diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/editor/publish-options/email-recipients.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/editor/publish-options/email-recipients.hbs
index 887420fc85..d2f77fcd39 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/editor/publish-options/email-recipients.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/editor/publish-options/email-recipients.hbs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 <span data-test-select-option={{newsletter.name}}>{{newsletter.name}}</span>
                 {{!-- TODO: remove conditional when author/editor can fetch member counts --}}
                 {{#if @publishOptions.user.isAdmin}}
-                    <span class="gh-newsletter-count">{{format-number newsletter.count.members}}</span>
+                    <span class="gh-newsletter-count">{{format-number newsletter.count.active_members}}</span>
                 {{/if}}
             </PowerSelect>
         </div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filters/subscribed.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filters/subscribed.js
index 2455d82cf6..95b554da18 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filters/subscribed.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/members/filters/subscribed.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {MATCH_RELATION_OPTIONS} from './relation-options';
 
 export const SUBSCRIBED_FILTER = {
     label: 'Newsletter subscription',
-    name: 'subscribed', 
+    name: 'subscribed',
     columnLabel: 'Subscribed',
     relationOptions: MATCH_RELATION_OPTIONS,
     valueType: 'options',
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export const NEWSLETTERS_FILTER = (newsletterList) => {
                 const value = flt.value;
 
                 return (relation === 'is' && value === 'true') || (relation === 'is-not' && value === 'false')
-                    ? `newsletters.slug:${newsletter.slug}`
-                    : `newsletters.slug:-${newsletter.slug}`;
+                    ? `newsletters.slug:${newsletter.slug}+email_disabled:0`
+                    : `newsletters.slug:-${newsletter.slug},email_disabled:1`;
             },
             parseNqlFilter: (flt) => {
                 if (!flt['newsletters.slug']) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const NEWSLETTERS_FILTER = (newsletterList) => {
                 {label: 'Unsubscribed', name: 'false'}
             ]
         };
-        newsletters.push(filter); 
+        newsletters.push(filter);
     });
     return newsletters;
 };
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/edit.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/edit.js
index bbab6b6dee..287f3ef4d3 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/edit.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/edit.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default class EditNewsletterModal extends Component {
 
             const result = yield newsletter.save({
                 adapterOptions: {
-                    include: 'count.members,count.posts'
+                    include: 'count.active_members,count.posts'
                 }
             });
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.hbs
index ac30f0f37b..5645bc3270 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.hbs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                     <label for="opt-in-existing" class="modal-fullsettings-title">Opt-in existing subscribers</label>
                     <p>
                     {{#if this.optInExisting}}
-                        {{#let (members-count-fetcher query=(hash filter="newsletters.status:active")) as |countFetcher|}}
+                        {{#let (members-count-fetcher query=(hash filter="newsletters.status:active+email_disabled:0")) as |countFetcher|}}
                             This newsletter will be available to <strong>all members</strong>. Your {{#if countFetcher.count}}<strong>{{countFetcher.count}}</strong>{{/if}} existing subscriber{{#if (gt countFetcher.count 1)}}s{{/if}} will also be opted-in to receive it.
                         {{/let}}
                     {{else}}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.js
index 34d2b69b3a..0661e7189d 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modals/newsletters/new.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default class NewNewsletterModal extends Component {
             });
 
             // Re-fetch newsletter data to refresh counts
-            yield this.store.query('newsletter', {include: 'count.members,count.posts', limit: 'all'});
+            yield this.store.query('newsletter', {include: 'count.active_members,count.posts', limit: 'all'});
             this.args.data.afterSave?.(result);
 
             return result;
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.hbs
index af4b96592a..66d7af7d9c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.hbs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                                 {{/if}}
                                 <div class="gh-newsletter-card-block stats-block {{unless this.displayingDefault "multiple"}}">
                                     <div>
-                                        <h3 class="gh-newsletter-card-name">{{format-number newsletter.count.members}}</h3>
+                                        <h3 class="gh-newsletter-card-name">{{format-number newsletter.count.active_members}}</h3>
                                         <p class="gh-newsletter-card-description">Subscribers</p>
                                     </div>
                                     <div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.js
index 32d8f306de..2396af3878 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/settings/newsletters/newsletter-management.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export default class NewsletterManagementComponent extends Component {
 
