diff --git a/canaille/account.py b/canaille/account.py
index b7f73a6d..99a2ec69 100644
--- a/canaille/account.py
+++ b/canaille/account.py
@@ -155,9 +155,11 @@ def users(user):
 def user_invitation(user):
     form = InvitationForm(request.form or None)
 
-    success = False
+    mail_sent = None
     registration_url = None
+    form_validated = False
     if request.form and form.validate():
+        form_validated = True
         registration_url = url_for(
             "account.registration",
             data=obj_to_b64([form.uid.data, form.mail.data, form.groups.data]),
@@ -165,15 +167,14 @@ def user_invitation(user):
             _external=True,
         )
 
-        success = send_invitation_mail(form.mail.data, registration_url)
-        if not success:
-            flash(_("An error happened whilen sending the invitation link."), "error")
+        mail_sent = send_invitation_mail(form.mail.data, registration_url)
 
     return render_template(
         "invite.html",
         form=form,
         menuitems="users",
-        success=success,
+        form_validated=form_validated,
+        mail_sent=mail_sent,
         registration_url=registration_url,
     )
 
diff --git a/canaille/templates/invite.html b/canaille/templates/invite.html
index b44ffa72..df1481b6 100644
--- a/canaille/templates/invite.html
+++ b/canaille/templates/invite.html
@@ -7,22 +7,37 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 <div class="invitationform">
-    {% if success %}
+    {% if form_validated %}
 
     <div class="ui attached segment">
         <h2 class="ui center aligned header">
             <div class="content">
-                {{ _("Invitation sent") }}
+                {% if mail_sent %}
+                    {{ _("Invitation sent") }}
+                {% else %}
+                    {{ _("Invitation not sent") }}
+                {% endif %}
             </div>
         </h2>
     </div>
 
+    {% if mail_sent %}
     <div class="ui attached success message">
         {% set email = form.mail.data %}
-        {% trans %}This invitation link has been to {{ email }}{% endtrans %}
+        {% trans %}This invitation link has been sent to {{ email }}{% endtrans %}
         {% trans %}If you need to provide this link by other ways than email, you can copy it there:{% endtrans %}
     </div>
 
+    {% else %}
+
+    <div class="ui attached error message">
+        {% set email = form.mail.data %}
+        {% trans %}This invitation link could not be sent to {{ email }} due to technical issues.{% endtrans %}
+        {% trans %}However you can copy the there to provide it by other ways than email:{% endtrans %}
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
+
+
     <div class="ui attached segment">
         <div class="ui center aligned container">
             <div class="ui fields">
@@ -39,9 +54,11 @@
                 <a class="ui right floated button" href="{{ url_for("account.profile_creation") }}">
                     {{ _("Create a user") }}
                 </a>
+                {% if mail_sent %}
                 <a href="{{ url_for('account.user_invitation') }}" class="ui right floated button" name="action" value="invite" id="invite">
                     {{ _("Invite another user") }}
                 </a>
+                {% endif %}
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>