There are times when someone you're not connected to, meaning someone you're not Facebook friends with, can send you a message on Facebook. This message goes to a section of your messages called Message Requests.
How to accept message request without replying in Messenger
Before we get into the question of how to accept message requests on Facebook without replying, we first need to explain how a message request works and explore the different settings you can make to control how and from whom you receive message requests on Facebook.
You can control who you receive message requests from. When you take advantage of this setting, you go a long way toward eliminating the need to want to accept message requests without responding.
It also helps you decide where messages from people you're not connected to go in the first place.
