diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6170c32c..9ad5e3b42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 - use webxdc app name in chatlist/quotes/replies etc. #3027
 - refactorings #3023
 - remove direct dependency on `byteorder` crate #3031
+- make it possible to cancel message sending by removing the message #3034,
+  this was previosuly removed in 1.71.0 #2939
 
 ### Fixes
 - fix splitting off text from webxdc messages #3032
diff --git a/src/smtp.rs b/src/smtp.rs
index 6a6734764..e8f19cc38 100644
--- a/src/smtp.rs
+++ b/src/smtp.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,19 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_msg_to_smtp(
         )
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
+    // If there is a msg-id and it does not exist in the db, cancel sending. this happens if
+    // dc_delete_msgs() was called before the generated mime was sent out.
+    if !message::exists(context, msg_id)
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("failed to check message {} existence", msg_id))?
+    {
+        info!(
+            context,
+            "Sending of message {} was cancelled by the user.", msg_id
+        );
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     let status = match smtp_send(
         context,
         &recipients_list,