diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index df5b844..f0d74f8 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ en:
     nntp_bridge_invalid_body_replacement: "Post body to use when the body from NNTP is invalid."
     nntp_bridge_nntp_user_agent: "User agent header for NNTP posts created by Discourse"
     nntp_bridge_default_newsgroup: "Default NNTP newsgroup"
+    nntp_bridge_ignore_messages: "Skip importing these message IDs. Comma-separated."
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 7a0ed54..bb894a4 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ plugins:
   nntp_bridge_default_newsgroup:
     default: general
     client: true
+  nntp_bridge_ignore_messages:
+    default: ""
+    client: true
diff --git a/lib/discourse_nntp_bridge/newsgroup_importer.rb b/lib/discourse_nntp_bridge/newsgroup_importer.rb
index 54667d1..079e333 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_nntp_bridge/newsgroup_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_nntp_bridge/newsgroup_importer.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ def sync!(newsgroup)
       local_message_ids = NntpPost.pluck(:message_id)
       remote_message_ids = @server.message_ids([newsgroup])
       # message_ids_to_destroy = local_message_ids - remote_message_ids
-      message_ids_to_import = remote_message_ids - local_message_ids
-      message_ids_to_import = message_ids_to_import
+      ignore_ids = SiteSetting.nntp_bridge_ignore_messages.split(",").collect(&:strip)
+
+      message_ids_to_import = remote_message_ids - local_message_ids - ignore_ids
 
       # if message_ids_to_destroy.any?
       #   puts "Deleting #{message_ids_to_destroy.size} posts" if File.basename($0) == 'rake'