diff --git a/components/files/eml-preview.tsx b/components/files/eml-preview.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aff7eb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/files/eml-preview.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
+import { Paperclip, Download } from "lucide-react";
+import { sanitizeEmailHtmlForIframe } from "@/lib/email-sanitization";
+
+// A parsed message/rfc822 (.eml), as produced by postal-mime. Only the fields
+// this preview renders are typed.
+export type ParsedEml = {
+  subject?: string;
+  from?: { name?: string; address?: string };
+  to?: Array<{ name?: string; address?: string }>;
+  date?: string;
+  html?: string;
+  text?: string;
+  attachments?: Array<{ filename?: string; mimeType?: string; content?: ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array }>;
+};
+
+function formatAddress(a?: { name?: string; address?: string }): string {
+  if (!a) return "";
+  if (a.name && a.address) return `${a.name} <${a.address}>`;
+  return a.address || a.name || "";
+}
+
+function escapeHtml(s: string): string {
+  return s
+    .replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
+    .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
+    .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
+    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
+    .replace(/'/g, "&#39;");
+}
+
+// Renders a .eml attachment like an email: header (from/to/subject/date) + the
+// body, plus the message's own attachments. The body is sanitized with
+// DOMPurify AND rendered in a fully-locked sandbox iframe (sandbox="" - no
+// scripts, no same-origin), so a script-bearing .eml can never execute in our
+// origin. Parsing happens in the caller (FilePreviewModal); this is pure
+// presentation.
+export function EmlPreview({ message }: { message: ParsedEml }) {
+  const t = useTranslations("email_viewer");
+
+  const bodyDoc = message.html
+    ? sanitizeEmailHtmlForIframe(message.html)
+    : message.text
+      ? `<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;font-family:ui-monospace,monospace;margin:0;padding:8px">${escapeHtml(message.text)}</pre>`
+      : "";
+
+  const downloadAttachment = (att: NonNullable<ParsedEml["attachments"]>[number]) => {
+    if (!att.content) return;
+    // content is a real ArrayBuffer/Uint8Array at runtime; cast for the strict
+    // BlobPart lib type (Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike> vs ArrayBuffer).
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([att.content as BlobPart], { type: att.mimeType || "application/octet-stream" }));
+    const a = document.createElement("a");
+    a.href = url;
+    a.download = att.filename || "attachment";
+    document.body.appendChild(a);
+    a.click();
+    document.body.removeChild(a);
+    URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="w-full max-w-3xl max-h-full self-start overflow-auto rounded-lg border border-border bg-background shadow-2xl p-4"
+      onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+    >
+      <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold text-foreground break-words">{message.subject || ""}</h2>
+      <div className="mt-2 space-y-0.5 text-sm text-muted-foreground border-b border-border pb-3">
+        {message.from && (
+          <div><span className="font-medium text-foreground">{t("from")}: </span>{formatAddress(message.from)}</div>
+        )}
+        {message.to && message.to.length > 0 && (
+          <div><span className="font-medium text-foreground">{t("to")}: </span>{message.to.map(formatAddress).join(", ")}</div>
+        )}
+        {message.date && (
+          <div><span className="font-medium text-foreground">{t("date")}: </span>{new Date(message.date).toLocaleString()}</div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      {bodyDoc && (
+        <iframe
+          title={message.subject || "email"}
+          sandbox=""
+          srcDoc={bodyDoc}
+          className="w-full min-h-[55vh] mt-3 rounded bg-white"
+        />
+      )}
+      {message.attachments && message.attachments.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="mt-4 border-t border-border pt-3">
+          <div className="text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground mb-2">{t("attachments")}</div>
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+            {message.attachments.map((att, i) => (
+              <button
+                key={i}
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => downloadAttachment(att)}
+                title={t("download")}
+                className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-1.5 rounded-md text-sm bg-muted text-foreground hover:bg-muted/70"
+              >
+                <Paperclip className="w-3 h-3 flex-shrink-0" />
+                <span className="max-w-[200px] truncate">{att.filename || "attachment"}</span>
+                <Download className="w-3 h-3 flex-shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+              </button>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/components/files/file-preview-modal.tsx b/components/files/file-preview-modal.tsx
index ec9fd515..8422186b 100644
--- a/components/files/file-preview-modal.tsx
+++ b/components/files/file-preview-modal.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { X, Download, Loader2, ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { getFilePreviewKind, isMimeTypeSafeForInlinePreview } from "@/lib/file-preview";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
+import { EmlPreview, type ParsedEml } from "@/components/files/eml-preview";
 
