Dead domains: myblackberry.com and @*.blackberry.com

The end of an era! Do you remember your first BlackBerry? I sure do, that big blue blob of a device with a fantastic keyboard and SSH that worked inside the work firewall (shh, don't tell anyone) and was so easily integrated into work email that it hurt. (Sorry, T-Mobile Sidekick!)

Anyway, it turns out that BlackBerry as a company still exists, and they were still hosting email for some customers. That's coming to an end in January, 2022.

From their website: 

"As another milestone in the BlackBerry journey, we will be taking steps to decommission the legacy services [...], with an end of life or termination date of January 4, 2022. 

"[This includes] BlackBerry hosted email addresses – This includes the redirection of email sent to BlackBerry hosted email addresses to other email addresses used on other platforms, including Android and iOS. This includes @myblackberry.com or @service_provider_name.blackberry.com email addresses."

So, get ready to add those domains to your suppression lists: myblackberry.com and also (probably) all subdomains under blackberry.com. Or at least keep an eye out for bounces. You've got a very brief period here in which to reach out to subscribers and ask them to update their email address. Make the most of it!

[ H/T: Jakub Olexa ]