diff --git a/src/LoBBSModule.cpp b/src/LoBBSModule.cpp
index 840ea7b..268d9be 100644
--- a/src/LoBBSModule.cpp
+++ b/src/LoBBSModule.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ProcessMessage LoBBSModule::handleReceived(const meshtastic_MeshPacket &mp) {
 
   // Check for @mention mail sending BEFORE tokenizing (authenticated users
   // only) This must happen before strtok destroys the buffer
-  if (isAuthenticated && strchr(msgBuffer, '@')) {
+  if (isAuthenticated && msgBuffer[0] != '/' && strchr(msgBuffer, '@')) {
     LOG_DEBUG("Processing @mention mail from node=0x%0x", mp.from);
 
     // Extract message content and find all @mentions