diff --git a/src/app/compose/compose.component.ts b/src/app/compose/compose.component.ts
index e1aa9ecf2..5d24c503c 100644
--- a/src/app/compose/compose.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/compose/compose.component.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
     has_pasted_signature: boolean;
     signature: string;
     selector: string;
+    private defaultBccRecipients: MailAddressInfo[] = [];
 
     saveErrorMessage: string;
 
@@ -196,6 +197,15 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
 
         this.formGroup = this.formBuilder.group(this.model);
 
+        if (this.model.isUnsaved()) {
+            this.updateDefaultBcc(this.formGroup.controls.from.value, false);
+        } else {
+            this.trackDefaultBcc(this.formGroup.controls.from.value);
+        }
+
+        this.formGroup.controls.from.valueChanges
+            .subscribe((selected_from_address) => this.updateDefaultBcc(selected_from_address));
+
         // Mark not saved if changes
         this.formGroup.valueChanges.subscribe(() => this.saved = null);
 
@@ -222,8 +232,10 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
         this.formGroup.controls.from.valueChanges
             .pipe(debounceTime(1000))
             .subscribe((selected_from_address) => {
-                const from: Identity = this.draftDeskservice.fromsSubject.value.find((f) =>
-                    f.nameAndAddress === selected_from_address);
+                const from: Identity = this.identityForAddress(selected_from_address);
+                if (!from) {
+                    return;
+                }
                 if ( this.formGroup.controls.msg_body.pristine ) {
                     if ( this.signature && from.signature ) {
                         // replaces current signature with new one
@@ -525,6 +537,7 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
         this.draftDeskservice.shouldReturnToPreviousPage = false;
 
         this.formGroup.patchValue(this.model, { emitEvent: false });
+        this.trackDefaultBcc(this.formGroup.controls.from.value);
 
         this.htmlToggled();
     }
@@ -696,6 +709,8 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
         this.savingInProgress = true;
 
         if (send) {
+            this.updateDefaultBcc(this.formGroup.controls.from.value, false);
+
             let validemails = false;
             validemails = isValidEmailArray(this.model.to);
             if (!validemails) {
@@ -736,8 +751,7 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
         }
 