     @task
     *loadNewslettersTask() {
-        const newsletters = yield this.store.query('newsletter', {include: 'count.members,count.posts', limit: 'all'});
+        const newsletters = yield this.store.query('newsletter', {include: 'count.active_members,count.posts', limit: 'all'});
 
         this.updateFilteredNewsletters();
 
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js b/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js
index 45d567ecdb..4c725c0399 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/models/newsletter.js
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ export default class Newsletter extends Model.extend(ValidationEngine) {
     @attr _meta;
 
     /**
-     * The filter that we should use to filter out members that are subscribed to this newsletter
+     * The filter that we should use to filter out members that are actively subscribed to this newsletter
      */
     get recipientFilter() {
-        const idFilter = 'newsletters.slug:' + this.slug;
+        const filter = [`newsletters.slug:${this.slug}`, 'email_disabled:0'];
         if (this.visibility === 'paid') {
-            return idFilter + '+status:-free';
+            filter.push('status:-free');
         }
-        return idFilter;
+        return filter.join('+');
     }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/utils/publish-options.js b/ghost/admin/app/utils/publish-options.js
index cd309039fa..438758c156 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/utils/publish-options.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/utils/publish-options.js
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ export default class PublishOptions {
 
         // newsletters
         if (!this.user.isContributor) {
-            promises.push(this.store.query('newsletter', {status: 'active', limit: 'all', include: 'count.members'}));
+            promises.push(this.store.query('newsletter', {status: 'active', limit: 'all', include: 'count.active_members'}));
         }
 
         yield Promise.all(promises);
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor/publish-flow-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor/publish-flow-test.js
index 7945d56c31..c84a6f77c5 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor/publish-flow-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/editor/publish-flow-test.js
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ describe('Acceptance: Publish flow', function () {
 
             // at least one member is required for publish+send to be available
             const label = this.server.create('label');
-            this.server.createList('member', 3, {status: 'free', labels: [label]});
-            this.server.createList('member', 4, {status: 'paid'});
+            this.server.createList('member', 3, {status: 'free', email_disabled: 0, labels: [label]});
+            this.server.createList('member', 4, {status: 'paid', email_disabled: 0});
         });
 
         it('can publish+send with single newsletter', async function () {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ describe('Acceptance: Publish flow', function () {
                 subscribeOnSignup: true
             });
 
-            this.server.create('member', {newsletters: [newsletter], status: 'free'});
+            this.server.create('member', {newsletters: [newsletter], status: 'free', email_disabled: 0});
 
             await loginAsRole('Administrator', this.server);
             const post = this.server.create('post', {status: 'draft'});
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/newsletters.js b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/newsletters.js
index 93ef1a7b05..8fa840e1da 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/newsletters.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/newsletters.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const models = require('../../models');
-const allowedIncludes = ['count.posts', 'count.members'];
+const allowedIncludes = ['count.posts', 'count.members', 'count.active_members'];
 
 const newslettersService = require('../../services/newsletters');
 
