diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 48d281e899..7a3377aeb6 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def create_mirror_user_if_needed(realm, email, email_to_fullname):
             # Forge a user for this person
             return create_user(email, initial_password(email), realm,
                                email_to_fullname(email), email_to_username(email),
-                               active=False)
+                               active=False, is_mirror_dummy=True)
         except IntegrityError:
             return get_user_profile_by_email(email)
 
@@ -1081,9 +1081,11 @@ def do_change_subscription_property(user_profile, sub, stream_name,
 
 def do_activate_user(user_profile, log=True, join_date=timezone.now()):
     user_profile.is_active = True
+    user_profile.is_mirror_dummy = False
     user_profile.set_password(initial_password(user_profile.email))
     user_profile.date_joined = join_date
-    user_profile.save(update_fields=["is_active", "date_joined", "password"])
+    user_profile.save(update_fields=["is_active", "date_joined", "password",
+                                     "is_mirror_dummy"])
 
     if log:
         domain = user_profile.realm.domain
diff --git a/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py b/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py
index 3225247e00..1c9937efb5 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/bulk_create.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def bulk_create_users(realms, users_raw, bot=False):
         domain = resolve_email_to_domain(email)
         profile = create_user_profile(realms[domain], email,
                                       initial_password(email), active, bot,
-                                      full_name, short_name, None)
+                                      full_name, short_name, None, False)
         profiles_to_create.append(profile)
     UserProfile.objects.bulk_create(profiles_to_create)
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/create_user.py b/zerver/lib/create_user.py
index 65acb905f0..80267036d2 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/create_user.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/create_user.py
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ def random_api_key():
 # Only use this for bulk_create -- for normal usage one should use
 # create_user (below) which will also make the Subscription and
 # Recipient objects
-def create_user_profile(realm, email, password, active, bot, full_name, short_name, bot_owner):
+def create_user_profile(realm, email, password, active, bot, full_name,
+                        short_name, bot_owner, is_mirror_dummy):
     now = timezone.now()
     email = UserManager.normalize_email(email)
     user_profile = UserProfile(email=email, is_staff=False, is_active=active,
                                full_name=full_name, short_name=short_name,
                                last_login=now, date_joined=now, realm=realm,
                                pointer=-1, is_bot=bot, bot_owner=bot_owner,
+                               is_mirror_dummy=is_mirror_dummy,
                                onboarding_steps=ujson.dumps([]))
 
     if bot or not active:
@@ -39,9 +41,11 @@ def create_user_profile(realm, email, password, active, bot, full_name, short_na
 
