diff --git a/frappe/templates/pages/contact.py b/frappe/templates/pages/contact.py
index 1e67cff6e1..29180a2d6c 100644
--- a/frappe/templates/pages/contact.py
+++ b/frappe/templates/pages/contact.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def get_context(context):
 
 	return out
 
-max_communications_per_hour = 300
+max_communications_per_hour = 1000
 
 @frappe.whitelist(allow_guest=True)
 def send_message(subject="Website Query", message="", sender=""):
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def send_message(subject="Website Query", message="", sender=""):
 
 	# guest method, cap max writes per hour
 	if frappe.db.sql("""select count(*) from `tabCommunication`
-		where TIMEDIFF(%s, modified) < '01:00:00'""", now())[0][0] > max_communications_per_hour:
+		where `sent_or_received`="Received"
+		and TIMEDIFF(%s, modified) < '01:00:00'""", now())[0][0] > max_communications_per_hour:
 		frappe.response["message"] = "Sorry: we believe we have received an unreasonably high number of requests of this kind. Please try later"
 		return