diff --git a/components/common/Alert.tsx b/components/common/Alert.tsx
index 4f285925..e40d7439 100644
--- a/components/common/Alert.tsx
+++ b/components/common/Alert.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import {
+  ExclamationCircleIcon,
+  ExclamationTriangleIcon,
+  InformationCircleIcon,
+} from '@heroicons/react/24/solid'
+
 export const Alert = ({
   type = 'info',
   title = '',
@@ -19,16 +25,35 @@ export const Alert = ({
       title: 'text-blue-800',
     },
     warning: {
-      container: 'border-yellow-800 bg-yellow-200 text-yellow-800',
+      container: 'border-yellow-800 bg-yellow-200 text-yellow-600',
       title: 'text-yellow-800',
     },
   }
+  const iconSize = !title || !body ? 'h-4 w-4' : 'h-6 w-6'
+
   return (
     <div
-      className={`border text-sm rounded px-4 py-2 ${classNames[type].container}`}
+      className={`border text-sm rounded px-4 py-2 flex flex-row items-center ${classNames[type].container}`}
     >
-      {title && <h4 className={`${classNames[type].title}`}>{title}</h4>}
-      {body && <p>{body}</p>}
+      {showIcon && (
+        <div className="mr-3">
+          {type === 'error' && (
+            <ExclamationCircleIcon className={`${iconSize} text-red-600`} />
+          )}
+          {type === 'warning' && (
+            <ExclamationTriangleIcon
+              className={`${iconSize} text-yellow-800`}
+            />
+          )}
+          {type === 'info' && (
+            <InformationCircleIcon className={`${iconSize} text-blue-800`} />
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <div>
+        {title && <h4 className={`${classNames[type].title}`}>{title}</h4>}
+        {body && <p>{body}</p>}
+      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/components/email/useEmailRecipientStatus.tsx b/components/email/useEmailRecipientStatus.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84e7fe1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/email/useEmailRecipientStatus.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { DOMAINS_ALLOWING_EMAIL_COMMUNICATION } from '@/lib/constants'
+import { resolveDidDocData } from '@/lib/identity'
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+
+export const useEmailRecipientStatus = (
+  did: string,
+): { isLoading: boolean; error: any; cantReceive: boolean } => {
+  const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['email-capability-check', did],
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      const response = await resolveDidDocData(did)
+      if (!response?.services) {
+        return false
+      }
+
+      const pdsEndpoint = response.services['atproto_pds']?.endpoint
+      if (!pdsEndpoint) {
+        return false
+      }
+
+      return DOMAINS_ALLOWING_EMAIL_COMMUNICATION.some((domain) => {
+        return !!domain && pdsEndpoint.endsWith(domain)
+      })
+    },
+  })
+
+  return {
+    isLoading,
+    error,
+    // we only know for sure that the recipient can't receive emails if the result of the query is false is false
+    cantReceive: data === false,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/repositories/AccountView.tsx b/components/repositories/AccountView.tsx
index 0360dd1e..e9c0020a 100644
--- a/components/repositories/AccountView.tsx
+++ b/components/repositories/AccountView.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from '@heroicons/react/20/solid'
 import { AuthorFeed } from '../common/feeds/AuthorFeed'
 import { Json } from '../common/Json'
-import { buildBlueSkyAppUrl, classNames, truncate } from '@/lib/util'
+import { buildBlueSkyAppUrl, truncate } from '@/lib/util'
 import { ReportPanel } from '../reports/ReportPanel'
 import React from 'react'
 import {
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import {
   useWorkspaceRemoveItemsMutation,
 } from '@/workspace/hooks'
 import { Blocks } from './Blocks'
+import { useEmailRecipientStatus } from 'components/email/useEmailRecipientStatus'
+import { Alert } from '@/common/Alert'
 import { Follows } from 'components/graph/Follows'
 import { Followers } from 'components/graph/Followers'
 
@@ -745,6 +747,7 @@ export const EventsView = ({ did }: { did: string }) => {
 }
 
 const EmailView = (props: ComponentProps<typeof EmailComposer>) => {
+  const { cantReceive } = useEmailRecipientStatus(props.did)
   return (
     <div className="mx-auto mt-8 max-w-5xl px-4 pb-12 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
       <div className="flex flex-row justify-end items-center">
@@ -758,6 +761,16 @@ const EmailView = (props: ComponentProps<typeof EmailComposer>) => {
           <ArrowTopRightOnSquareIcon className="inline-block h-4 w-4 ml-1" />
         </LinkButton>
       </div>
+      {cantReceive && (
+        <div className="my-2">
+          <Alert
+            showIcon
+            type="warning"
+            title="Can not send email to this user"
+            body="This user's account is hosted on PDS that does not allow sending emails. Please check the PDS of the user to verify."
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
       <EmailComposer {...props} />
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/lib/constants.ts b/lib/constants.ts
index 7bd7a3b2..065ea141 100644
--- a/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/lib/constants.ts
@@ -40,3 +40,7 @@ export const YOUNG_ACCOUNT_MARKER_THRESHOLD_IN_DAYS = process.env
   .NEXT_PUBLIC_YOUNG_ACCOUNT_MARKER_THRESHOLD_IN_DAYS
   ? parseInt(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_YOUNG_ACCOUNT_MARKER_THRESHOLD_IN_DAYS)
   : 30
+
+export const DOMAINS_ALLOWING_EMAIL_COMMUNICATION = (
+  process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DOMAINS_ALLOWING_EMAIL_COMMUNICATION || ''
+).split(',')