diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 114516c..c1c2606 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,3 +84,5 @@ These go in `config.json`. See also `config.example.json`.
 |typingProxy|false|If enabled, any time a user is typing to modmail in their DMs, the modmail thread will show the bot as "typing"|
 |typingProxyReverse|false|If enabled, any time a moderator is typing in a modmail thread, the user will see the bot "typing" in their DMs|
 |mentionRole|"here"|Role that is mentioned when new threads are created or the bot is mentioned. Accepted values are "here", "everyone", or a role id as a string. Set to null to disable these pings entirely.|
+|userOlderThan|null|The amount of days the user's account has to exist. If the user's account is not old enough, the bot will not make a new thread and reply to the user with the message defined in `userDeniedMessage`.|
+|userDeniedMessage|"Your Discord account is not old enough to contact modmail."|The message to reply to a user when their account is not old enough to contact modmail.|
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diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 952a589..55b0d37 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   "greetingMessage": null,
   "greetingAttachment": null,
 
+  "userOlderThan": null, // Amount of days
+  "userDeniedMessage": "Your Discord account is not old enough to contact modmail.",
+
   "relaySmallAttachmentsAsAttachments": false,
 
   "port": 8890,
diff --git a/src/data/threads.js b/src/data/threads.js
index 8e195d3..e0bb1b6 100644
--- a/src/data/threads.js
+++ b/src/data/threads.js
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ async function createNewThreadForUser(user, quiet = false) {
     throw new Error('Attempted to create a new thread for a user with an existing open thread!');
   }
 
+  // Check the config for a requirement of account age to contact modmail,
+  // if the account is too young, return an optional message without making a new thread
+  if (config.userOlderThan) {
+    if (user.createdAt > moment() - config.userOlderThan * 86400000){
+      if (config.userDeniedMessage) {
+        const privateChannel = await user.getDMChannel();
+        await privateChannel.createMessage(config.userDeniedMessage);
+      }
+      return;
+    } 
+  }
+
   // Use the user's name+discrim for the thread channel's name
   // Channel names are particularly picky about what characters they allow, so we gotta do some clean-up
   let cleanName = transliterate.slugify(user.username);
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 6b51fcc..8b58881 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bot.on('messageCreate', async msg => {
       thread = await threads.createNewThreadForUser(msg.author);
     }
 
-    await thread.receiveUserReply(msg);
+    if (thread) await thread.receiveUserReply(msg);
   });
 });