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.56/2023-07-14-10-11-12-add-email-disabled-field-to-members.js b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.56/2023-07-14-10-11-12-add-email-disabled-field-to-members.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..507600c258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.56/2023-07-14-10-11-12-add-email-disabled-field-to-members.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const {createAddColumnMigration} = require('../../utils');
+
+module.exports = createAddColumnMigration('members', 'email_disabled', {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    nullable: false,
+    defaultTo: false
+});
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.56/2023-07-15-10-11-12-update-members-email-disabled-field.js b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.56/2023-07-15-10-11-12-update-members-email-disabled-field.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c4394bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.56/2023-07-15-10-11-12-update-members-email-disabled-field.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const logging = require('@tryghost/logging');
+const {createTransactionalMigration} = require('../../utils');
+
+module.exports = createTransactionalMigration(
+    async function up(knex) {
+        logging.info('Setting email_disabled to true for all members that have their email on the suppression list');
+
+        await knex('members')
+            .join('suppressions', 'members.email', 'suppressions.email')
+            .update({
+                email_disabled: true
+            });
+    },
+    async function down(knex) {
+        logging.info('Setting email_disabled to false for all members');
+
+        await knex('members')
+            .update({
+                email_disabled: false
+            });
+    }
+);
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js b/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
index 24c2558045..e256bd30c5 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ module.exports = {
         email_count: {type: 'integer', unsigned: true, nullable: false, defaultTo: 0},
         email_opened_count: {type: 'integer', unsigned: true, nullable: false, defaultTo: 0},
         email_open_rate: {type: 'integer', unsigned: true, nullable: true, index: true},
+        email_disabled: {type: 'boolean', nullable: false, defaultTo: false},
         last_seen_at: {type: 'dateTime', nullable: true},
         last_commented_at: {type: 'dateTime', nullable: true},
         created_at: {type: 'dateTime', nullable: false},
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/models/member.js b/ghost/core/core/server/models/member.js
index e870aa4b03..903c77fdff 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/models/member.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/models/member.js
@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@ const Member = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
         // we use raw queries instead of model relationships because model hydration is expensive
         const query = ghostBookshelf.knex('members_newsletters')
             .join('newsletters', 'members_newsletters.newsletter_id', '=', 'newsletters.id')
-            .where('newsletters.status', 'active')
+            .join('members', 'members_newsletters.member_id', '=', 'members.id')
+            .where({
+                'newsletters.status': 'active',
+                'members.email_disabled': false
+            })
             .distinct('member_id as id');
 
         if (unfilteredOptions.transacting) {
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/models/newsletter.js b/ghost/core/core/server/models/newsletter.js
index e9783cd3e6..ed6f1ddd80 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/models/newsletter.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/models/newsletter.js
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ const Newsletter = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
                         .whereRaw('members_newsletters.newsletter_id = newsletters.id')
                         .as('count__members');
                 });
+            },
+            active_members(modelOrCollection) {
+                modelOrCollection.query('columns', 'newsletters.*', (qb) => {
+                    qb.count('members_newsletters.id')
+                        .from('members_newsletters')
+                        .join('members', 'members.id', 'members_newsletters.member_id')
+                        .whereRaw('members_newsletters.newsletter_id = newsletters.id')
+                        .andWhere('members.email_disabled', false)
+                        .as('count__active_members');
+                });
             }
         };
     },
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js b/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
index 42a58c51a4..05e726e13a 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/members/middleware.js
@@ -105,11 +105,10 @@ const deleteSuppression = async function (req, res) {
     try {
         const member = await membersService.ssr.getMemberDataFromSession(req, res);
         const options = {
-            id: member.id,
-            withRelated: ['newsletters']
+            id: member.id
         };
         await emailSuppressionList.removeEmail(member.email);
-        await membersService.api.members.update({subscribed: true}, options);
+        await membersService.api.members.update({email_disabled: false}, options);
 
         res.writeHead(204);
         res.end();
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/activity-feed.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/activity-feed.test.js.snap
index 28eb8be520..fb66b96e57 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/activity-feed.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/activity-feed.test.js.snap
@@ -22699,7 +22699,7 @@ exports[`Activity Feed API Can filter events by post id 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "20437",
+  "content-length": "20667",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -23852,7 +23852,7 @@ exports[`Activity Feed API Returns email delivered events in activity feed 2: [h
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "1338",
+  "content-length": "1361",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -23886,7 +23886,7 @@ exports[`Activity Feed API Returns email opened events in activity feed 2: [head
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "1335",
+  "content-length": "1358",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -23944,7 +23944,7 @@ exports[`Activity Feed API Returns email sent events in activity feed 2: [header
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "5004",
+  "content-length": "5096",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -24204,7 +24204,7 @@ exports[`Activity Feed API Returns signup events in activity feed 2: [headers] 1
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "23443",
+  "content-length": "23627",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
index a043c1f8f1..95d72030ca 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ exports[`Members API - member attribution Returns sign up attributions of all ty
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "9427",
+  "content-length": "9542",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -5174,7 +5174,7 @@ exports[`Members API Can subscribe to a newsletter 5: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "5686",
+  "content-length": "5778",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap
index 84c947ee14..c4fc78b0c0 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/newsletters.test.js.snap
@@ -1462,7 +1462,68 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`Newsletters API Can include members & posts counts when browsing newsletters 1: [body] 1`] = `
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when adding a newsletter 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "newsletters": Array [
+    Object {
+      "background_color": "light",
+      "body_font_category": "serif",
+      "border_color": null,
+      "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 0,
+        "members": 0,
+        "posts": 0,
+      },
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "description": null,
+      "feedback_enabled": false,
+      "footer_content": null,
+      "header_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "name": "My test newsletter 2",
+      "sender_email": null,
+      "sender_name": "Test",
+      "sender_reply_to": "newsletter",
+      "show_badge": true,
+      "show_comment_cta": true,
+      "show_feature_image": true,
+      "show_header_icon": true,
+      "show_header_name": true,
+      "show_header_title": true,
+      "show_latest_posts": false,
+      "show_post_title_section": true,
+      "show_subscription_details": false,
+      "slug": "my-test-newsletter-2",
+      "sort_order": 4,
+      "status": "active",
+      "subscribe_on_signup": true,
+      "title_alignment": "center",
+      "title_color": null,
+      "title_font_category": "serif",
+      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "uuid": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+      "visibility": "members",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when adding a newsletter 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
+  "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
+  "content-length": "913",
+  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
+  "location": StringMatching /https\\?:\\\\/\\\\/\\.\\*\\?\\\\/newsletters\\\\/\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}\\\\//,
+  "vary": "Accept-Version, Origin, Accept-Encoding",
+  "x-cache-invalidate": "/*",
+  "x-powered-by": "Express",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when browsing newsletters 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "meta": Object {
     "pagination": Object {
@@ -1480,6 +1541,7 @@ Object {
       "body_font_category": "sans_serif",
       "border_color": null,
       "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 0,
         "members": 0,
         "posts": 0,
       },
@@ -1518,6 +1580,7 @@ Object {
       "body_font_category": "serif",
       "border_color": null,
       "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 4,
         "members": 4,
         "posts": 0,
       },
@@ -1556,6 +1619,7 @@ Object {
       "body_font_category": "serif",
       "border_color": null,
       "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 3,
         "members": 3,
         "posts": 0,
       },
@@ -1594,6 +1658,7 @@ Object {
       "body_font_category": "serif",
       "border_color": null,
       "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 2,
         "members": 2,
         "posts": 0,
       },
@@ -1631,11 +1696,11 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`Newsletters API Can include members & posts counts when browsing newsletters 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when browsing newsletters 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "3795",
+  "content-length": "3871",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -1644,7 +1709,7 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`Newsletters API Can include members & posts counts when editing newsletters 1: [body] 1`] = `
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when editing newsletters 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "newsletters": Array [
     Object {
@@ -1652,6 +1717,7 @@ Object {
       "body_font_category": "serif",
       "border_color": null,
       "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 4,
         "members": 4,
         "posts": 0,
       },
@@ -1689,11 +1755,11 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`Newsletters API Can include members & posts counts when editing newsletters 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when editing newsletters 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "963",
+  "content-length": "982",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -1703,7 +1769,7 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`Newsletters API Can include members & posts counts when reading a newsletter 1: [body] 1`] = `
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when reading a newsletter 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "newsletters": Array [
     Object {
@@ -1711,6 +1777,7 @@ Object {
       "body_font_category": "serif",
       "border_color": null,
       "count": Object {
+        "active_members": 4,
         "members": 4,
         "posts": 0,
       },
@@ -1748,11 +1815,11 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`Newsletters API Can include members & posts counts when reading a newsletter 2: [headers] 1`] = `
+exports[`Newsletters API Can include members, active members & posts counts when reading a newsletter 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "954",
+  "content-length": "973",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members-exporter.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members-exporter.test.js
index 9e5c27a91e..97b9f76aac 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members-exporter.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members-exporter.test.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ async function createMember(data) {
     const member = await models.Member.add({
         email: uuid.v4() + '@example.com',
         name: '',
+        email_disabled: false,
         ...data
     });
 
