diff --git a/CONFIGURATION.md b/CONFIGURATION.md
index ba2899e..c56ce7b 100644
--- a/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ In this case:
 statuses:
   [ - <string>, ... ]
 
+# Ignore specific statuses.
+not_statuses:
+  [ - <string>, ... ]
+
 # The regular expression matching the reply code, enhanced code or text.
 regexp: <regex>
 
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index fc5e99e..ade72bb 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ func Load(name string) (*Config, error) {
 }
 
 type StatusReplyMatchConfig struct {
-	Statuses []string  `yaml:"statuses,omitempty"`
-	Regexp   *Regexp   `yaml:"regexp"`
-	Match    MatchType `yaml:"match,omitempty"`
-	Text     string    `yaml:"text"`
+	Statuses    []string  `yaml:"statuses,omitempty"`
+	NotStatuses []string  `yaml:"not_statuses,omitempty"`
+	Regexp      *Regexp   `yaml:"regexp"`
+	Match       MatchType `yaml:"match,omitempty"`
+	Text        string    `yaml:"text"`
 }
 
 func (cfg *StatusReplyMatchConfig) UnmarshalYAML(value *yaml.Node) error {
diff --git a/exporter/exporter.go b/exporter/exporter.go
index 79dca67..65b8a66 100644
--- a/exporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/exporter.go
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ func (e *Exporter) scrape(r record, err error) {
 						return nil
 					}
 				}
+				for _, status := range cfg.NotStatuses {
+					if status == matches[2] {
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
 				return cfg.Regexp.FindStringSubmatchIndex(match(cfg.Match))
 			}); m != nil {
 				text := string(cfg.Regexp.ExpandString(nil, cfg.Text, match(cfg.Match), m))
diff --git a/exporter/testdata/postfix.yml b/exporter/testdata/postfix.yml
index 16316bd..1a793fc 100644
--- a/exporter/testdata/postfix.yml
+++ b/exporter/testdata/postfix.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ status_replies:
     text: sent
   - regexp: (?i)spf|dkim|dns
     text: local_conf_problem
-  - statuses:
-      - sent
+  - not_statuses:
+      - bounced
     regexp: (.+)
     text: $1
 smtp_replies: