diff --git a/app/services/post_alerter.rb b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
index ab86e75915b..63e33aa67b3 100644
--- a/app/services/post_alerter.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ class PostAlerter
     # Make sure the user can see the post
     return unless Guardian.new(user).can_see?(post)
 
+    return if user.staged? && post.topic.category&.mailinglist_mirror?
+
     notifier_id = opts[:user_id] || post.user_id # xxxxx look at revision history
 
     # apply muting here
diff --git a/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb b/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb
index 74c41d9a7a9..c500ce2d1e3 100644
--- a/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/post_alerter_spec.rb
@@ -627,6 +627,21 @@ describe PostAlerter do
       expect(dave.notifications.count).to eq(1)
       expect(erin.notifications.count).to eq(1)
     end
+
+    it "does not send email notifications to staged users when notification originates in mailinglist mirror category" do
+      category = Fabricate(:mailinglist_mirror_category)
+      topic = Fabricate(:topic, category: category)
+      user = Fabricate(:staged)
+      post = Fabricate(:post, user: user, topic: topic)
+      reply = Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, reply_to_post_number: 1)
+
+      NotificationEmailer.expects(:process_notification).never
+      expect { PostAlerter.post_created(reply) }.to change(user.notifications, :count).by(0)
+
+      category.mailinglist_mirror = false
+      NotificationEmailer.expects(:process_notification).once
+      expect { PostAlerter.post_created(reply) }.to change(user.notifications, :count).by(1)
+    end
   end
 
   context "watching" do