Facebook to stop email redirects from May 1

Facebook back in 2012 introduced its @facebook.com emailing service. The social network allowed people to redirect messages sent to @facebook.com email address to another inbox. The social media giant however, has now decided to completely retire the @facebook.com email address, and says it will not redirect @facebook.com emails starting May 1.

"After May 1, 2016, you will no longer be able to receive email sent to [[email protected]]. Please update your email address for any services that currently send email to [[email protected]]," said the firm in a message that the social media giant sends to the ones with redirected emails.

Users can disassociate their @facebook.com email from their Facebook account on desktop by navigating through Settings > Email > Edit, and then disabling 'Use your Facebook email'. It can be also done via the Android and iOS apps, under Settings > Account Settings > General > Email, and then disabling 'Use your Facebook email'.