 def create_user(email, password, realm, full_name, short_name,
                 active=True, bot=False, bot_owner=None,
-                avatar_source=UserProfile.AVATAR_FROM_GRAVATAR):
+                avatar_source=UserProfile.AVATAR_FROM_GRAVATAR,
+                is_mirror_dummy=False):
     user_profile = create_user_profile(realm, email, password, active, bot,
-                                       full_name, short_name, bot_owner)
+                                       full_name, short_name, bot_owner,
+                                       is_mirror_dummy)
     user_profile.avatar_source = avatar_source
     user_profile.save()
     recipient = Recipient.objects.create(type_id=user_profile.id,
diff --git a/zerver/migrations/0064_auto__add_field_userprofile_is_mirror_dummy.py b/zerver/migrations/0064_auto__add_field_userprofile_is_mirror_dummy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64a2199c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zerver/migrations/0064_auto__add_field_userprofile_is_mirror_dummy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding field 'UserProfile.is_mirror_dummy'
+        db.add_column(u'zerver_userprofile', 'is_mirror_dummy',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
+                      keep_default=True)
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting field 'UserProfile.is_mirror_dummy'
+        db.delete_column(u'zerver_userprofile', 'is_mirror_dummy')
+
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.appledevicetoken': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AppleDeviceToken'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'last_updated': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now', 'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'token': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.client': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Client'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30', 'db_index': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.defaultstream': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('realm', 'stream'),)", 'object_name': 'DefaultStream'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']"}),
+            'stream': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Stream']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.huddle': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Huddle'},
+            'huddle_hash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '40', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.message': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Message'},
+            'content': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'edit_history': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'last_edit_time': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'pub_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'recipient': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Recipient']"}),
+            'rendered_content': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'rendered_content_version': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'sender': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"}),
+            'sending_client': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Client']"}),
+            'subject': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '60', 'db_index': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.mituser': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'MitUser'},
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '75'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.preregistrationuser': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PreregistrationUser'},
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'invited_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'referred_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'streams': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Stream']", 'null': 'True', 'symmetrical': 'False'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.pushdevicetoken': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PushDeviceToken'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'kind': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveSmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'last_updated': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now', 'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'token': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '4096'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.realm': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Realm'},
+            'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'deactivated': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'domain': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '40', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'notifications_stream': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'+'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['zerver.Stream']"}),
+            'restricted_to_domain': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.realmalias': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'RealmAlias'},
+            'domain': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']", 'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.realmemoji': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('realm', 'name'),)", 'object_name': 'RealmEmoji'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'img_url': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.realmfilter': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('realm', 'pattern'),)", 'object_name': 'RealmFilter'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'pattern': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']"}),
+            'url_format_string': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {})
+        },
+        u'zerver.recipient': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('type', 'type_id'),)", 'object_name': 'Recipient'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'type': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveSmallIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'type_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'zerver.referral': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Referral'},
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'timestamp': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user_profile': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.scheduledjob': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ScheduledJob'},
+            'data': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'filter_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'filter_string': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'scheduled_timestamp': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'type': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveSmallIntegerField', [], {})
+        },
+        u'zerver.stream': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('name', 'realm'),)", 'object_name': 'Stream'},
+            'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email_token': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'46f4fa56d9686f5f6d2aecab5eeddc2a'", 'max_length': '32'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'invite_only': ('django.db.models.fields.NullBooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '60', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.streamcolor': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'StreamColor'},
+            'color': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'subscription': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Subscription']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.subscription': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user_profile', 'recipient'),)", 'object_name': 'Subscription'},
+            'active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'color': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'#c2c2c2'", 'max_length': '10'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'in_home_view': ('django.db.models.fields.NullBooleanField', [], {'default': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'recipient': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Recipient']"}),
+            'user_profile': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.useractivity': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user_profile', 'client', 'query'),)", 'object_name': 'UserActivity'},
+            'client': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Client']"}),
+            'count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'last_visit': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'query': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'user_profile': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.useractivityinterval': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'UserActivityInterval'},
+            'end': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'start': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'user_profile': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.usermessage': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user_profile', 'message'),)", 'object_name': 'UserMessage'},
+            'flags': ('django.db.models.fields.BigIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'message': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Message']"}),
+            'user_profile': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.userpresence': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user_profile', 'client'),)", 'object_name': 'UserPresence'},
+            'client': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Client']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveSmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'timestamp': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'user_profile': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']"})
+        },
+        u'zerver.userprofile': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'UserProfile'},
+            'alert_words': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'[]'"}),
+            'api_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32'}),
+            'autoscroll_forever': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'avatar_source': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'G'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'bot_owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.UserProfile']", 'null': 'True', 'on_delete': 'models.SET_NULL'}),
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '75', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'enable_desktop_notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'enable_digest_emails': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'enable_offline_email_notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'enable_offline_push_notifications': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'enable_sounds': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'enter_sends': ('django.db.models.fields.NullBooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'full_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Group']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'invites_granted': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'invites_used': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_bot': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_mirror_dummy': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_pointer_updater': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '64'}),
+            'last_reminder': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'muted_topics': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'[]'"}),
+            'onboarding_steps': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "'[]'"}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'pointer': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'rate_limits': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '100'}),
+            'realm': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['zerver.Realm']"}),
+            'short_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'tutorial_status': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'W'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']"})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['zerver']
diff --git a/zerver/models.py b/zerver/models.py
index 3f30584c3f..b044a7ae85 100644
--- a/zerver/models.py
+++ b/zerver/models.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ class UserProfile(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
     is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     is_bot = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     date_joined = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
+    is_mirror_dummy = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     bot_owner = models.ForeignKey('self', null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
 
     USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'