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js
index 264a3d3f1e..eca76b7808 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/newsletters.test.js
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('Can include members & posts counts when browsing newsletters', async function () {
+    it('Can include members, active members & posts counts when browsing newsletters', async function () {
         await agent
-            .get(`newsletters/?include=count.members,count.posts`)
+            .get(`newsletters/?include=count.members,count.active_members,count.posts`)
             .expectStatus(200)
             .matchBodySnapshot({
                 newsletters: new Array(4).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('Can include members & posts counts when reading a newsletter', async function () {
+    it('Can include members, active members & posts counts when reading a newsletter', async function () {
         await agent
-            .get(`newsletters/${fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id}/?include=count.members,count.posts`)
+            .get(`newsletters/${fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id}/?include=count.members,count.active_members,count.posts`)
             .expectStatus(200)
             .matchBodySnapshot({
                 newsletters: new Array(1).fill(newsletterSnapshot)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
         assert.equal(header_image, transformReadyPath);
     });
 
-    it('Can include members & posts counts when adding a newsletter', async function () {
+    it('Can include members, active members & posts counts when adding a newsletter', async function () {
         const newsletter = {
             name: 'My test newsletter 2',
             sender_name: 'Test',
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
         };
 
         await agent
-            .post(`newsletters/?include=count.members,count.posts`)
+            .post(`newsletters/?include=count.members,count.active_members,count.posts`)
             .body({newsletters: [newsletter]})
             .expectStatus(201)
             .matchBodySnapshot({
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ describe('Newsletters API', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('Can include members & posts counts when editing newsletters', async function () {
+    it('Can include members, active members & posts counts when editing newsletters', async function () {
         const id = fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id;
-        await agent.put(`newsletters/${id}/?include=count.members,count.posts`)
+        await agent.put(`newsletters/${id}/?include=count.members,count.active_members,count.posts`)
             .body({
                 newsletters: [{
                     name: 'Updated newsletter name 2'
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap
index 41c30d859f..47222a9c7a 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/__snapshots__/webhooks.test.js.snap
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ exports[`Members API Member attribution Returns subscription created attribution
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "7960",
+  "content-length": "8144",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js
index 5823f96285..21624349c3 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/members/middleware.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const {agentProvider, mockManager, fixtureManager, matchers} = require('../../utils/e2e-framework');
 const {anyEtag, anyObjectId, anyUuid, anyISODateTime} = matchers;
 const models = require('../../../core/server/models');
-require('should');
+const should = require('should');
 
 let membersAgent;
 
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ const memberMatcherUnserialised = (newslettersCount) => {
     };
 };
 
-async function getDefaultNewsletters() {
-    return (await models.Newsletter.findAll({filter: 'status:active+subscribe_on_signup:true+visibility:members'})).models;
-}
-
 describe('Comments API', function () {
     before(async function () {
         membersAgent = await agentProvider.getMembersAPIAgent();
@@ -202,43 +198,31 @@ describe('Comments API', function () {
             member.get('enable_comment_notifications').should.eql(true);
         });
 
-        it('can remove member from suppression list and resubscribe to default newsletters', async function () {
-            const newsletters = await getDefaultNewsletters();
+        it('can remove a member\'s email from the suppression list', async function () {
+            // add member's email to the suppression list
+            await models.Suppression.add({
+                email: member.get('email'),
+                reason: 'bounce'
+            });
 
