diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/package.json b/apps/commandboard-api/package.json
index ef70c40..0f31698 100644
--- a/apps/commandboard-api/package.json
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@logicsrc/plugin-core": "file:../../packages/plugin-core",
+    "@logicsrc/plugin-agentmail": "file:../../plugins/agentmail",
     "@logicsrc/plugin-c0mpute": "file:../../plugins/c0mpute",
     "@logicsrc/plugin-coinpay": "file:../../plugins/coinpay",
     "@logicsrc/plugin-email-accounts": "file:../../plugins/email-accounts",
@@ -20,9 +21,14 @@
     "@logicsrc/plugin-sh1pt": "file:../../plugins/sh1pt",
     "@logicsrc/plugin-social-accounts": "file:../../plugins/social-accounts",
     "@logicsrc/plugin-ugig": "file:../../plugins/ugig",
-    "@logicsrc/validators": "file:../../packages/validators"
+    "@logicsrc/validators": "file:../../packages/validators",
+    "imapflow": "^1.4.3",
+    "mailparser": "^3.9.12",
+    "nodemailer": "^9.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/mailparser": "^3.4.6",
+    "@types/nodemailer": "^8.0.1",
     "tsx": "^4.21.0",
     "vitest": "^4.0.8"
   }
diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/src/agentmail.test.ts b/apps/commandboard-api/src/agentmail.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48058d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/src/agentmail.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import type { Server } from "node:http";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { createCommandBoardServer } from "./index.js";
+
+// These exercise the AgentMail routes against the default in-memory transport
+// (no AGENTMAIL_BACKEND=mailu), so no live mail server is required.
+let server: Server;
+let baseUrl: string;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  server = createCommandBoardServer();
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.listen(0, resolve));
+  const address = server.address();
+  if (!address || typeof address === "string") {
+    throw new Error("Expected API server to bind to a local port");
+  }
+  baseUrl = `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`;
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close((error) => (error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+  });
+});
+
+describe("AgentMail API routes", () => {
+  it("lists mailboxes and exposes the member address", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins/agentmail/mailboxes`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { address: string; mailboxes: unknown[] };
+    expect(body.address).toBe("chovy@bbs.profullstack.com");
+    expect(Array.isArray(body.mailboxes)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("registers agentmail in the plugin snapshot", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins`);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { plugins: { id: string }[] };
+    expect(body.plugins.some((p) => p.id === "agentmail")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("sends a draft and stores it in Sent", async () => {
+    const send = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins/agentmail/messages`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ to: "qa@example.com", subject: "hi", text: "from a QA run" })
+    });
+    expect(send.status).toBe(201);
+    const result = (await send.json()) as { messageId: string };
+    expect(result.messageId).toMatch(/@/);
+
+    const sent = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins/agentmail/mailboxes/Sent/messages`);
+    expect(sent.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await sent.json()) as { messages: { subject: string }[] };
+    expect(body.messages.some((m) => m.subject === "hi")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts a 'Name <addr>' recipient string", async () => {
+    const send = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins/agentmail/messages`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ to: "QA Bot <qa2@example.com>", subject: "named", text: "x" })
+    });
+    expect(send.status).toBe(201);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a search without a query", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins/agentmail/search`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(422);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a draft with no recipient", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/plugins/agentmail/messages`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ subject: "no recipients", text: "x" })
+    });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(422);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/src/agentmail.ts b/apps/commandboard-api/src/agentmail.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c414f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/src/agentmail.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+// AgentMail host wiring for the CommandBoard API. The @logicsrc/plugin-agentmail
+// package deliberately ships no network libraries — it defines the service,
+// domain types, and a Mailu transport that expects injected IMAP/SMTP drivers.
+// This module supplies those drivers (imapflow + nodemailer + mailparser) and
+// builds the AgentMailService from the environment, pointing at the existing
+// agentbbs Mailu server (mail.profullstack.com). When mail isn't configured it
+// falls back to the in-memory transport so the API still boots and is testable.
