Facebook has restored a feature that lets users receive e-mail notifications of new messages sent by their friends, according to a company spokeswoman.

User have complained over the last couple of months that although they had turned on e-mail notifications in Facebook's settings, they did not receive any.

A Facebook spokeswoman said the lack of notifications was "deliberate" as Facebook was conducting a test on the feature. She maintained there was no problem with the system.

"It was a test rather than a problem," according to a statement.

More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180686/

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