diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/posts.js b/core/server/api/canary/posts.js
index 890e074fee..4f8dd5eaa6 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/posts.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/posts.js
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ module.exports = {
             'formats',
             'source',
             'email_recipient_filter',
+            'send_email_when_published',
             'force_rerender',
             // NOTE: only for internal context
             'forUpdate',
@@ -143,6 +144,9 @@ module.exports = {
                 },
                 email_recipient_filter: {
                     values: ['none', 'free', 'paid', 'all']
+                },
+                send_email_when_published: {
+                    values: [true, false]
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -151,12 +155,17 @@ module.exports = {
         },
         async query(frame) {
             /**Check host limits for members when send email is true**/
-            if (frame.options.email_recipient_filter && frame.options.email_recipient_filter !== 'none') {
+            if ((frame.options.email_recipient_filter && frame.options.email_recipient_filter !== 'none') || frame.options.send_email_when_published) {
                 await membersService.checkHostLimit();
             }
 
             let model = await models.Post.edit(frame.data.posts[0], frame.options);
 
+            if (!frame.options.email_recipient_filter && frame.options.send_email_when_published) {
+                frame.options.email_recipient_filter = model.get('visibility') === 'paid' ? 'paid' : 'all';
+                model = await models.Post.edit(frame.data.posts[0], frame.options);
+            }
+
             /**Handle newsletter email */
             if (model.get('email_recipient_filter') !== 'none') {
                 const postPublished = model.wasChanged() && (model.get('status') === 'published') && (model.previous('status') !== 'published');
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
index f2a760e8ec..190bdb3b91 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ module.exports = {
 
         forcePageFilter(frame);
 
+        if (frame.options.columns && frame.options.columns.includes('send_email_when_published')) {
+            frame.options.columns.push('email_recipient_filter');
+        }
+
         /**
          * ## current cases:
          * - context object is empty (functional call, content api access)
@@ -136,6 +140,10 @@ module.exports = {
 
         forcePageFilter(frame);
 
+        if (frame.options.columns && frame.options.columns.includes('send_email_when_published')) {
+            frame.options.columns.push('email_recipient_filter');
+        }
+
         /**
          * ## current cases:
          * - context object is empty (functional call, content api access)
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js
index 8877ff2481..3481532665 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ const author = (attrs, frame) => {
 };
 
 const post = (attrs, frame) => {
+    const columns = frame && frame.options && frame.options.columns || null;
+    const fields = frame && frame.original && frame.original.query && frame.original.query.fields || null;
     if (localUtils.isContentAPI(frame)) {
         // @TODO: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/10335
         // delete attrs.page;
@@ -95,13 +97,21 @@ const post = (attrs, frame) => {
             attrs.og_description = null;
         }
         // NOTE: the visibility column has to be always present in Content API response to perform content gating
-        if (frame.options.columns && frame.options.columns.includes('visibility') && !frame.original.query.fields.includes('visibility')) {
+        if (columns && columns.includes('visibility') && fields && !fields.includes('visibility')) {
             delete attrs.visibility;
         }
     } else {
         delete attrs.page;
     }
 
+    if (columns && columns.includes('email_recipient_filter') && fields && !fields.includes('email_recipient_filter')) {
+        delete attrs.email_recipient_filter;
+    }
+
+    if (fields && !fields.includes('send_email_when_published')) {
+        delete attrs.send_email_when_published;
+    }
+
     if (!attrs.tags) {
         delete attrs.primary_tag;
     }
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/mapper.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/mapper.js
index d6deaac5fb..778e8744e7 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/mapper.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/mapper.js
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ const mapPost = (model, frame) => {
         gating.forPost(jsonModel, frame);
     }
 
