diff --git a/plugins/automation/config/locales/client.en.yml b/plugins/automation/config/locales/client.en.yml
index aad7493d020..907b4f59510 100644
--- a/plugins/automation/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/plugins/automation/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ en:
             first_topic_only:
               label: First topic only
               description: Will trigger only if the topic is the first topic a user created
+            skip_via_email:
+              label: "Skip via email"
+              description: "Skip the trigger if the post was created via email"
           created: Created
           edited: Edited
         user_updated:
diff --git a/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/event_handlers.rb b/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/event_handlers.rb
index 4926e1f0271..554a75a0adc 100644
--- a/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/event_handlers.rb
+++ b/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/event_handlers.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ module DiscourseAutomation
             next if post.user.user_stat.topic_count != 1
           end
 
+          skip_via_email = automation.trigger_field("skip_via_email")
+          if skip_via_email["value"]
+            next if post.via_email?
+          end
+
           valid_trust_levels = automation.trigger_field("valid_trust_levels")
           if valid_trust_levels["value"]
             next if valid_trust_levels["value"].exclude?(post.user.trust_level)
diff --git a/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/triggers/post_created_edited.rb b/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/triggers/post_created_edited.rb
index fa0f38e15d6..bb697c07357 100644
--- a/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/triggers/post_created_edited.rb
+++ b/plugins/automation/lib/discourse_automation/triggers/post_created_edited.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ DiscourseAutomation::Triggerable.add(DiscourseAutomation::Triggers::POST_CREATED
   field :valid_trust_levels, component: :"trust-levels"
   field :first_post_only, component: :boolean
   field :first_topic_only, component: :boolean
+  field :skip_via_email, component: :boolean
 end
diff --git a/plugins/automation/spec/triggers/post_created_edited_spec.rb b/plugins/automation/spec/triggers/post_created_edited_spec.rb
index 66960ec3f34..ea7d0a07f6b 100644
--- a/plugins/automation/spec/triggers/post_created_edited_spec.rb
+++ b/plugins/automation/spec/triggers/post_created_edited_spec.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,41 @@ describe "PostCreatedEdited" do
     end
   end
 
+  context "when skipping posts created via email" do
+    before do
+      automation.upsert_field!("skip_via_email", "boolean", { value: true }, target: "trigger")
+    end
+
+    let(:parent_post) { create_post(title: "hello world topic", raw: "my name is fred") }
+
+    it "fires if the post didn't come via email" do
+      topic = parent_post.topic
+
+      list =
+        capture_contexts do
+          PostCreator.create!(user, raw: "this is a test reply", topic_id: topic.id)
+        end
+
+      expect(list.length).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+    it "skips the trigger if the post came via email" do
+      topic = parent_post.topic
+
+      list =
+        capture_contexts do
+          PostCreator.create!(
+            user,
+            raw: "this is a test reply",
+            topic_id: topic.id,
+            via_email: true,
+          )
+        end
+
+      expect(list.length).to eq(0)
+    end
+  end
+
   context "when editing/creating a post" do
     it "fires the trigger" do
       post = nil