-            // unsubscribe member from all newsletters
-            await membersAgent
-                .put(`/api/member/`)
-                .body({
-                    newsletters: []
-                })
-                .expectStatus(200)
-                .matchHeaderSnapshot({
-                    etag: anyEtag
-                })
-                .matchBodySnapshot(memberMatcher(0))
-                .expect(({body}) => {
-                    body.newsletters.should.eql([]);
-                });
+            // disable member's email
+            await member.save({email_disabled: true});
 
-            // remove email from suppression list
+            // remove suppression
             await membersAgent
                 .delete(`/api/member/suppression`)
                 .expectStatus(204)
                 .expectEmptyBody();
 
-            // check that member re-subscribed to default newsletters after removing from suppression list
-            await membersAgent
-                .get(`/api/member/`)
-                .expectStatus(200)
-                .matchHeaderSnapshot({
-                    etag: anyEtag
-                })
-                .matchBodySnapshot(memberMatcher(2))
-                .expect(({body}) => {
-                    // body should contain default newsletters
-                    body.newsletters[0].id.should.eql(newsletters[0].get('id'));
-                    body.newsletters[1].id.should.eql(newsletters[1].get('id'));
-                });
+            // check that member is removed from suppression list
+            const suppression = await models.Suppression.findOne({email: member.get('email')});
+
+            should(suppression).be.null();
+
+            // check that member's email is enabled
+            await member.refresh();
+
+            should(member.get('email_disabled')).be.false();
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/batch-sending.test.js b/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/batch-sending.test.js
index 6f69db08d2..8e4a582207 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/batch-sending.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/integration/services/email-service/batch-sending.test.js
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ describe('Batch sending tests', function () {
                 status: 'free',
                 newsletters: [{
                     id: fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             });
 
             return r;
@@ -652,7 +653,8 @@ describe('Batch sending tests', function () {
                 labels: [{name: 'replacements-tests'}],
                 newsletters: [{
                     id: fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             });
 
             const {html, plaintext} = await sendEmail(agent, {
@@ -685,7 +687,8 @@ describe('Batch sending tests', function () {
                 labels: [{name: 'replacements-tests-2'}],
                 newsletters: [{
                     id: fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             });
 
             const {html, plaintext} = await sendEmail(agent, {
@@ -859,7 +862,8 @@ describe('Batch sending tests', function () {
                 labels: [{name: 'subscription-box-tests'}],
                 newsletters: [{
                     id: fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             });
 
             mockSetting('email_track_clicks', false); // Disable link replacement for this test
@@ -892,7 +896,8 @@ describe('Batch sending tests', function () {
                 newsletters: [{
                     id: fixtureManager.get('newsletters', 0).id
                 }],
-                status: 'comped'
+                status: 'comped',
+                email_disabled: false
             });
 
             mockSetting('email_track_clicks', false); // Disable link replacement for this test
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_member_stripe_customer.test.js b/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_member_stripe_customer.test.js
index 1a0b22b96b..b05783e800 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_member_stripe_customer.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_member_stripe_customer.test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ describe('MemberStripeCustomer Model', function run() {
             const context = testUtils.context.admin;
 
             const member = await Member.add({
-                email: 'test@test.test'
+                email: 'test@test.test',
+                email_disabled: false
             });
 