         // this.model.from should have a value (cos it defaults)
-        const from = this.draftDeskservice.fromsSubject.value.find(
-            (f) => this.model.from === f.nameAndAddress || this.model.from === f.email);
+        const from = this.identityForAddress(this.model.from);
         let draft_from = this.model.from;
         if (!from) {
             console.log(`Compose: Could not find ${this.model.from} in ${this.draftDeskservice.fromsSubject.value}`);
@@ -915,4 +929,50 @@ export class ComposeComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, OnInit {
             s => !currentrecipients.find(r => r.address === s.address)
         ).slice(0, 10);
     }
+
+    private updateDefaultBcc(selectedFromAddress: string, emitEvent = true): void {
+        if (!this.formGroup || !this.formGroup.controls.bcc) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const nextDefaultBcc = DraftFormModel.defaultBccRecipients(this.identityForAddress(selectedFromAddress));
+        const currentBcc: MailAddressInfo[] = this.model.bcc || [];
+        const bccWithoutPreviousDefault = currentBcc.filter((recipient) =>
+            !this.defaultBccRecipients.some((defaultRecipient) => this.sameEmailAddress(recipient, defaultRecipient)));
+        const mergedBcc = bccWithoutPreviousDefault.slice();
+
+        for (const defaultRecipient of nextDefaultBcc) {
+            if (!mergedBcc.some((recipient) => this.sameEmailAddress(recipient, defaultRecipient))) {
+                mergedBcc.push(defaultRecipient);
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.defaultBccRecipients = nextDefaultBcc;
+        this.model.bcc = mergedBcc;
+        this.hasBCC = mergedBcc.length > 0;
+        this.formGroup.controls.bcc.setValue(mergedBcc, { emitEvent });
+    }
+
+    private trackDefaultBcc(selectedFromAddress: string): void {
+        this.defaultBccRecipients = DraftFormModel.defaultBccRecipients(this.identityForAddress(selectedFromAddress));
+    }
+
+    private identityForAddress(selectedFromAddress: string): Identity {
+        if (!selectedFromAddress) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        const selectedAddresses = MailAddressInfo.parse(selectedFromAddress)
+            .map((address) => address.address.toLowerCase())
+            .filter((address) => address);
+        return this.draftDeskservice.fromsSubject.value.find((identity) =>
+            identity.nameAndAddress === selectedFromAddress ||
+            identity.email === selectedFromAddress ||
+            selectedAddresses.includes(identity.email.toLowerCase())
+        );
+    }
+
+    private sameEmailAddress(left: MailAddressInfo, right: MailAddressInfo): boolean {
+        return (left?.address || '').toLowerCase() === (right?.address || '').toLowerCase();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.spec.ts b/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.spec.ts
index 0b4f6bbff..a81c2f399 100644
--- a/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.spec.ts
@@ -410,6 +410,78 @@ Subject: Test subject <br />
         expect(draft.isUnsaved()).toBe(false);
         done();
     });
+
+    it('Create: applies identity default bcc only to new drafts', (done) => {
+        let draft = DraftFormModel.create(
+            -1,
+            Identity.fromObject({'email': 'sender@runbox.com', 'default_bcc': 'archive@runbox.com'}),
+            'recipient@runbox.com',
+            'Test subject');
+
+        expect(draft.bcc.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(draft.bcc[0].address).toBe('archive@runbox.com');
+
+        draft = DraftFormModel.create(
+            12345,
+            Identity.fromObject({'email': 'sender@runbox.com', 'default_bcc': 'archive@runbox.com'}),
+            'recipient@runbox.com',
+            'Saved subject');
+
+        expect(draft.bcc).toEqual([]);
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('Reply: applies identity default bcc from the selected From identity', (done) => {
+        const replydraft = DraftFormModel.reply({
+            headers: {
+                'message-id': 'reply-default-bcc',
+            },
+            from: [
+                {address: 'sender@runbox.com', name: 'Sender'}
+            ],
+            to: [
+                {address: 'identity@runbox.com', name: 'Identity'}
+            ],
+            date: mailDate,
+            subject: 'Test subject',
+            rawtext: 'blabla',
+            sanitized_html: '<p>blabla</p>',
+        },
+        [ Identity.fromObject({'email': 'identity@runbox.com', 'default_bcc': 'archive@runbox.com'})],
+        false,
+        false);
+
+        expect(replydraft.from).toBe('identity@runbox.com');
+        expect(replydraft.bcc.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(replydraft.bcc[0].address).toBe('archive@runbox.com');
+        done();
+    });
+
+    it('Forward: applies identity default bcc from the selected From identity', (done) => {
+        const draft = DraftFormModel.forward({
+            headers: {
+                'message-id': 'forward-default-bcc',
+            },
+            from: [
+                {address: 'sender@runbox.com', name: 'Sender'}
+            ],
+            to: [
+                {address: 'identity@runbox.com', name: 'Identity'}
+            ],
+            attachments: [],
+            date: mailDate,
+            subject: 'Test subject',
+            rawtext: 'blabla',
+            sanitized_html: '<p>blabla</p>',
+        },
+        [ Identity.fromObject({'email': 'identity@runbox.com', 'default_bcc': 'archive@runbox.com'})],
+        false);
+
+        expect(draft.from).toBe('identity@runbox.com');
+        expect(draft.bcc.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(draft.bcc[0].address).toBe('archive@runbox.com');
+        done();
+    });
 });
 
 describe('DraftDeskService', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.ts b/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.ts
index 6f1efa0be..6e131453e 100644
--- a/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/compose/draftdesk.service.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ export class DraftFormModel {
         ret.from = fromAddress.email;
         ret.mid = draftId;
         ret.to = to ? MailAddressInfo.parse(to) : [];
+        if (ret.isUnsaved()) {
+            ret.bcc = DraftFormModel.defaultBccRecipients(fromAddress);
+        }
         ret.subject = subject;
         if (preview) {
             // We create an element here because we want the plain text
@@ -126,7 +129,8 @@ export class DraftFormModel {
                     });
             }
         }
-        ret.setFromForResponse(mailObj, froms);
+        const selectedFrom = ret.setFromForResponse(mailObj, froms);
+        ret.bcc = DraftFormModel.defaultBccRecipients(selectedFrom);
         ret.setSubjectForResponse(mailObj, 'Re: ');
 
         const localTZ = moment.tz.guess();
@@ -166,9 +170,18 @@ export class DraftFormModel {
         return ret;
     }
 
