diff --git a/config/alot/config b/config/alot/config
index 715b6e7..87c14ee 100644
--- a/config/alot/config
+++ b/config/alot/config
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ theme = "mutt"
         x = toggletags spam,inbox
         a = untag inbox
         A = tag inbox
+        1 = call hooks.mute(ui,1)
+        2 = call hooks.mute(ui,2)
+        3 = call hooks.mute(ui,3)
+        4 = call hooks.mute(ui,4)
+        5 = call hooks.mute(ui,5)
+        6 = call hooks.mute(ui,6)
+        7 = call hooks.mute(ui,7)
+        8 = call hooks.mute(ui,8)
+        9 = call hooks.mute(ui,9)
+        i = call hooks.spam(ui)
 
     [[thread]]
         a = untag inbox ; fold
@@ -94,6 +104,16 @@ theme = "mutt"
         n = nextpart
         p = prevpart
         u = pipeto --background selecturl
+        1 = call hooks.mute(ui,1)
+        2 = call hooks.mute(ui,2)
+        3 = call hooks.mute(ui,3)
+        4 = call hooks.mute(ui,4)
+        5 = call hooks.mute(ui,5)
+        6 = call hooks.mute(ui,6)
+        7 = call hooks.mute(ui,7)
+        8 = call hooks.mute(ui,8)
+        9 = call hooks.mute(ui,9)
+        i = call hooks.spam(ui)
 
 [tags]
 
diff --git a/config/alot/hooks.py b/config/alot/hooks.py
index e69de29..331d1d3 100644
--- a/config/alot/hooks.py
+++ b/config/alot/hooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+async def mute(ui, days):
+	from datetime import date, timedelta
+	datestr = str(date.today() + timedelta(days=days))
+	await ui.apply_commandline(f'toggletags inbox,muted,muted/{datestr}')
+
+async def spam(ui):
+	from alot.buffers import EnvelopeBuffer
+	from alot.db.envelope import Envelope
+	message = ui.current_buffer.get_selected_message()
+	message.add_tags(['spam'])
+	message.remove_tags(['unread'])
+	envelope = Envelope(
+		headers=dict(
+			From=['Felix Van der Jeugt <felix.vanderjeugt@ugent.be>'],
+			To=['spam@ugent.be'],
+			Subject=['spam'],
+			References=['<' + message.get_message_id() + '>']),
+		bodytext='spam',
+		tags=['spam'])
+	envelope.attach(message.get_filename())
+	ui.buffer_open(EnvelopeBuffer(ui, envelope))
diff --git a/notmuch-hooks/post-new b/notmuch-hooks/post-new
index c588c49..abdd29c 100755
--- a/notmuch-hooks/post-new
+++ b/notmuch-hooks/post-new
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ for mid in $(notmuch search --output=messages tag:new); do
 	done
 done
 
+# Unmute threads with new messages
+for mutetag in $(notmuch search --output=tags -- tag:muted and thread:{tag:new} | grep 'muted/'); do
+	notmuch tag -muted -"$mutetag" +inbox -- tag:"$mutetag" and thread:{tag:new}
+done
+
 # Github notifications
 addtag github "from:notifications@github.com"
 
@@ -66,3 +71,12 @@ notmuch search tag:new | cut -d' ' --complement -f1 | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty
 # Inbox remaining not-spam
 addtag inbox "not tag:spam"
 notmuch tag -new -- tag:new
+
+# Unmute threads on their day of unmuting
+today="$(date +'%s')"
+for mutetag in $(notmuch search --output=tags tag:muted | grep 'muted/'); do
+	until="$(date -d "${mutetag#*/}" +'%s')"
+	if [ "$today" -gt "$until"  ]; then
+		notmuch tag -muted -"$mutetag" +inbox -- tag:"$mutetag"
+	fi
+done