+//
+// Env:
+//   AGENTMAIL_BACKEND     "mailu" to use the real server; anything else = memory
+//   AGENTMAIL_MEMBER      acting member handle (local-part), e.g. "chovy"
+//   AGENTMAIL_PAID        "false" to disable the paid gate (default paid=true)
+//   AGENTMAIL_DOMAIN      member address domain (default bbs.profullstack.com)
+//   AGENTMAIL_IMAP_HOST / _PORT / _SECURE
+//   AGENTMAIL_SMTP_HOST / _PORT / _SECURE / _TLS_SERVERNAME
+//   AGENTMAIL_USER / AGENTMAIL_PASS   IMAP/SMTP credentials for the mailbox
+import { ImapFlow, type FetchMessageObject } from "imapflow";
+import { simpleParser, type AddressObject } from "mailparser";
+import nodemailer from "nodemailer";
+import {
+  AgentMailService,
+  createMailuTransport,
+  InMemoryMailTransport,
+  resolveMailuConfig,
+  snippet,
+  type Draft,
+  type ImapDriver,
+  type MailAddress,
+  type Mailbox,
+  type MailIdentity,
+  type MailTransport,
+  type MailuConfig,
+  type Message,
+  type MessageSummary,
+  type SmtpDriver
+} from "@logicsrc/plugin-agentmail";
+
+const DEFAULT_DOMAIN = "bbs.profullstack.com";
+
+// Acting identity. For now a single configured service member (consistent with
+// the chovy@bbs.profullstack.com + plus-addressing decision); per-member auth is
+// a follow-up. A request may override the handle via the x-agentmail-member
+// header without changing which mailbox credentials are used.
+export function mailIdentity(memberHeader?: string | null): MailIdentity {
+  const name = (memberHeader || process.env.AGENTMAIL_MEMBER || "chovy").trim();
+  const paid = process.env.AGENTMAIL_PAID !== "false";
+  return { name, paid };
+}
+
+// Builds the AgentMailService for a request. Uses the real Mailu transport when
+// AGENTMAIL_BACKEND=mailu and credentials are present; otherwise an in-memory
+// transport (dev/test) so routes are always exercisable.
+export function buildAgentMailService(identity: MailIdentity): AgentMailService {
+  const domain = process.env.AGENTMAIL_DOMAIN ?? DEFAULT_DOMAIN;
+  const transport = resolveTransport();
+  return new AgentMailService({ transport, identity, domain });
+}
+
+// A single in-memory transport shared across requests so the dev/test backend
+// behaves like a real server (sent mail persists for later reads in-process).
+let memoryTransport: InMemoryMailTransport | undefined;
+
+function resolveTransport(): MailTransport {
+  const user = process.env.AGENTMAIL_USER;
+  const pass = process.env.AGENTMAIL_PASS;
+  if (process.env.AGENTMAIL_BACKEND !== "mailu" || !user || !pass) {
+    memoryTransport ??= new InMemoryMailTransport();
+    return memoryTransport;
+  }
+  const config = resolveMailuConfig({ user, pass });
+  return createMailuTransport({
+    config,
+    imap: createImapflowDriver(config),
+    smtp: createNodemailerDriver(config)
+  });
+}
+
+// --- IMAP driver (imapflow + mailparser) ---
+
+function createImapflowDriver(config: MailuConfig): ImapDriver {
+  const connect = () =>
+    new ImapFlow({
+      host: config.imap.host,
+      port: config.imap.port,
+      secure: config.imap.secure,
+      auth: { user: config.auth.user, pass: config.auth.pass },
+      logger: false
+    });
+
+  // Each call opens a short-lived connection so the host stays stateless.
