOpts, function(req) {
     // accept all incoming messages
     req.on("to", function(to, ack) {
-        console.log(to);
+        console.log("incoming message to " + to);
         ack.accept();
     });
 
     // send message to web endpoint
     req.on("message", function(stream, ack) {
         stream.pipe(new MailParser().on("end", function(email) {
+            var msg;
+
             http.post({
                 url: serverOpts.endpoint,
                 json: email
-            }, function(err) {
-                if (err) console.error(err);
+            }, function(err, res, body) {
+                if (err) {
+                    msg = "error".red + " " + err.message;
+                    console.error(msg);
+                }
+
+                else if (res.statusCode < 200 || res.statusCode > 299) {
+                    msg = res.statusCode + " -----------";
+                    console.error(msg.magenta);
+                    console.error(body);
+                    console.error("---------------".magenta);
+                }
+
+                else {
+                    console.log("passed message successfully");
+                }
             })
         }).on("error", function(err) {
             console.error(err);