diff --git a/ghost/email-suppression-list/.eslintrc.js b/ghost/email-suppression-list/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    plugins: ['ghost'],
+    extends: [
+        'plugin:ghost/node'
+    ]
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-suppression-list/README.md b/ghost/email-suppression-list/README.md
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+# Email Suppression List
+
+
+## Usage
+
+
+## Develop
+
+This is a monorepo package.
+
+Follow the instructions for the top-level repo.
+1. `git clone` this repo & `cd` into it as usual
+2. Run `yarn` to install top-level dependencies.
+
+
+
+## Test
+
+- `yarn lint` run just eslint
+- `yarn test` run lint and tests
+
diff --git a/ghost/email-suppression-list/index.js b/ghost/email-suppression-list/index.js
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+module.exports = require('./lib/email-suppression-list');
diff --git a/ghost/email-suppression-list/lib/email-suppression-list.js b/ghost/email-suppression-list/lib/email-suppression-list.js
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+const assert = require('assert');
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} EmailSuppressionInfo
+ * @prop {'spam' | 'failed'} reason
+ * @prop {Date} timestamp
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} EmailSuppressedData
+ * @prop {true} suppressed
+ * @prop {EmailSuppressionInfo} info
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} EmailNotSuppressedData
+ * @prop {false} suppressed
+ * @prop {null} info
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {EmailSuppressedData | EmailNotSuppressedData} IEmailSuppressionData
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} IEmailSuppressionList
+ * @prop {(email: string) => Promise<EmailSuppressionData>} getSuppressionData
+ * @prop {(emails: string[]) => Promise<EmailSuppressionData[]>} getBulkSuppressionData
+ * @prop {(email: string) => Promise<boolean>} removeEmail
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @implements {IEmailSuppressionData}
+ */
+class EmailSuppressionData {
+    /** @type {boolean} */
+    suppressed;
+    /** @type {EmailSuppressionInfo | null} */
+    info;
+
+    constructor(suppressed, info) {
+        if (!suppressed) {
+            this.suppressed = false;
+            this.info = null;
+        } else {
+            this.suppressed = true;
+            assert(info.reason === 'spam' || info.reason === 'fail');
+            assert(info.timestamp instanceof Date);
+            this.info = {
+                reason: info.reason,
+                timestamp: info.timestamp
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @abstract
+ * @implements {IEmailSuppressionList}
+ */
+class AbstractEmailSuppressionList {
+    /**
+     * @param {string} email
+     * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+     */
+    async removeEmail(email) {
+        return Promise.reject();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} email
+     * @returns {Promise<EmailSuppressionData>}
+     */
+    async getSuppressionData(email) {
+        return Promise.reject();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string[]} emails
+     * @returns {Promise<EmailSuppressionData[]>}
+     */
+    async getBulkSuppressionData(emails) {
+        return Promise.all(emails.map(email => this.getSuppressionData(email)));
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    AbstractEmailSuppressionList,
+    EmailSuppressionData
+};
diff --git a/ghost/email-suppression-list/package.json b/ghost/email-suppression-list/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@tryghost/email-suppression-list",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/tree/main/packages/email-suppression-list",
+  "author": "Ghost Foundation",
+  "private": true,
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "echo \"Implement me!\"",
+    "test": "NODE_ENV=testing c8 --all --check-coverage --reporter text --reporter cobertura mocha './test/**/*.test.js'",
+    "lint:code": "eslint *.js lib/ --ext .js --cache",
+    "lint": "yarn lint:code && yarn lint:test",
+    "lint:test": "eslint -c test/.eslintrc.js test/ --ext .js --cache"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "lib"
+  ],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "c8": "7.12.0",
+    "mocha": "10.1.0",
+    "should": "13.2.3",
+    "sinon": "14.0.2"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/ghost/email-suppression-list/test/.eslintrc.js b/ghost/email-suppression-list/test/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    plugins: ['ghost'],
+    extends: [
+        'plugin:ghost/test'
+    ]
+};