diff --git a/src/components/dms/MessageProfileButton.tsx b/src/components/dms/MessageProfileButton.tsx
index 9215849f55..22936b4c06 100644
--- a/src/components/dms/MessageProfileButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dms/MessageProfileButton.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export function MessageProfileButton({
     }
 
     if (needsEmailVerification) {
-      console.log('open')
       verifyEmailControl.open()
       return
     }
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx
index e2e646a3d3..ee09adaf0e 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import {useKeyboardController} from 'react-native-keyboard-controller'
 import {AppBskyActorDefs, moderateProfile, ModerationOpts} from '@atproto/api'
 import {msg} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
-import {useFocusEffect} from '@react-navigation/native'
+import {useFocusEffect, useNavigation} from '@react-navigation/native'
 import {NativeStackScreenProps} from '@react-navigation/native-stack'
 
-import {CommonNavigatorParams} from '#/lib/routes/types'
+import {useEmail} from '#/lib/hooks/useEmail'
+import {CommonNavigatorParams, NavigationProp} from '#/lib/routes/types'
 import {isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {useProfileShadow} from '#/state/cache/profile-shadow'
 import {ConvoProvider, isConvoActive, useConvo} from '#/state/messages/convo'
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import {useSetMinimalShellMode} from '#/state/shell'
 import {CenteredView} from '#/view/com/util/Views'
 import {MessagesList} from '#/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList'
 import {atoms as a, useBreakpoints, useTheme, web} from '#/alf'
+import {useDialogControl} from '#/components/Dialog'
+import {VerifyEmailDialog} from '#/components/dialogs/VerifyEmailDialog'
 import {MessagesListBlockedFooter} from '#/components/dms/MessagesListBlockedFooter'
 import {MessagesListHeader} from '#/components/dms/MessagesListHeader'
 import {Error} from '#/components/Error'
@@ -161,8 +164,12 @@ function InnerReady({
   hasScrolled: boolean
   setHasScrolled: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>
 }) {
+  const {_} = useLingui()
   const convoState = useConvo()
+  const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
   const recipient = useProfileShadow(recipientUnshadowed)
+  const verifyEmailControl = useDialogControl()
+  const {needsEmailVerification} = useEmail()
 
   const moderation = React.useMemo(() => {
     return moderateProfile(recipient, moderationOpts)
@@ -179,6 +186,12 @@ function InnerReady({
     }
   }, [moderation])
 
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (needsEmailVerification) {
+      verifyEmailControl.open()
+    }
+  }, [needsEmailVerification, verifyEmailControl])
+
   return (
     <>
       <MessagesListHeader
@@ -201,6 +214,15 @@ function InnerReady({
           }
         />
       )}
+      <VerifyEmailDialog
+        reasonText={_(
+          msg`Before you may message another user, you must first verify your email.`,
+        )}
+        control={verifyEmailControl}
+        onCloseWithoutVerifying={() => {
+          navigation.navigate('Home')
+        }}
+      />
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessageInput.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessageInput.tsx
index 21d6e574ea..8edad6272e 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessageInput.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessageInput.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Graphemer from 'graphemer'
 
 import {HITSLOP_10, MAX_DM_GRAPHEME_LENGTH} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {useHaptics} from '#/lib/haptics'
+import {useEmail} from '#/lib/hooks/useEmail'
 import {isIOS} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {
   useMessageDraft,
@@ -61,10 +62,15 @@ export function MessageInput({
   const [message, setMessage] = React.useState(getDraft)
   const inputRef = useAnimatedRef<TextInput>()
 
+  const {needsEmailVerification} = useEmail()
+
   useSaveMessageDraft(message)
   useExtractEmbedFromFacets(message, setEmbed)
 
   const onSubmit = React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (needsEmailVerification) {
+      return
+    }
     if (!hasEmbed && message.trim() === '') {
       return
     }
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ export function MessageInput({
       inputRef.current?.focus()
     }, 100)
   }, [
+    needsEmailVerification,
     hasEmbed,
     message,
     clearDraft,
@@ -159,6 +166,7 @@ export function MessageInput({
           ref={inputRef}
           hitSlop={HITSLOP_10}
           animatedProps={animatedProps}
+          editable={!needsEmailVerification}
         />
         <Pressable
           accessibilityRole="button"
@@ -171,7 +179,8 @@ export function MessageInput({
             a.justify_center,
             {height: 30, width: 30, backgroundColor: t.palette.primary_500},
           ]}
-          onPress={onSubmit}>
+          onPress={onSubmit}
+          disabled={needsEmailVerification}>
           <PaperPlane fill={t.palette.white} style={[a.relative, {left: 1}]} />
         </Pressable>
       </View>