diff --git a/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php b/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php
index 2afdd6637a..0f57bd1012 100644
--- a/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php
+++ b/notifications/inc/class.notifications.inc.php
@@ -367,7 +367,16 @@ final class notifications {
 			try {
 				// system or non-system user
 				if($receiver->account_id && is_numeric($receiver->account_id)) {
-					// system user
+					// system user, collect data and check for Status and expire state, skip notification if expired or not active
+					$userData = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->read($receiver->account_id);
+					//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__." fetched data for User:".array2string($userData['account_lid']).'#'.$userData['account_type'].'#'.$userData['account_status'].'#'.$GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->is_expired($userData).'#');
+					if ($userData && $userData['account_type'] === 'u' && 
+						($userData['account_status'] != 'A' || $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->is_expired($userData)))
+					{
+						//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__." skipped notification for User with Data:".array2string($userData));
+						$notification_chain = 'disable';
+						continue;
+					}
 					$receiver->handle = $receiver->account_lid;
 					// check if the receiver has rights to run the notifcation app
 					$ids = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->memberships($receiver->account_id,true);