diff --git a/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt b/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt
index 441f819546..7cfcb5d6e6 100644
--- a/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt
+++ b/libraries/androidutils/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifyHelper.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ object LinkifyHelper {
                 val start = spannable.getSpanStart(urlSpan)
                 val end = spannable.getSpanEnd(urlSpan)
 
+                if (urlSpan !in oldURLSpans && spannable.isEmailInsideFediverseHandle(urlSpan, start)) {
+                    spannable.removeSpan(urlSpan)
+                    continue
+                }
+
                 // Try to avoid including trailing punctuation in the link.
                 // Since this might fail in some edge cases, we catch the exception and just use the original end index.
                 val newEnd = runCatchingExceptions {
@@ -82,6 +87,10 @@ object LinkifyHelper {
         return spannable
     }
 
+    private fun Spannable.isEmailInsideFediverseHandle(urlSpan: URLSpan, start: Int): Boolean {
+        return urlSpan.url.startsWith("mailto:") && start > 0 && this[start - 1] == '@'
+    }
+
     private fun adjustLinkifiedUrlSpanEndIndex(spannable: Spannable, start: Int, end: Int): Int {
         var end = end
 
diff --git a/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt b/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt
index bb7a272908..df21d266e4 100644
--- a/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/androidutils/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/androidutils/text/LinkifierHelperTest.kt
@@ -87,6 +87,45 @@ class LinkifierHelperTest : RobolectricTest() {
         assertThat(urlSpans.first().url).isEqualTo("tel:1234")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `linkification ignores fediverse handle`() {
+        val text = "Follow me at @name@server.tld"
+        val result = LinkifyHelper.linkify(text)
+        val urlSpans = result.toSpannable().getSpans<URLSpan>()
+        assertThat(urlSpans).isEmpty()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `linkification ignores fediverse handle at the start of the text`() {
+        val text = "@name@server.tld posted this"
+        val result = LinkifyHelper.linkify(text)
+        val urlSpans = result.toSpannable().getSpans<URLSpan>()
+        assertThat(urlSpans).isEmpty()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `linkification finds email next to a fediverse handle`() {
+        val text = "@name@server.tld and john@doe.com"
+        val result = LinkifyHelper.linkify(text)
+        val urlSpans = result.toSpannable().getSpans<URLSpan>()
+        assertThat(urlSpans.size).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(urlSpans.first().url).isEqualTo("mailto:john@doe.com")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `linkification keeps an existing mailto span preceded by an at sign`() {
+        val text = buildSpannedString {
+            append("Mail me @")
+            inSpans(URLSpan("mailto:john@doe.com")) {
+                append("john@doe.com")
+            }
+        }
+        val result = LinkifyHelper.linkify(text)
+        val urlSpans = result.toSpannable().getSpans<URLSpan>()
+        assertThat(urlSpans.size).isEqualTo(1)
+        assertThat(urlSpans.first().url).isEqualTo("mailto:john@doe.com")
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `linkification handles trailing dot`() {
         val text = "A url https://matrix.org."