             const product = await Product.add({
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ describe('MemberStripeCustomer Model', function run() {
         it('Is correctly mapped to the member', async function () {
             const context = testUtils.context.admin;
             const member = await Member.add({
-                email: 'test@test.member'
+                email: 'test@test.member',
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             await MemberStripeCustomer.add({
@@ -110,7 +112,8 @@ describe('MemberStripeCustomer Model', function run() {
         it('Cascades to members_stripe_customers_subscriptions', async function () {
             const context = testUtils.context.admin;
             const member = await Member.add({
-                email: 'test@test.member'
+                email: 'test@test.member',
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             await MemberStripeCustomer.add({
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_members.test.js b/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_members.test.js
index 9f39f400dc..15a6c38e3a 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_members.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_members.test.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
             const context = testUtils.context.admin;
             await Member.add({
                 email: 'test@test.member',
-                labels: []
+                labels: [],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
             const member = await Member.findOne({
                 email: 'test@test.member'
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
         it('Is correctly mapped to the stripe customers', async function () {
             const context = testUtils.context.admin;
             const testMember = await Member.add({
-                email: 'test@test.member'
+                email: 'test@test.member',
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             await MemberStripeCustomer.add({
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
                 labels: [{
                     name: 'A label',
                     slug: 'a-unique-slug-for-testing-members-model'
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
             const member = await Member.findOne({
                 email: 'test@test.member'
@@ -284,7 +287,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
                 email: 'testing-products@test.member',
                 products: [{
                     id: product.id
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, {
                 ...context,
                 withRelated: ['products']
@@ -317,7 +321,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
                 email: 'filter-test@test.member',
                 products: [{
                     id: vipProduct.id
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             const member = await Member.findOne({
@@ -362,7 +367,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
                     name: 'VIP',
                     slug: 'vip',
                     type: 'paid'
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             const member = await Member.findOne({
@@ -386,7 +392,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
                     name: 'VIP',
                     slug: 'vip',
                     type: 'paid'
-                }]
+                }],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             const member = await Member.findOne({
@@ -406,7 +413,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
 
             const member = await Member.add({
                 email: 'test@test.member',
-                labels: []
+                labels: [],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             const product = await Product.add({
@@ -511,7 +519,8 @@ describe('Member Model', function run() {
             let email = 'test@offers.com';
             const member = await Member.add({
                 email: email,
-                labels: []
+                labels: [],
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
 
             const product = await Product.add({
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_stripe_customer_subscription.test.js b/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_stripe_customer_subscription.test.js
index 9e72adafcf..63a15f47f5 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_stripe_customer_subscription.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/regression/models/model_stripe_customer_subscription.test.js
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ describe('StripeCustomerSubscription Model', function run() {
         it('Is correctly mapped to the stripe customer', async function () {
             const context = testUtils.context.admin;
             const member = await Member.add({
-                email: 'test@test.member'
+                email: 'test@test.member',
+                email_disabled: false
             }, context);
             await MemberStripeCustomer.add({
                 member_id: member.get('id'),
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js b/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
index add03ba571..f560f569ff 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const validateRouteSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/services/route
  */
 describe('DB version integrity', function () {
     // Only these variables should need updating
-    const currentSchemaHash = '8e299caf33efbcf8a12c9cefaf8f6500';
+    const currentSchemaHash = '66b77c27bab9cb43e1076fbb6c6d1233';
     const currentFixturesHash = 'af43eef1ac4f14fc1bc0ea351300420f';
     const currentSettingsHash = '4f23a583335dcb4cb3fae553122ea200';
     const currentRoutesHash = '3d180d52c663d173a6be791ef411ed01';
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js b/ghost/core/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js
index 55f46e18f4..f0b2647722 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/utils/fixtures/data-generator.js
@@ -302,14 +302,16 @@ DataGenerator.Content = {
             email: 'member1@test.com',
             name: 'Mr Egg',
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b340',
-            status: 'free'
+            status: 'free',
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
             email: 'member2@test.com',
             email_open_rate: 50,
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b341',
-            status: 'free'
+            status: 'free',
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
@@ -317,28 +319,32 @@ DataGenerator.Content = {
             name: 'Egon Spengler',
             email_open_rate: 80,
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b342',
-            status: 'paid'
+            status: 'paid',
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
             email: 'trialing@test.com',
             name: 'Ray Stantz',
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b343',
-            status: 'paid'
+            status: 'paid',
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
             email: 'comped@test.com',
             name: 'Vinz Clortho',
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b344',
-            status: 'paid'
+            status: 'paid',
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
             email: 'vip@test.com',
             name: 'Winston Zeddemore',
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b345',
-            status: 'free'
+            status: 'free',
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
@@ -346,7 +352,8 @@ DataGenerator.Content = {
             name: 'Peter Venkman',
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b346',
             status: 'paid',
-            subscribed: false
+            subscribed: false,
+            email_disabled: false
         },
         {
             id: ObjectId().toHexString(),
@@ -354,7 +361,8 @@ DataGenerator.Content = {
             name: 'Dana Barrett',
             uuid: 'f6f91461-d7d8-4a3f-aa5d-8e582c40b347',
             status: 'paid',
-            subscribed: false
+            subscribed: false,
+            email_disabled: false
         }
     ],
 