 // pdf.js-based inline viewer for mobile (no native inline PDF viewer). Loaded
 // only on the mobile PDF path so pdfjs-dist + its worker never reach the
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ export function FilePreviewModal({ name, onClose, onDownload, getFileContent }:
   // navigation. Blob URLs inherit our origin, so opening a script-bearing type
   // (text/html, image/svg+xml, ...) in a new tab would execute it in-origin.
   const [canOpenInNewTab, setCanOpenInNewTab] = useState(false);
+  const [emlContent, setEmlContent] = useState<ParsedEml | null>(null);
 
   // Decide whether to render the PDF in a plain <iframe> (desktop) or with the
   // pdf.js canvas viewer (mobile). navigator.pdfViewerEnabled is the standard
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ export function FilePreviewModal({ name, onClose, onDownload, getFileContent }:
     setContent(null);
     setObjectUrl(null);
     setCanOpenInNewTab(false);
+    setEmlContent(null);
     setLoading(true);
     setError(false);
     setResolvedFileType(getFilePreviewKind(name));
@@ -221,6 +224,12 @@ export function FilePreviewModal({ name, onClose, onDownload, getFileContent }:
         if (previewType === "text" || previewType === "markdown") {
           const text = await blob.text();
           if (!cancelled) setContent(text);
+        } else if (previewType === "eml") {
+          // Parse the embedded message (postal-mime, dynamic-imported so it
+          // stays off the bundle) and render it like an email via EmlPreview.
+          const { default: PostalMime } = await import("postal-mime");
+          const parsed = await new PostalMime().parse(await blob.arrayBuffer());
+          if (!cancelled) setEmlContent(parsed as ParsedEml);
         } else {
           // Stalwart's download endpoint can return generic
           // application/octet-stream for attachments even when the email's
@@ -329,6 +338,10 @@ export function FilePreviewModal({ name, onClose, onDownload, getFileContent }:
           </div>
         )}
 
+        {!loading && !error && fileType === "eml" && emlContent && (
+          <EmlPreview message={emlContent} />
+        )}
+
         {!loading && !error && fileType === "image" && objectUrl && (
           <img
             src={objectUrl}
diff --git a/lib/file-preview.ts b/lib/file-preview.ts
index 048bba23..77d24296 100644
--- a/lib/file-preview.ts
+++ b/lib/file-preview.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type FilePreviewKind = 'image' | 'html' | 'text' | 'markdown' | 'pdf' | 'audio' | 'video' | 'unsupported';
+export type FilePreviewKind = 'image' | 'html' | 'eml' | 'text' | 'markdown' | 'pdf' | 'audio' | 'video' | 'unsupported';
 
 const IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = new Set(['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'webp', 'svg', 'avif', 'bmp', 'ico']);
 const AUDIO_EXTENSIONS = new Set(['mp3', 'wav', 'ogg', 'm4a', 'flac', 'aac', 'opus']);
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ export function getFilePreviewKind(name?: string, type?: string): FilePreviewKin
     return 'html';
   }
 
+  // Embedded email message (e.g. a bounce/DSN, or forward-as-attachment).
+  // Rendered by parsing it and showing it like an email, not as a blob.
+  if (mimeType === 'message/rfc822' || ext === 'eml') {
+    return 'eml';
+  }
+
   if (mimeType === 'application/pdf' || ext === 'pdf') {
     return 'pdf';
   }