+  const withClient = async <T>(fn: (c: ImapFlow) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> => {
+    const client = connect();
+    await client.connect();
+    try {
+      return await fn(client);
+    } finally {
+      await client.logout().catch(() => {});
+    }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    async listMailboxes(): Promise<Mailbox[]> {
+      return withClient(async (c) => {
+        const out: Mailbox[] = [];
+        for (const box of await c.list()) {
+          const status = await c.status(box.path, { messages: true, unseen: true });
+          out.push({
+            name: box.name,
+            path: box.path,
+            unseen: status.unseen ?? 0,
+            total: status.messages ?? 0
+          });
+        }
+        return out;
+      });
+    },
+
+    async listMessages({ mailbox, limit = 50 }): Promise<MessageSummary[]> {
+      return withClient(async (c) => {
+        const lock = await c.getMailboxLock(mailbox);
+        try {
+          const status = await c.status(mailbox, { messages: true });
+          const total = status.messages ?? 0;
+          if (total === 0) return [];
+          const start = Math.max(1, total - limit + 1);
+          const rows: MessageSummary[] = [];
+          for await (const msg of c.fetch(`${start}:*`, { uid: true, envelope: true, flags: true, internalDate: true })) {
+            rows.push(toSummary(msg, mailbox));
+          }
+          return rows.reverse();
+        } finally {
+          lock.release();
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
+    async readMessage(mailbox, uid): Promise<Message | null> {
+      return withClient(async (c) => {
+        const lock = await c.getMailboxLock(mailbox);
+        try {
+          const msg = await c.fetchOne(String(uid), { uid: true, envelope: true, flags: true, internalDate: true, source: true }, { uid: true });
+          if (!msg || !msg.source) return null;
+          const parsed = await simpleParser(msg.source);
+          const summary = toSummary(msg, mailbox);
+          return {
+            ...summary,
+            snippet: snippet(parsed.text ?? summary.snippet),
+            cc: toAddresses(addrValues(parsed.cc)),
+            replyTo: addrValues(parsed.replyTo)[0] ? toAddress(addrValues(parsed.replyTo)[0]) : undefined,
+            messageId: parsed.messageId ?? "",
+            references: parsed.references ? [parsed.references].flat() : [],
+            text: parsed.text ?? "",
+            html: typeof parsed.html === "string" ? parsed.html : undefined,
+            attachments: (parsed.attachments ?? []).map((a) => ({
+              filename: a.filename ?? "attachment",
+              contentType: a.contentType ?? "application/octet-stream",
+              size: a.size ?? 0
+            }))
+          };
+        } finally {
+          lock.release();
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
+    async search({ mailbox = "INBOX", query, limit = 50 }): Promise<MessageSummary[]> {
+      return withClient(async (c) => {
+        const lock = await c.getMailboxLock(mailbox);
+        try {
+          // imapflow OR across subject/from/body for a free-text query.
+          const uids = await c.search({ or: [{ subject: query }, { from: query }, { body: query }] }, { uid: true });
+          if (!uids || uids.length === 0) return [];
+          const pick = uids.slice(-limit);
+          const rows: MessageSummary[] = [];
+          for await (const msg of c.fetch(pick, { uid: true, envelope: true, flags: true, internalDate: true }, { uid: true })) {
+            rows.push(toSummary(msg, mailbox));
+          }
+          return rows.sort((a, b) => b.uid - a.uid);
+        } finally {
+          lock.release();
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
+    async setFlags(mailbox, uid, flags): Promise<void> {
+      await withClient(async (c) => {
+        const lock = await c.getMailboxLock(mailbox);
+        try {
+          const add: string[] = [];
+          const remove: string[] = [];
+          if (flags.seen === true) add.push("\\Seen");
+          if (flags.seen === false) remove.push("\\Seen");
+          if (flags.flagged === true) add.push("\\Flagged");
+          if (flags.flagged === false) remove.push("\\Flagged");
+          if (add.length) await c.messageFlagsAdd({ uid: String(uid) }, add, { uid: true });
+          if (remove.length) await c.messageFlagsRemove({ uid: String(uid) }, remove, { uid: true });
+        } finally {
+          lock.release();
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
+    async deleteMessage(mailbox, uid): Promise<void> {
+      await withClient(async (c) => {
+        const lock = await c.getMailboxLock(mailbox);
+        try {
+          await c.messageDelete({ uid: String(uid) }, { uid: true });
+        } finally {
+          lock.release();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+// --- SMTP driver (nodemailer) ---
+
+function createNodemailerDriver(config: MailuConfig): SmtpDriver {
+  const transport = nodemailer.createTransport({
+    host: config.smtp.host,
+    port: config.smtp.port,
+    secure: config.smtp.secure,
+    auth: { user: config.auth.user, pass: config.auth.pass },
+    // Verify the cert against its real hostname even when dialing by IP/loopback.