+    if (typeof jsonModel.email_recipient_filter === 'undefined') {
+        jsonModel.send_email_when_published = null;
+    } else if (jsonModel.email_recipient_filter === 'none') {
+        jsonModel.send_email_when_published = false;
+    } else {
+        jsonModel.send_email_when_published = true;
+    }
+
     clean.post(jsonModel, frame);
 
     if (frame.options && frame.options.withRelated) {
diff --git a/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js b/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js
index a53185f082..18dd333a59 100644
--- a/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js
+++ b/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ class PostsImporter extends BaseImporter {
                 }
                 delete obj.page;
             }
+
+            if (_.has(obj, 'send_email_when_published')) {
+                if (obj.send_email_when_published) {
+                    obj.email_recipient_filter = obj.visibility === 'paid' ? 'paid' : 'all';
+                } else {
+                    obj.email_recipient_filter = 'none';
+                }
+                delete obj.send_email_when_published;
+            }
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.1/01-add-send-email-when-published-to-posts.js b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.1/01-add-send-email-when-published-to-posts.js
index 6e54de0a2a..7bfb09b0d4 100644
--- a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.1/01-add-send-email-when-published-to-posts.js
+++ b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.1/01-add-send-email-when-published-to-posts.js
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ module.exports.up = commands.createColumnMigration({
         return columnExists === true;
     },
     operation: commands.addColumn,
-    operationVerb: 'Adding'
+    operationVerb: 'Adding',
+    columnDefinition: {
+        type: 'bool',
+        nullable: true,
+        defaultTo: false
+    }
 });
 
 module.exports.down = commands.createColumnMigration({
diff --git a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.38/08-repopulate-send-email-when-published-down-migration.js b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.38/08-repopulate-send-email-when-published-down-migration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93b53dee3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.38/08-repopulate-send-email-when-published-down-migration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+const logging = require('../../../../../shared/logging');
+const {createTransactionalMigration} = require('../../utils');
+
+module.exports = createTransactionalMigration(
+    async function up() {},
+
+    async function down(connection) {
+        logging.info('Setting "send_email_when_published" based on "email_recipient_filter"');
+        await connection('posts')
+            .update({
+                send_email_when_published: true
+            })
+            .whereNot({
+                email_recipient_filter: 'none'
+            });
+
+        await connection('posts')
+            .update({
+                send_email_when_published: false
+            })
+            .where({
+                email_recipient_filter: 'none'
+            });
+    }
+);
diff --git a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.38/09-remove-send-email-when-published-column.js b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.38/09-remove-send-email-when-published-column.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9174a1a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/3.38/09-remove-send-email-when-published-column.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const {createColumnMigration, addColumn, dropColumn} = require('../../../schema/commands');
+
+module.exports = {
+    up: createColumnMigration({
+        table: 'posts',
+        column: 'send_email_when_published',
+        dbIsInCorrectState(columnExists) {
+            return columnExists === false;
+        },
+        operation: dropColumn,
+        operationVerb: 'Removing'
+    }),
+
+    down: createColumnMigration({
+        table: 'posts',
+        column: 'send_email_when_published',
+        dbIsInCorrectState(columnExists) {
+            return columnExists === true;
+        },
+        operation: addColumn,
+        operationVerb: 'Adding',
+        columnDefinition: {
+            type: 'bool',
+            nullable: true,
+            defaultTo: false
+        }
+    })
+};
diff --git a/core/server/data/schema/schema.js b/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
index 51b6e54d9f..d9bf13a936 100644
--- a/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
+++ b/core/server/data/schema/schema.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ module.exports = {
             defaultTo: 'public',
             validations: {isIn: [['public', 'members', 'paid']]}
         },
-        send_email_when_published: {type: 'bool', nullable: true, defaultTo: false},
         email_recipient_filter: {
             type: 'string',
             maxlength: 50,
diff --git a/core/server/models/post.js b/core/server/models/post.js
index dea20aba53..3933c75415 100644
--- a/core/server/models/post.js
+++ b/core/server/models/post.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Post = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
         }
 
         return {
-            send_email_when_published: false,
             uuid: uuid.v4(),
             status: 'draft',
             featured: false,
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
index b777c14a73..faeb712b78 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/utils.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
         .concat(
             ..._(schema.posts_meta).keys().without('post_id', 'id')
         )
+        .concat('send_email_when_published')
     ,
 
     page: _(schema.posts)
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ const expectedProperties = {
         // deprecated
         .without('author_id', 'author')
         // pages are not sent as emails
-        .without('send_email_when_published')
         .without('email_recipient_filter')
         // always returns computed properties
         .concat('url', 'primary_tag', 'primary_author', 'excerpt')
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/content/posts_spec.js b/test/api-acceptance/content/posts_spec.js
index adbaa160e1..43de452da2 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/content/posts_spec.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/content/posts_spec.js
@@ -202,6 +202,27 @@ describe('Posts Content API', function () {
             });
     });
 
