diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index fe9af4b..de20218 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -1579,13 +1579,12 @@ class Britney(object):
         # the check fails and we set is_valid to False to block the update; consider
         # the age-days hint, if specified for the package
         policy_info = excuse.policy_info
-        policy_verdict = PolicyVerdict.PASS
         for policy in self.policies:
             if suite in policy.applicable_suites:
                 v = policy.apply_policy(policy_info, suite, src, source_t, source_u, excuse)
-                if v > policy_verdict:
-                    policy_verdict = v
-                    if policy_verdict in [PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_PERMANENTLY, PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_TEMPORARILY]:
+                if v > excuse.current_policy_verdict:
+                    excuse.current_policy_verdict = v
+                    if excuse.current_policy_verdict in [PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_PERMANENTLY, PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_TEMPORARILY]:
                         excuse.is_valid = False
 
         if suite in ('pu', 'tpu') and source_t:
diff --git a/britney2/excuse.py b/britney2/excuse.py
index 7d3f404..72cef0d 100644
--- a/britney2/excuse.py
+++ b/britney2/excuse.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 import re
 
+from britney2.policies.policy import PolicyVerdict
+
 
 class Excuse(object):
     """Excuse class
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class Excuse(object):
         self.missing_builds_ood_arch = set()
         self.old_binaries = defaultdict(set)
         self.policy_info = {}
+        self.current_policy_verdict = PolicyVerdict.PASS
 
     def sortkey(self):
         if self.daysold == None:
diff --git a/britney2/policies/email.py b/britney2/policies/email.py
index d6aeed7..da8eb61 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/email.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/email.py
@@ -162,7 +162,13 @@ class EmailPolicy(BasePolicy, Rest):
         version = source_data_srcdist.version
         age = excuse.daysold or 0
         rounded_age = int(age)
-        stuck = age >= 3 and 'block' not in excuse.reason
+        # an item is stuck if it's
+        # - old enough
+        # - not blocked
+        # - not temporarily rejected (e.g. by the autopkgtest policy when tests
+        #   are still running)
+        stuck = age >= 3 and 'block' not in excuse.reason and \
+            excuse.current_policy_verdict != PolicyVerdict.REJECTED_TEMPORARILY
 
         cached = self.cache.get(source_name, {}).get(version)
         try:
diff --git a/tests/test_email.py b/tests/test_email.py
index 415ad7c..1899d9c 100755
--- a/tests/test_email.py
+++ b/tests/test_email.py
@@ -376,6 +376,24 @@ class ET(TestBase):
 
         self.do_test([pkg], ['foo@bar.com'])
 
+    def test_email_not_sent_rejected_temporarily(self):
+        '''Test that an email is not sent if the package is REJECTED_TEMPORARILY'''
+        urgency_file = os.path.join(self.data.path,
+                                    'data',
+                                    'series',
+                                    'Urgency')
+        with open(urgency_file, 'w') as f:
+            # we specified in setUp() that emergency has a 10 day delay, and
+            # age rejections are REJECTED_TEMPORARILY
+            f.write('libc6 2 emergency')
+
+        pkg = ('libc6', {'Version': '2',
+                         'Depends': 'notavailable (>= 2)'},
+               6,  # daysold
+               ['foo@bar.com'])
+
+        self.do_test([pkg], [])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()