+    tls: process.env.AGENTMAIL_SMTP_TLS_SERVERNAME ? { servername: process.env.AGENTMAIL_SMTP_TLS_SERVERNAME } : undefined
+  });
+  return {
+    async send(from: string, draft: Draft) {
+      const info = await transport.sendMail({
+        from,
+        to: draft.to.map(formatAddr),
+        cc: draft.cc?.map(formatAddr),
+        bcc: draft.bcc?.map(formatAddr),
+        subject: draft.subject,
+        text: draft.text,
+        html: draft.html,
+        inReplyTo: draft.inReplyTo,
+        references: draft.inReplyTo
+      });
+      return { messageId: info.messageId };
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+// --- mapping helpers ---
+
+// mailparser types an address header as AddressObject | AddressObject[]; flatten
+// to the underlying address list regardless of shape.
+function addrValues(a: AddressObject | AddressObject[] | undefined): { name?: string; address?: string }[] {
+  if (!a) return [];
+  return (Array.isArray(a) ? a : [a]).flatMap((x) => x.value);
+}
+
+function toAddress(a: { name?: string; address?: string }): MailAddress {
+  return a.name ? { name: a.name, address: a.address ?? "" } : { address: a.address ?? "" };
+}
+
+function toAddresses(list: { name?: string; address?: string }[] | undefined): MailAddress[] {
+  return (list ?? []).filter((a) => a.address).map(toAddress);
+}
+
+function toSummary(msg: FetchMessageObject, mailbox: string): MessageSummary {
+  const env = msg.envelope;
+  const flags = msg.flags ?? new Set<string>();
+  const date = env?.date ?? msg.internalDate ?? new Date();
+  const from = toAddresses(env?.from)[0] ?? { address: "" };
+  return {
+    uid: msg.uid,
+    mailbox,
+    from,
+    to: toAddresses(env?.to),
+    subject: env?.subject ?? "",
+    date: new Date(date).toISOString(),
+    seen: flags.has("\\Seen"),
+    flagged: flags.has("\\Flagged"),
+    hasAttachments: false,
+    snippet: ""
+  };
+}
+
+function formatAddr(a: MailAddress): string {
+  return a.name ? `${a.name} <${a.address}>` : a.address;
+}
diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts b/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts
index 489ad69..b87b94d 100644
--- a/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/src/contract.test.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe("CommandBoard API contracts", () => {
     };
 
     expect(response.status).toBe(200);
-    expect(body.plugins.map((plugin) => plugin.id)).toEqual(["coinpay", "ugig", "sh1pt", "c0mpute", "feed-discovery", "social-accounts", "email-accounts"]);
+    expect(body.plugins.map((plugin) => plugin.id)).toEqual(["coinpay", "ugig", "sh1pt", "c0mpute", "feed-discovery", "social-accounts", "email-accounts", "agentmail"]);
     expect(body.plugins.find((plugin) => plugin.id === "sh1pt")).toMatchObject({
       enabled: true,
       capabilities: expect.arrayContaining(["projects.sync", "actions.publish", "deployments.status"])
diff --git a/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts b/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts
index 2666202..809c798 100644
--- a/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/commandboard-api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createServer, type IncomingMessage, type ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { createPluginRegistry } from "@logicsrc/plugin-core";
