diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61704dc..ea221c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added required IMAP option `imap-auth` and SMTP option `smtp-auth`. Possible values: `passwd`, `oauth2`.
 - Added OAuth 2.0 support for IMAP and SMTP.
 - Added passwords and OAuth 2.0 configuration via the wizard.
+- Added `email-sending-save-copy` option to control whenever a copy of any sent email should be saved in the `sent` folder defined in `folder-aliases`.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/domain/email/handlers.rs b/src/domain/email/handlers.rs
index 09bf429..fa587f5 100644
--- a/src/domain/email/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/domain/email/handlers.rs
@@ -382,11 +382,13 @@ pub fn send<P: Printer>(
     };
     trace!("raw email: {:?}", raw_email);
     sender.send(raw_email.as_bytes())?;
-    backend.add_email(
-        &folder,
-        raw_email.as_bytes(),
-        &Flags::from_iter([Flag::Seen]),
-    )?;
+    if config.email_sending_save_copy {
+        backend.add_email(
+            &folder,
+            raw_email.as_bytes(),
+            &Flags::from_iter([Flag::Seen]),
+        )?;
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/domain/tpl/handlers.rs b/src/domain/tpl/handlers.rs
index 3e2d78e..90b14cf 100644
--- a/src/domain/tpl/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/domain/tpl/handlers.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ pub fn send<P: Printer>(
             .some_pgp_encrypt_cmd(config.email_writing_encrypt_cmd.clone()),
     )?;
     sender.send(&email)?;
-    backend.add_email(folder, &email, &Flags::default())?;
+    if config.email_sending_save_copy {
+        backend.add_email(folder, &email, &Flags::default())?;
+    }
     printer.print("Template successfully sent!")?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/editor.rs b/src/ui/editor.rs
index 1808fd6..fd6334c 100644
--- a/src/ui/editor.rs
+++ b/src/ui/editor.rs
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ pub fn edit_tpl_with_editor<P: Printer>(
                         .some_pgp_encrypt_cmd(config.email_writing_encrypt_cmd.clone()),
                 )?;
                 sender.send(&email)?;
-                let sent_folder = config.sent_folder_alias()?;
-                printer.print_log(format!("Adding email to the {} folder…", sent_folder))?;
-                backend.add_email(&sent_folder, &email, &Flags::from_iter([Flag::Seen]))?;
+                if config.email_sending_save_copy {
+                    let sent_folder = config.sent_folder_alias()?;
+                    printer.print_log(format!("Adding email to the {} folder…", sent_folder))?;
+                    backend.add_email(&sent_folder, &email, &Flags::from_iter([Flag::Seen]))?;
+                }
                 remove_local_draft()?;
                 printer.print("Done!")?;
                 break;