+    public static defaultBccRecipients(identity: Identity): MailAddressInfo[] {
+        if (!identity || !identity.default_bcc || !identity.default_bcc.trim()) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        return MailAddressInfo.parse(identity.default_bcc)
+            .filter(recipient => recipient.address);
+    }
+
     public static forward(mailObj, froms: Identity[], useHTML: boolean): DraftFormModel {
         const ret = new DraftFormModel();
-        ret.setFromForResponse(mailObj, froms);
+        const selectedFrom = ret.setFromForResponse(mailObj, froms);
+        ret.bcc = DraftFormModel.defaultBccRecipients(selectedFrom);
 
         const fwdFromNameStr = mailObj.from[0].name
             ? `"${mailObj.from[0].name}" &lt;${mailObj.from[0].address}&gt;`
@@ -216,15 +229,19 @@ ${mailObj.sanitized_html}`;
         return false;
     }
 
-    private setFromForResponse(mailObj, froms: Identity[]): void {
-        if (froms.length > 0) {
-            this.from = (
-                [].concat(mailObj.to || []).concat(mailObj.cc || []).find(
-                    addr => froms.find(fromObj => fromObj.email === addr.address.toLowerCase())
-                ) || { address: froms[0].email }
-            ).address.toLowerCase();
+    private setFromForResponse(mailObj, froms: Identity[]): Identity {
+        if (froms && froms.length > 0) {
+            const recipientAddress = [].concat(mailObj.to || []).concat(mailObj.cc || []).find(
+                addr => froms.find(fromObj => fromObj.email.toLowerCase() === addr.address.toLowerCase())
+            );
+            const selectedFrom = recipientAddress
+                ? froms.find(fromObj => fromObj.email.toLowerCase() === recipientAddress.address.toLowerCase())
+                : froms[0];
+            this.from = selectedFrom.email.toLowerCase();
+            return selectedFrom;
         } else {
             console.error('DraftDesk: No froms passed to setFromForResponse');
+            return null;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/profiles/profile.service.ts b/src/app/profiles/profile.service.ts
index 56ad178a8..0bf856c25 100644
--- a/src/app/profiles/profile.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/profiles/profile.service.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export class Identity {
     name: string;
     reference_type: string;
     reply_to: string;
+    default_bcc: string;
     signature: string;
     type: string;
     smtp_address: string;
diff --git a/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.html b/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.html
index 02007f5c2..bcfeec338 100644
--- a/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.html
+++ b/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.html
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@
                 </div>
             </mat-form-field>
 
+            <mat-form-field class="form-field form-item">
+                <input matInput placeholder="Bcc sent messages to" name="default_bcc" [(ngModel)]="identity.default_bcc"
+                    (ngModelChange)="onchange_field('default_bcc')" />
+                <div *ngIf="field_errors && field_errors.default_bcc">
+                    <mat-hint>ie. archive@runbox.com</mat-hint>
+                    <mat-error *ngFor="let error of field_errors.default_bcc; let i = index;">
+                        {{error}}
+                    </mat-error>
+                </div>
+            </mat-form-field>
+
             <mat-form-field class="signature form-item">
                 <textarea matInput placeholder="Signature" [id]="selector" name="signature"
                     [(ngModel)]="identity.signature" (ngModelChange)="onchange_field('signature')"></textarea>
diff --git a/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.ts b/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.ts
index d2451e4fe..21425c1b1 100644
--- a/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.ts
+++ b/src/app/profiles/profiles.editor.modal.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export class ProfilesEditorModalComponent implements OnDestroy {
             email: identity.email,
             from_name: identity.from_name,
             reply_to: identity.reply_to,
+            default_bcc: identity.default_bcc,
             signature: identity.signature,
             smtp_address: identity.smtp_address,
             smtp_port: identity.smtp_port,
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ export class ProfilesEditorModalComponent implements OnDestroy {
             email: identity.email,
             from_name: identity.from_name,
             reply_to: identity.reply_to,
+            default_bcc: identity.default_bcc,
             signature: identity.signature,
             smtp_address: identity.smtp_address,
             smtp_port: identity.smtp_port,