+import { agentMailPlugin, DraftError, MailAccessError, parseAddress, type Draft, type MailAddress } from "@logicsrc/plugin-agentmail";
 import { c0mputePlugin } from "@logicsrc/plugin-c0mpute";
 import { coinPayPlugin } from "@logicsrc/plugin-coinpay";
 import { emailAccountsPlugin, listEmailAccountProviders } from "@logicsrc/plugin-email-accounts";
@@ -9,8 +10,9 @@ import { sh1ptPlugin } from "@logicsrc/plugin-sh1pt";
 import { listSocialAccountProviders, socialAccountsPlugin } from "@logicsrc/plugin-social-accounts";
 import { uGigPlugin } from "@logicsrc/plugin-ugig";
 import { schemas, validate } from "@logicsrc/validators";
+import { buildAgentMailService, mailIdentity } from "./agentmail.js";
 
-const registry = createPluginRegistry([coinPayPlugin, uGigPlugin, sh1ptPlugin, c0mputePlugin, feedDiscoveryPlugin, socialAccountsPlugin, emailAccountsPlugin]);
+const registry = createPluginRegistry([coinPayPlugin, uGigPlugin, sh1ptPlugin, c0mputePlugin, feedDiscoveryPlugin, socialAccountsPlugin, emailAccountsPlugin, agentMailPlugin]);
 
 const boards = [
   { path: "/general", title: "General", description: "CommandBoard.run general discussion." },
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ async function route(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) {
     json(response, 200, {
       ok: true,
       service: "commandboard-api",
-      endpoints: ["/health", "/api/boards", "/api/tasks", "/api/plugins", "/api/schemas", "/api/accounts/providers", "/api/accounts", "/api/social/providers", "/api/email/providers", "/api/feeds/discover", "/api/feeds/providers", "/rss/discover/:keyword.xml", "/opml/discover/:keyword.xml", "/atom/discover/:keyword.xml", "/json-feed/discover/:keyword.json"]
+      endpoints: ["/health", "/api/boards", "/api/tasks", "/api/plugins", "/api/schemas", "/api/accounts/providers", "/api/accounts", "/api/social/providers", "/api/email/providers", "/api/feeds/discover", "/api/feeds/providers", "/api/plugins/agentmail/mailboxes", "/api/plugins/agentmail/mailboxes/:mailbox/messages", "/api/plugins/agentmail/mailboxes/:mailbox/messages/:uid", "/api/plugins/agentmail/search", "/api/plugins/agentmail/messages", "/rss/discover/:keyword.xml", "/opml/discover/:keyword.xml", "/atom/discover/:keyword.xml", "/json-feed/discover/:keyword.json"]
     });
     return;
   }
@@ -218,6 +220,11 @@ async function route(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (url.pathname === "/api/plugins/agentmail" || url.pathname.startsWith("/api/plugins/agentmail/")) {
+    await handleAgentMail(request, response, url);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (request.method === "GET" && url.pathname === "/api/plugins/sh1pt/projects") {
     json(response, 200, { projects: sh1ptProjects });
     return;
@@ -318,6 +325,147 @@ function json(response: ServerResponse, status: number, data: unknown) {
   response.end(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
 }
 
+// AgentMail routes (the @logicsrc/plugin-agentmail surface), backed by the
+// agentbbs Mailu server. The acting member comes from the x-agentmail-member
+// header (falling back to the configured service identity). Access/draft errors
+// map to 402/422 instead of the generic 500 the outer handler would produce.
