diff --git a/src/Api.php b/src/Api.php
index 161d48e..ac63e6d 100644
--- a/src/Api.php
+++ b/src/Api.php
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Openbuildings\Postmark;
 
+// Make it obvious when we're throwing a custom exception
+use Openbuildings\Postmark\Exception as PostmarkException;
+
 /**
  * Class for manupulating a server
  *
@@ -58,9 +61,8 @@ public function setToken($token)
 
     /**
      * Get the headers needed to be sent to the Postmark API.
-     *
      * @return array of header strings
-     * @throws Exception If the Postmark API token is not yet set.
+     * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function getHeaders()
     {
@@ -81,8 +83,8 @@ public function getHeaders()
      *
      * @param array $data
      * @return array Postmark API response.
-     * @throws Exception If API request failed or JSON returned was invalid.
-     * @throws Openbuildings\Postmark\Exception If Postmark API returned an error.
+     * @throws \Exception If API request failed or JSON returned was invalid.
+     * @throws PostmarkException If Postmark API returned an error.
      * @uses Openbuildings\Postmark\Api::getSendUri to determine the request URI
      * @uses Openbuildings\Postmark\Api::getHeaders for the request headers
      */
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ public function send(array $data)
         $responseCode = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
 
         if ($responseCode != 200) {
-            throw new Exception(
+            throw new PostmarkException(
                 sprintf('Postmark delivery failed: %s', $response['Message']),
                 (int) $response['ErrorCode']
             );
diff --git a/src/Exception.php b/src/Exception.php
index c83674f..fbe2f20 100644
--- a/src/Exception.php
+++ b/src/Exception.php
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class Exception extends Swift_TransportException
      * Create a new Exception with $message and $code
      *
      * @param string $message
+     * @param int $code
+     * @param \Exception $previous
      */
     public function __construct($message = '', $code = 0, \Exception $previous = null)
     {
diff --git a/src/Swift_PostmarkTransport.php b/src/Swift_PostmarkTransport.php
index 4d8da7f..5c85e26 100644
--- a/src/Swift_PostmarkTransport.php
+++ b/src/Swift_PostmarkTransport.php
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ class Swift_PostmarkTransport extends Swift_Transport_PostmarkTransport
      * Create a new PostmarkTransport.
      *
      * @param null|string $token
+     * @param \Swift_Events_EventListener $listener
      */
-    public function __construct($token = null)
+    public function __construct($token = null, \Swift_Events_EventListener $listener = null)
     {
         Swift_DependencyContainer::getInstance()
             ->register('transport.postmark')
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ public function __construct($token = null)
         if ($token) {
             $this->setApi(new Api($token));
         }
+
+        if ($listener) {
+            $this->registerPlugin($listener);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Swift_Transport_PostmarkTransport.php b/src/Swift_Transport_PostmarkTransport.php
index 0113c72..93f7441 100644
--- a/src/Swift_Transport_PostmarkTransport.php
+++ b/src/Swift_Transport_PostmarkTransport.php
@@ -15,15 +15,20 @@ class Swift_Transport_PostmarkTransport implements \Swift_Transport
     /**
      * The Postmark API SDK instance.
      *
-     * @var Openbuildings\Postmark\Api
+     * @var \Openbuildings\Postmark\Api
      */
     protected $api;
 
     /**
-     * @var Swift_Events_EventDispatcher
+     * @var \Swift_Events_EventDispatcher
      */
     protected $eventDispatcher;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Swift_Mime_Message
+     */
+    protected $message;
+
     public function __construct(\Swift_Events_EventDispatcher $eventDispatcher)
     {
         $this->eventDispatcher = $eventDispatcher;
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ public static function convertEmailsArray(array $emails)
     /**
      * Get the Postmark API SDK instance
      *
-     * @return Openbuildings\Postmark\Api
+     * @return \Openbuildings\Postmark\Api
      */
     public function getApi()
     {
@@ -72,6 +77,15 @@ public function setApi(Api $api)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the message currently being processed
+     *
+     * @return \Swift_Mime_Message|null
+     */
+    public function getMessage() {
+        return $this->message;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -97,9 +111,9 @@ public function stop()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param Swift_Mime_Message $message
+     * @param \Swift_Mime_Message $message
      * @param string              $mimeType
-     * @return Swift_Mime_MimePart
+     * @return \Swift_Mime_MimePart|null
      */
     protected function getMIMEPart(\Swift_Mime_Message $message, $mimeType)
     {
@@ -108,6 +122,8 @@ protected function getMIMEPart(\Swift_Mime_Message $message, $mimeType)
                 return $part;
             }
         }
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -173,7 +189,34 @@ public function send(\Swift_Mime_Message $message, &$failedRecipients = null)
             }
         }
 
-        $response = $this->getApi()->send($data);
+        try {
+            $response = $this->getApi()->send($data);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // Something went wrong. Trigger Swift's exception event.
+            if ($e instanceof \Swift_TransportException) {
+                $exceptionToHandle = $e;
+            } else {
+                $exceptionToHandle = new \Swift_TransportException(
+                    $e->getMessage(),
+                    0,
+                    $e
+                );
+            }
+
+            $this->message = $message;
+
+            $exceptionEvent = $this->eventDispatcher->createTransportExceptionEvent(
+                $this,
+                $exceptionToHandle
+            );
+            $this->eventDispatcher->dispatchEvent($exceptionEvent, 'exceptionThrown');
+
+            // Clear the message because we don't want it hanging around in the class because we're done with it.
+            $this->message = null;
+
+            // Pass along the original exception.
+            throw $e;
+        }
 
         if ($evt) {
             $evt->setResult(\Swift_Events_SendEvent::RESULT_SUCCESS);