diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b40b6527..018fdbcd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 ## untagged
 
-- Migrate and remove sqlite database in favor of password/lastlogin tracking 
-  in a user's maildir.  This removes the need for "passdb" setting in ini file
+- allow current K9/Thunderbird-mail releases to send encrypted messages
+  outside by accepting their localized "encrypted subject" strings. 
+  ([#370](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/370))
+
+- migrate and remove sqlite database in favor of password/lastlogin tracking 
+  in a user's maildir.  this removes the need for "passdb" setting in ini file
   which was introduced through #351 below. 
   ([#379](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/379))
 
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/common_encrypted_subjects.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/common_encrypted_subjects.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b693a522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/common_encrypted_subjects.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+"""Generated from deltachat, draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection, and
+encrypted_subject localizations in
+https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/
+
+"""
+
+common_encrypted_subjects = {
+    "...",
+    "[...]",
+    "암호화된 메시지",
+    "Ĉifrita mesaĝo",
+    "Courriel chiffré",
+    "Dulrituð skilaboð",
+    "Encrypted Message",
+    "Fersifere berjocht",
+    "Kemennadenn enrineget",
+    "Krüptitud kiri",
+    "Krypterat meddelande",
+    "Krypteret besked",
+    "Kryptert melding",
+    "Mensagem criptografada",
+    "Mensagem encriptada",
+    "Mensaje cifrado",
+    "Mensaxe cifrada",
+    "Mesaj Criptat",
+    "Mesazh i Fshehtëzuar",
+    "Messaggio criptato",
+    "Messaghju cifratu",
+    "Missatge encriptat",
+    "Neges wedi'i Hamgryptio",
+    "Pesan terenkripsi",
+    "Salattu viesti",
+    "Şifreli İleti",
+    "Šifrēta ziņa",
+    "Šifrirana poruka",
+    "Šifrirano sporočilo",
+    "Šifruotas laiškas",
+    "Tin nhắn được mã hóa",
+    "Titkosított üzenet",
+    "Verschlüsselte Nachricht",
+    "Versleuteld bericht",
+    "Zašifrovaná zpráva",
+    "Zaszyfrowana wiadomość",
+    "Zifratu mezua",
+    "Κρυπτογραφημένο μήνυμα",
+    "Зашифроване повідомлення",
+    "Зашифрованное сообщение",
+    "Зашыфраваны ліст",
+    "Криптирано съобщение",
+    "Шифрована порука",
+    "დაშიფრული წერილი",
+    "הודעה מוצפנת",
+    "پیام رمزنگاری‌شده",
+    "رسالة مشفّرة",
+    "എൻക്രിപ്റ്റുചെയ്‌ത സന്ദേശം",
+    "加密邮件",
+    "已加密的訊息",
+    "暗号化されたメッセージ",
+}
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py
index 8f23c595..140e7172 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/filtermail.py
@@ -12,66 +12,9 @@ from smtplib import SMTP as SMTPClient
 
 from aiosmtpd.controller import Controller
 
+from .common_encrypted_subjects import common_encrypted_subjects
 from .config import read_config
 
-"""Generated from deltachat, draft-ietf-lamps-header-protection, and
-encrypted_subject localizations in
-https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/
-"""
-common_encrypted_subjects = {
-    "...",
-    "[...]",
-    "암호화된 메시지",
-    "Ĉifrita mesaĝo",
-    "Courriel chiffré",
-    "Dulrituð skilaboð",
-    "Encrypted Message",
-    "Fersifere berjocht",
-    "Kemennadenn enrineget",
-    "Krüptitud kiri",
-    "Krypterat meddelande",
-    "Krypteret besked",
-    "Kryptert melding",
-    "Mensagem criptografada",
-    "Mensagem encriptada",
-    "Mensaje cifrado",
-    "Mensaxe cifrada",
-    "Mesaj Criptat",
-    "Mesazh i Fshehtëzuar",
-    "Messaggio criptato",
-    "Messaghju cifratu",
-    "Missatge encriptat",
-    "Neges wedi'i Hamgryptio",
-    "Pesan terenkripsi",
-    "Salattu viesti",
-    "Şifreli İleti",
-    "Šifrēta ziņa",
-    "Šifrirana poruka",
-    "Šifrirano sporočilo",
-    "Šifruotas laiškas",
-    "Tin nhắn được mã hóa",
-    "Titkosított üzenet",
-    "Verschlüsselte Nachricht",
-    "Versleuteld bericht",
-    "Zašifrovaná zpráva",
-    "Zaszyfrowana wiadomość",
-    "Zifratu mezua",
-    "Κρυπτογραφημένο μήνυμα",
-    "Зашифроване повідомлення",
-    "Зашифрованное сообщение",
-    "Зашыфраваны ліст",
-    "Криптирано съобщение",
-    "Шифрована порука",
-    "დაშიფრული წერილი",
-    "הודעה מוצפנת",
-    "پیام رمزنگاری‌شده",
-    "رسالة مشفّرة",
-    "എൻക്രിപ്റ്റുചെയ്‌ത സന്ദേശം",
-    "加密邮件",
-    "已加密的訊息",
-    "暗号化されたメッセージ",
-}
-
 
 def check_openpgp_payload(payload: bytes):
     """Checks the OpenPGP payload.