diff --git a/kibicara/model.py b/kibicara/model.py
index 103a803..5876a4b 100644
--- a/kibicara/model.py
+++ b/kibicara/model.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from databases import Database
 from kibicara.config import config
-from ormantic import Integer, ForeignKey, Model, Text
+from ormantic import Boolean, Integer, ForeignKey, Model, Text
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData
 
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Hood(Model):
     id: Integer(primary_key=True) = None
     name: Text(unique=True)
     landingpage: Text()
+    email_enabled: Boolean() = True
 
     class Mapping(Mapping):
         table_name = 'hoods'
diff --git a/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py b/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py
index a0aa306..30f76b4 100644
--- a/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py
+++ b/kibicara/platforms/email/bot.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ logger = getLogger(__name__)
 class EmailBot(Censor):
     def __init__(self, hood):
         super().__init__(hood)
+        self.enabled = hood.email_enabled
 
     async def run(self):
         """ Loop which waits for new messages and sends emails to all subscribers. """
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ class EmailBot(Censor):
             logger.debug(
                 'Received message from censor (%s): %s' % (self.hood.name, message.text)
             )
-            logger.debug('a')
             for subscriber in await EmailSubscribers.objects.filter(
                 hood=self.hood
             ).all():
diff --git a/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py b/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py
index 0fd1c04..25bacaa 100644
--- a/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py
+++ b/kibicara/platforms/email/webapi.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from kibicara.webapi.hoods import get_hood, get_hood_unauthorized
 from logging import getLogger
 from ormantic.exceptions import NoMatch
 from os import urandom
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, validator
 from smtplib import SMTPException
 from sqlite3 import IntegrityError
 
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ logger = getLogger(__name__)
 class BodyEmail(BaseModel):
     name: str
 
+    @validator('name')
+    def valid_prefix(cls, value):
+        if not value.startswith('kibicara-'):
+            raise ValueError('Recipient address didn\'t start with kibicara-')
+        return value
+
 
 class BodyMessage(BaseModel):
     """ This model shows which values are supplied by the MDA listener script. """
@@ -76,32 +82,40 @@ async def email_create(values: BodyEmail, response: Response, hood=Depends(get_h
     :param hood: Hood row of the hood the Email bot is supposed to belong to.
     :return: Email row of the new email bot.
     """
-    if not values.name.startswith('kibicara-'):
-        raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-            detail='Recipient address didn\'t start with kibicara-',
-        )
     try:
         email = await Email.objects.create(
             hood=hood, secret=urandom(32).hex(), **values.__dict__
         )
-        spawner.start(email)
         response.headers['Location'] = '%d' % hood.id
         return email
     except IntegrityError:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT)
 
 
+@router.get('/status', status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+async def email_status(hood=Depends(get_hood)):
+    return {'status': spawner.get(hood).status.name}
+
+
+@router.post('/start', status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+async def email_start(hood=Depends(get_hood)):
+    await hood.update(email_enabled=True)
+    spawner.get(hood).start()
+    return {}
+
+
+@router.post('/stop', status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+async def email_stop(hood=Depends(get_hood)):
+    await hood.update(email_enabled=False)
+    spawner.get(hood).stop()
+    return {}
+
+
 @router.get('/{email_id}')
 async def email_read(email=Depends(get_email)):
     return email
 
 
-@router.put('/{email_id}', status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
-async def email_update(email=Depends(get_email)):
-    await email.update()  # TODO
-
-
 @router.delete('/{email_id}', status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
 async def email_delete(email=Depends(get_email)):
     """ Delete an Email bot.
diff --git a/kibicara/webapi/hoods/__init__.py b/kibicara/webapi/hoods/__init__.py
index 815c088..a5e2059 100644
--- a/kibicara/webapi/hoods/__init__.py
+++ b/kibicara/webapi/hoods/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Response, status
 from kibicara.model import AdminHoodRelation, Hood
+from kibicara.platforms.email.bot import spawner
 from kibicara.webapi.admin import get_admin
 from ormantic.exceptions import NoMatch
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ async def hood_create(values: BodyHood, response: Response, admin=Depends(get_ad
     try:
         hood = await Hood.objects.create(**values.__dict__)
         await AdminHoodRelation.objects.create(admin=admin.id, hood=hood.id)
+        spawner.start(hood)
         response.headers['Location'] = '%d' % hood.id
         return hood
     except IntegrityError: