diff --git a/lemur/notifications/cli.py b/lemur/notifications/cli.py
index ca30334f..a9c45ced 100644
--- a/lemur/notifications/cli.py
+++ b/lemur/notifications/cli.py
@@ -12,16 +12,21 @@ from lemur.notifications.messaging import send_expiration_notifications
 manager = Manager(usage="Handles notification related tasks.")
 
 
-@manager.command
-def expirations():
+@manager.option('-e', '--exclude', dest='exclude', nargs="*", help='Common name matching of certificates that should be excluded from notification')
+def expirations(exclude):
     """
     Runs Lemur's notification engine, that looks for expired certificates and sends
     notifications out to those that have subscribed to them.
 
+    Every certificate receives notifications by default. When expiration notifications are handled outside of Lemur
+    we exclude their names (or matching) from expiration notifications.
+
+    It performs simple subset matching and is case insensitive.
+
     :return:
     """
     print("Starting to notify subscribers about expiring certificates!")
-    success, failed = send_expiration_notifications()
+    success, failed = send_expiration_notifications(exclude)
     print(
         "Finished notifying subscribers about expiring certificates! Sent: {success} Failed: {failed}".format(
             success=success,
diff --git a/lemur/notifications/messaging.py b/lemur/notifications/messaging.py
index 65841217..6cd32755 100644
--- a/lemur/notifications/messaging.py
+++ b/lemur/notifications/messaging.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import arrow
 from datetime import timedelta
 from flask import current_app
 
+from sqlalchemy import and_
+
 from lemur import database, metrics
 from lemur.common.utils import windowed_query
 
@@ -25,9 +27,10 @@ from lemur.plugins import plugins
 from lemur.plugins.utils import get_plugin_option
 
 
-def get_certificates():
+def get_certificates(exclude=None):
     """
     Finds all certificates that are eligible for notifications.
+    :param exclude:
     :return:
     """
     now = arrow.utcnow()
@@ -38,6 +41,13 @@ def get_certificates():
         .filter(Certificate.notify == True) \
         .filter(Certificate.expired == False)  # noqa
 
+    exclude_conditions = []
+    if exclude:
+        for e in exclude:
+            exclude_conditions.append(~Certificate.name.ilike('%{}%'.format(e)))
+
+        q = q.filter(and_(*exclude_conditions))
+
     certs = []
 
     for c in windowed_query(q, Certificate.id, 100):
@@ -47,13 +57,14 @@ def get_certificates():
     return certs
 
 
-def get_eligible_certificates():
+def get_eligible_certificates(exclude=None):
     """
     Finds all certificates that are eligible for certificate expiration.
+    :param exclude:
     :return:
     """
     certificates = defaultdict(dict)
-    certs = get_certificates()
+    certs = get_certificates(exclude=exclude)
 
     # group by owner
     for owner, items in groupby(certs, lambda x: x.owner):
@@ -91,7 +102,7 @@ def send_notification(event_type, data, targets, notification):
         current_app.logger.exception(e)
 
 
-def send_expiration_notifications():
+def send_expiration_notifications(exclude):
     """
     This function will check for upcoming certificate expiration,
     and send out notification emails at given intervals.
@@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ def send_expiration_notifications():
     security_email = current_app.config.get('LEMUR_SECURITY_TEAM_EMAIL')
 
     security_data = []
-    for owner, notification_group in get_eligible_certificates().items():
+    for owner, notification_group in get_eligible_certificates(exclude=exclude).items():
 
         for notification_label, certificates in notification_group.items():
             notification_data = []
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_email/plugin.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_email/plugin.py
index 8eeed698..85a2e075 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_email/plugin.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_email/plugin.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def send_via_smtp(subject, body, targets):
     :param targets:
     :return:
     """
-    msg = Message(subject, recipients=targets)
+    msg = Message(subject, recipients=targets, sender=current_app.config.get("LEMUR_EMAIL"))
     msg.body = ""  # kinda a weird api for sending html emails
     msg.html = body
     smtp_mail.send(msg)
diff --git a/lemur/tests/test_messaging.py b/lemur/tests/test_messaging.py
index e7e8c16b..e846fc73 100644
--- a/lemur/tests/test_messaging.py
+++ b/lemur/tests/test_messaging.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test_send_expiration_notification(certificate, notification, notification_pl
 
     delta = certificate.not_after - timedelta(days=10)
     with freeze_time(delta.datetime):
-        assert send_expiration_notifications() == (2, 0)
+        assert send_expiration_notifications([]) == (2, 0)
 
 
 @mock_ses