+const AGENTMAIL_PREFIX = "/api/plugins/agentmail";
+
+async function handleAgentMail(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse, url: URL) {
+  const memberHeader = request.headers["x-agentmail-member"];
+  const member = Array.isArray(memberHeader) ? memberHeader[0] : memberHeader;
+  const service = buildAgentMailService(mailIdentity(member));
+  const sub = url.pathname.slice(AGENTMAIL_PREFIX.length); // e.g. "/mailboxes/INBOX/messages"
+  const method = request.method ?? "GET";
+
+  try {
+    if (method === "GET" && (sub === "" || sub === "/" || sub === "/mailboxes")) {
+      json(response, 200, { address: service.address(), mailboxes: await service.mailboxes() });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (method === "GET" && sub === "/search") {
+      const query = url.searchParams.get("q") ?? url.searchParams.get("query");
+      if (!query) {
+        json(response, 422, { error: "Expected ?q=" });
+        return;
+      }
+      const mailbox = url.searchParams.get("mailbox") ?? undefined;
+      const limit = numberParam(url.searchParams.get("limit"));
+      json(response, 200, { messages: await service.search(query, { mailbox, limit }) });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (method === "POST" && sub === "/messages") {
+      let body: unknown;
+      try {
+        body = await readJson(request);
+      } catch {
+        json(response, 400, { error: "Invalid JSON body" });
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!isRecord(body)) {
+        json(response, 422, { error: "Draft body must be an object" });
+        return;
+      }
+      const draft: Draft = {
+        to: coerceAddresses(body.to),
+        cc: body.cc !== undefined ? coerceAddresses(body.cc) : undefined,
+        bcc: body.bcc !== undefined ? coerceAddresses(body.bcc) : undefined,
+        subject: typeof body.subject === "string" ? body.subject : "",
+        text: typeof body.text === "string" ? body.text : "",
+        html: typeof body.html === "string" ? body.html : undefined,
+        inReplyTo: typeof body.inReplyTo === "string" ? body.inReplyTo : undefined
+      };
+      json(response, 201, await service.send(draft));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // /mailboxes/{mailbox}/messages[/{uid}]
+    const msgMatch = /^\/mailboxes\/([^/]+)\/messages(?:\/(\d+))?$/.exec(sub);
+    if (msgMatch) {
+      const mailbox = decodeURIComponent(msgMatch[1]);
+      const uid = msgMatch[2] ? Number(msgMatch[2]) : undefined;
+
+      if (uid === undefined) {
+        if (method !== "GET") {
+          json(response, 405, { error: "Method not allowed" });
+          return;
+        }
+        const limit = numberParam(url.searchParams.get("limit"));
+        json(response, 200, { mailbox, messages: await service.list(mailbox, limit) });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (method === "GET") {
+        const peek = url.searchParams.get("peek") === "true";
+        const message = await service.read(mailbox, uid, { peek });
+        if (!message) {
+          json(response, 404, { error: `no message uid ${uid} in ${mailbox}` });
+          return;
+        }
+        json(response, 200, { message });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (method === "PATCH") {
+        let body: unknown;
+        try {
+          body = await readJson(request);
+        } catch {
+          json(response, 400, { error: "Invalid JSON body" });
+          return;
+        }
+        if (!isRecord(body)) {
+          json(response, 422, { error: "Expected { seen?, flagged? }" });
+          return;
+        }
+        await service.setFlags(mailbox, uid, {
+          seen: typeof body.seen === "boolean" ? body.seen : undefined,
+          flagged: typeof body.flagged === "boolean" ? body.flagged : undefined
+        });
+        json(response, 200, { ok: true });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (method === "DELETE") {
+        await service.delete(mailbox, uid);
+        json(response, 200, { ok: true });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      json(response, 405, { error: "Method not allowed" });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    json(response, 404, { error: "Not found" });
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof MailAccessError) {
+      json(response, 402, { error: error.message });
+      return;
+    }
+    if (error instanceof DraftError) {
+      json(response, 422, { error: error.message });
+      return;
+    }
+    json(response, 502, { error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) });
+  }
+}
+
+// Accepts a recipient field as a string, "Name <addr>", an array of those, or
+// {name?,address} objects, and normalizes to MailAddress[].
+function coerceAddresses(input: unknown): MailAddress[] {
+  const one = (v: unknown): MailAddress | null => {
+    if (typeof v === "string") return parseAddress(v);
+    if (isRecord(v) && typeof v.address === "string") {
+      return typeof v.name === "string" ? { name: v.name, address: v.address } : { address: v.address };
+    }
+    return null;
+  };
+  const list = Array.isArray(input) ? input : input === undefined || input === null ? [] : [input];
+  return list.map(one).filter((a): a is MailAddress => a !== null);
+}
+
 function text(response: ServerResponse, status: number, contentType: string, body: string) {
   response.writeHead(status, { "content-type": contentType });
   response.end(body);