diff --git a/routes/email_routes.py b/routes/email_routes.py
index 6ec887e..a9cc1ed 100644
--- a/routes/email_routes.py
+++ b/routes/email_routes.py
@@ -452,9 +452,12 @@ def setup_email_routes():
     _LIST_CACHE = {}  # key → (expires_at, response_dict)
     _LIST_TTL = 8.0
     _READ_CACHE = {}  # key → (expires_at, response_dict)
-    _READ_TTL = 60.0
+    _READ_TTL = 30 * 60.0
     _IMAP_POOL = {}   # account_id → (conn, last_used_at)
     _IMAP_IDLE_MAX = 60.0
+    _WARMING_READS = set()
+    _WARM_READ_LIMIT = 24
+    _WARM_RECENT_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
     _pool_lock = _threading.Lock()
 
     def _pooled_connect(account_id, owner=""):
@@ -949,6 +952,7 @@ def setup_email_routes():
         if not cache_bust:
             cached = _list_cache_get(ck)
             if cached is not None:
+                _schedule_recent_email_warm(cached.get("emails") or [], folder, account_id, owner)
                 return cached
         result = await _asyncio.to_thread(
             _list_emails_sync, folder, limit, offset, filter, account_id, from_addr,
@@ -957,6 +961,7 @@ def setup_email_routes():
         if result and not result.get("error"):
             if offset == 0 and not from_addr and not has_attachments and filter in ("all", "unread", "unanswered", "undone"):
                 _record_email_received_events(owner, account_id, folder, result.get("emails") or [])
+                _schedule_recent_email_warm(result.get("emails") or [], folder, account_id, owner)
             _list_cache_put(ck, result)
         return result
 
@@ -1117,7 +1122,7 @@ def setup_email_routes():
             logger.error(f"Search failed: {e}")
             return {"emails": [], "total": 0, "error": "Mail operation failed"}
 
-    def _read_email_sync(uid, folder, account_id, owner):
+    def _read_email_sync(uid, folder, account_id, owner, mark_seen=True):
         """Sync IMAP read — wrapped in to_thread by the async handler.
 
         Two-phase: read body in readonly to avoid races with concurrent reads
@@ -1156,14 +1161,15 @@ def setup_email_routes():
             parsed_date = email.utils.parsedate_to_datetime(date_str) if date_str else None
             attachments = _list_attachments_from_msg(msg)
 
-            # Set \Seen in a separate readwrite session so concurrent reads
-            # of the same UID don't fight over a shared SELECT state.
-            try:
-                with _imap(account_id, owner=owner) as conn2:
-                    conn2.select(_q(folder))
-                    conn2.uid("STORE", _uid_bytes(uid), "+FLAGS", "\\Seen")
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+            if mark_seen:
+                # Set \Seen in a separate readwrite session so concurrent reads
+                # of the same UID don't fight over a shared SELECT state.
+                try:
+                    with _imap(account_id, owner=owner) as conn2:
+                        conn2.select(_q(folder))
+                        conn2.uid("STORE", _uid_bytes(uid), "+FLAGS", "\\Seen")
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
             _t_total = _t.monotonic() - _t0
             if _t_total > 2.0:
                 logger.warning(
@@ -1269,18 +1275,75 @@ def setup_email_routes():
             logger.error(f"Failed to read email {uid}: {e}")
             return {"error": "Mail operation failed"}
 
+    def _mark_email_seen_sync(uid, folder, account_id, owner):
+        try:
+            with _imap(account_id, owner=owner) as conn:
+                conn.select(_q(folder))
+                conn.uid("STORE", _uid_bytes(uid), "+FLAGS", "\\Seen")
+            _invalidate_list_cache(account_id, folder)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"mark-seen after cached read failed uid={uid}: {e}")
+
     @router.get("/read/{uid}")
     async def read_email_by_uid(uid: str, folder: str = Query("INBOX"), account_id: str | None = Query(None), owner: str = Depends(require_owner)):
-        """Read email body. Cached for 60s, sync IMAP work runs in a thread."""
+        """Read email body. Cached for 30m, sync IMAP work runs in a thread."""
         ck = _read_cache_key(account_id, folder, uid, owner=owner)
         cached = _read_cache_get(ck)
         if cached is not None:
+            try:
+                _asyncio.create_task(_asyncio.to_thread(_mark_email_seen_sync, uid, folder, account_id, owner))
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
             return cached
         result = await _asyncio.to_thread(_read_email_sync, uid, folder, account_id, owner)
         if result and not result.get("error"):
             _read_cache_put(ck, result)
         return result
 
+    def _schedule_recent_email_warm(emails: list, folder: str, account_id: str | None, owner: str):
+        if not emails or folder == "__scheduled__":
+            return
+        now = _time.time()
+        selected = []
+        for em in emails:
+            uid = str((em or {}).get("uid") or "").strip()
+            if not uid:
+                continue
+            try:
+                epoch = float((em or {}).get("date_epoch") or 0)
+            except Exception:
+                epoch = 0
+            if epoch and now - epoch > _WARM_RECENT_SECONDS:
+                continue
+            ck = _read_cache_key(account_id, folder, uid, owner=owner)
+            if _read_cache_get(ck) is not None or ck in _WARMING_READS:
+                continue
+            selected.append((uid, ck))
+            if len(selected) >= _WARM_READ_LIMIT:
+                break
+        if not selected:
+            return
+
+        async def _warm():
+            for uid, ck in selected:
+                if _read_cache_get(ck) is not None:
+                    continue
+                _WARMING_READS.add(ck)
+                try:
+                    result = await _asyncio.to_thread(_read_email_sync, uid, folder, account_id, owner, False)
+                    if result and not result.get("error"):
+                        _read_cache_put(ck, result)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.debug(f"email read warm skipped uid={uid}: {e}")
+                finally:
+                    _WARMING_READS.discard(ck)
+                    await _asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+
+        try:
+            _asyncio.create_task(_warm())
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+
     @router.get("/attachments/{uid}")
     async def list_attachments(uid: str, folder: str = Query("INBOX"), account_id: str | None = Query(None), owner: str = Depends(require_owner)):
         """List attachments for an email."""