diff --git a/email.php b/email.php
index 1f45965..76ea48d 100644
--- a/email.php
+++ b/email.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 // forbidden: forbidden forums IDs
+// skips over threads made by this user with 0 replies
 function print_email($username, $unsubscription, $threads, $forbidden) { 
   $message = <<<END
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ END;
         foreach ($threads as $thread) {
           if (in_array($thread['fid'], $forbidden))
             continue;
+          if ($thread['replies'] === '0' && $thread['username'] === $username)
+            continue;
           $message .= '
         <tr>
           <td style="padding: 0.5em">'.$thread['forumname'].'</td>