+    it('Can request send_email_when_published calculated field of posts', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&fields=url&fields=send_email_when_published`))
+            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
+
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.posts[0], 'post', false, false, ['url', 'send_email_when_published']);
+                res.body.posts[0].url.should.eql('http://127.0.0.1:2369/welcome/');
+                res.body.posts[0].send_email_when_published.should.eql(false);
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
     it('Can include relations', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&include=tags,authors`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/content/utils.js b/test/api-acceptance/content/utils.js
index 7e56248ecf..1b13ba5ada 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/content/utils.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/content/utils.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
             ..._(schema.posts_meta).keys().without('post_id', 'id')
         )
         .concat('reading_time')
+        .concat('send_email_when_published')
     ,
     author: _(schema.users)
         .keys()
diff --git a/test/regression/api/canary/admin/utils.js b/test/regression/api/canary/admin/utils.js
index f52b7cf101..aae318a491 100644
--- a/test/regression/api/canary/admin/utils.js
+++ b/test/regression/api/canary/admin/utils.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
         .concat(
             ..._(schema.posts_meta).keys().without('post_id', 'id')
         )
+        .concat('send_email_when_published')
     ,
     user: _(schema.users)
         .keys()
diff --git a/test/regression/api/canary/content/utils.js b/test/regression/api/canary/content/utils.js
index 4fac2a65ca..a6c9a33774 100644
--- a/test/regression/api/canary/content/utils.js
+++ b/test/regression/api/canary/content/utils.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
             ..._(schema.posts_meta).keys().without('post_id', 'id')
         )
         .concat('reading_time')
+        .concat('send_email_when_published')
     ,
     author: _(schema.users)
         .keys()
diff --git a/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js b/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js
index 36049916ae..5c144cc9ee 100644
--- a/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js
+++ b/test/regression/api/v2/admin/utils.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const expectedProperties = {
         .without('page')
         .without('author_id', 'author')
         // emails are not supported in API v2
-        .without('send_email_when_published')
         .without('email_recipient_filter')
         // always returns computed properties
         .concat('url', 'primary_tag', 'primary_author', 'excerpt')
diff --git a/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js b/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js
index 915a78ff65..d5d140fb63 100644
--- a/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js
+++ b/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ const expectedProperties = {
         // v2 API doesn't return unused fields
         .without('locale', 'visibility')
         // emails are not supported in API v2
-        .without('send_email_when_published')
         .without('email_recipient_filter')
         // These fields aren't useful as they always have known values
         .without('status')
diff --git a/test/regression/api/v3/admin/utils.js b/test/regression/api/v3/admin/utils.js
index b98c48483e..2427c6e7f1 100644
--- a/test/regression/api/v3/admin/utils.js
+++ b/test/regression/api/v3/admin/utils.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
         .concat(
             ..._(schema.posts_meta).keys().without('post_id', 'id')
         )
+        .concat('send_email_when_published')
     ,
     user: _(schema.users)
         .keys()
diff --git a/test/regression/api/v3/content/utils.js b/test/regression/api/v3/content/utils.js
index 5895ad0fc9..956bf64432 100644
--- a/test/regression/api/v3/content/utils.js
+++ b/test/regression/api/v3/content/utils.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const expectedProperties = {
             ..._(schema.posts_meta).keys().without('post_id', 'id')
         )
         .concat('reading_time')
+        .concat('send_email_when_published')
     ,
     author: _(schema.users)
         .keys()
diff --git a/test/unit/data/schema/integrity_spec.js b/test/unit/data/schema/integrity_spec.js
index 1e1438e854..0a1148774c 100644
--- a/test/unit/data/schema/integrity_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/data/schema/integrity_spec.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const defaultSettings = require('../../../../core/server/data/schema/default-set
  */
 describe('DB version integrity', function () {
     // Only these variables should need updating
-    const currentSchemaHash = '97705c7f5ae33414fcdb009c143480a8';
+    const currentSchemaHash = '102b04bbd38cd2451fbf0957ffc35b30';
     const currentFixturesHash = 'd46d696c94d03e41a5903500547fea77';
     const currentSettingsHash = '229360069a9c77a945727a3c5869c3c6';
     const currentRoutesHash = '3d180d52c663d173a6be791ef411ed01';