diff --git a/src/core/sat_main.py b/src/core/sat_main.py
index 0373d0b0..ac424fc0 100644
--- a/src/core/sat_main.py
+++ b/src/core/sat_main.py
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ class SAT(service.Service):
                 mess_data["type"] == 'chat'
             mess_data["type"] == "chat" if mess_data["subject"] else "normal"
 
-        if not no_trigger:
+        send_only = mess_data['extra'].get('send_only', None)
+
+        if not no_trigger and not send_only:
             if not self.trigger.point("sendMessage", mess_data, pre_xml_treatments, post_xml_treatments, profile):
                 return defer.succeed(None)
 
@@ -494,9 +496,12 @@ class SAT(service.Service):
         pre_xml_treatments.addCallback(lambda dummy: self.generateMessageXML(mess_data))
         pre_xml_treatments.chainDeferred(post_xml_treatments)
         post_xml_treatments.addCallback(self._sendMessageToStream, client)
-        post_xml_treatments.addCallback(self._storeMessage, client)
-        post_xml_treatments.addCallback(self.sendMessageToBridge, client)
-        post_xml_treatments.addErrback(cancelErrorTrap)
+        if send_only:
+            log.debug(_("Triggers, storage and echo have been inhibited by the 'send_only' parameter"))
+        else:
+            post_xml_treatments.addCallback(self._storeMessage, client)
+            post_xml_treatments.addCallback(self.sendMessageToBridge, client)
+            post_xml_treatments.addErrback(cancelErrorTrap)
         pre_xml_treatments.callback(mess_data)
         return pre_xml_treatments