diff --git a/ghost/email-service/lib/EmailSegmenter.js b/ghost/email-service/lib/EmailSegmenter.js
index c24c01582b..ccdf61f26a 100644
--- a/ghost/email-service/lib/EmailSegmenter.js
+++ b/ghost/email-service/lib/EmailSegmenter.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class EmailSegmenter {
     }
 
     getMemberFilterForSegment(newsletter, emailRecipientFilter, segment) {
-        const filter = [`newsletters.id:${newsletter.id}`];
+        const filter = [`newsletters.id:${newsletter.id}`, 'email_disabled:0'];
 
         switch (emailRecipientFilter) {
         case 'all':
diff --git a/ghost/email-service/test/email-segmenter.test.js b/ghost/email-service/test/email-segmenter.test.js
index 9c69efd80e..49606ad7aa 100644
--- a/ghost/email-service/test/email-segmenter.test.js
+++ b/ghost/email-service/test/email-segmenter.test.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('Email segmenter', function () {
             );
             listStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
             listStub.calledWith({
-                filter: 'newsletters.id:newsletter-123'
+                filter: 'newsletters.id:newsletter-123+email_disabled:0'
             }).should.be.true();
             response.should.eql(12);
         });
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('Email segmenter', function () {
 
             listStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
             listStub.calledWith({
-                filter: 'newsletters.id:newsletter-123+(labels:test)+status:-free'
+                filter: 'newsletters.id:newsletter-123+email_disabled:0+(labels:test)+status:-free'
             }).should.be.true();
             response.should.eql(12);
         });
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Email segmenter', function () {
 
             listStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
             listStub.calledWith({
-                filter: 'newsletters.id:newsletter-123+(labels:test)+(status:free)'
+                filter: 'newsletters.id:newsletter-123+email_disabled:0+(labels:test)+(status:free)'
             }).should.be.true();
             response.should.eql(12);
         });
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/members-api.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/members-api.js
index ded91ecde2..0774341cc4 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/members-api.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/members-api.js
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ module.exports = function MembersAPI({
         if (!member) {
             return;
         }
-        await memberRepository.update({newsletters: []}, {id: member.id});
+        await memberRepository.update({email_disabled: true}, {id: member.id});
     });
 
     return {
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js
index 9be5df4fef..2cd5555825 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ module.exports = class MemberRepository {
      * @param {Object} [data.stripeCustomer]
      * @param {string} [data.offerId]
      * @param {import('@tryghost/member-attribution/lib/Attribution').AttributionResource} [data.attribution]
+     * @param {boolean} [data.email_disabled]
      * @param {*} options
      * @returns
      */
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ module.exports = class MemberRepository {
             });
         }
 
-        const memberData = _.pick(data, ['email', 'name', 'note', 'subscribed', 'geolocation', 'created_at', 'products', 'newsletters']);
+        const memberData = _.pick(data, ['email', 'name', 'note', 'subscribed', 'geolocation', 'created_at', 'products', 'newsletters', 'email_disabled']);
 
         // Throw error if email is invalid using latest validator
         if (!validator.isEmail(memberData.email, {legacy: false})) {
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ module.exports = class MemberRepository {
             });
         }
 
+        memberData.email_disabled = !!memberData.email_disabled;
+
         if (memberData.products && memberData.products.length > 1) {
             throw new errors.BadRequestError({message: tpl(messages.moreThanOneProduct)});
         }
@@ -415,7 +418,8 @@ module.exports = class MemberRepository {
             'enable_comment_notifications',
             'last_seen_at',
             'last_commented_at',
-            'expertise'
+            'expertise',
+            'email_disabled'
         ]);
 
         // Trim whitespaces from expertise