diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a12a5c43f..07669e14a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # don't push these files to the repository
 
 *.log
+*.eml
 *.o
 *.a
 *.d