diff --git a/doc/Manual.txt b/doc/Manual.txt
index 080b0cb..843cdd2 100644
--- a/doc/Manual.txt
+++ b/doc/Manual.txt
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ along with extensions to use.  For example, in
             '.mw':writers.MediaWiki,
             }
 
+If an extension is ``.none`` the output will *not* be written to a file.
 
 This *can* be configured through supybot.  To do this, set
 ``supybot.plugins.MeetBot.writer_map`` to a space-separated list of
diff --git a/ircmeeting/meeting.py b/ircmeeting/meeting.py
index a5b3fdd..c555fe0 100644
--- a/ircmeeting/meeting.py
+++ b/ircmeeting/meeting.py
@@ -216,8 +216,12 @@ class Config(object):
             if isinstance(text, (str, unicode)):
                 # Have a way to override saving, so no disk files are written.
                 if getattr(self, "dontSave", False):
-                    continue
-                self.writeToFile(text, rawname+extension)
+                    pass
+                # ".none" or a single "." disable writing.
+                elif extension.lower() in (".none", "."):
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    self.writeToFile(text, filename)
         if hasattr(self, 'save_hook'):
             self.save_hook(realtime_update=realtime_update)
         return results