diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index b713ce2..06cbc06 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -35,6 +35,171 @@ function getHeader(headers, name) {
   }
 }
 
+function splitEmail(raw) {
+  const match = raw.match(/\r?\n\r?\n/);
+  if (!match) return { headerText: "", bodyText: raw };
+  const idx = match.index;
+  const sepLen = match[0].length;
+  return {
+    headerText: raw.slice(0, idx),
+    bodyText: raw.slice(idx + sepLen)
+  };
+}
+
+function parseHeaderText(headerText) {
+  const lines = headerText.split(/\r?\n/);
+  const headers = {};
+  let current = "";
+
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    if (/^[ \t]/.test(line) && current) {
+      headers[current] += ` ${line.trim()}`;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const idx = line.indexOf(":");
+    if (idx <= 0) continue;
+    const key = line.slice(0, idx).trim().toLowerCase();
+    const value = line.slice(idx + 1).trim();
+    current = key;
+    headers[key] = headers[key] ? `${headers[key]}, ${value}` : value;
+  }
+
+  return headers;
+}
+
+function getHeaderParam(headerValue, paramName) {
+  if (!headerValue) return "";
+  const escaped = paramName.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+  const quoted = new RegExp(`${escaped}="([^"]+)"`, "i");
+  const unquoted = new RegExp(`${escaped}=([^;\\s]+)`, "i");
+  const m1 = headerValue.match(quoted);
+  if (m1) return m1[1];
+  const m2 = headerValue.match(unquoted);
+  return m2 ? m2[1] : "";
+}
+
+function bytesToText(bytes, charset = "utf-8") {
+  try {
+    return new TextDecoder(charset).decode(bytes);
+  } catch {
+    return new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(bytes);
+  }
+}
+
+function base64ToBytes(input) {
+  const clean = input.replace(/\s+/g, "");
+  if (!clean) return new Uint8Array();
+  const bin = atob(clean);
+  const out = new Uint8Array(bin.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < bin.length; i++) out[i] = bin.charCodeAt(i);
+  return out;
+}
+
+function quotedPrintableToBytes(input) {
+  const normalized = input
+    .replace(/=\r?\n/g, "")
+    .replace(/=([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/g, (_m, hex) => String.fromCharCode(parseInt(hex, 16)));
+
+  const out = new Uint8Array(normalized.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < normalized.length; i++) out[i] = normalized.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff;
+  return out;
+}
+
+function decodePartBody(bodyText, transferEncoding, charset) {
+  const enc = (transferEncoding || "").toLowerCase();
+
+  if (enc.includes("base64")) {
+    return bytesToText(base64ToBytes(bodyText), charset);
+  }
+
+  if (enc.includes("quoted-printable")) {
+    return bytesToText(quotedPrintableToBytes(bodyText), charset);
+  }
+
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(bodyText.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < bodyText.length; i++) bytes[i] = bodyText.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff;
+  return bytesToText(bytes, charset);
+}
+
+function htmlToText(html) {
+  return html
+    .replace(/<style[\s\S]*?<\/style>/gi, "")
+    .replace(/<script[\s\S]*?<\/script>/gi, "")
+    .replace(/<br\s*\/?\s*>/gi, "\n")
+    .replace(/<\/p>/gi, "\n")
+    .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, "")
+    .replace(/&nbsp;/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/&amp;/gi, "&")
+    .replace(/&lt;/gi, "<")
+    .replace(/&gt;/gi, ">")
+    .replace(/\r/g, "")
+    .replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function splitMultipartParts(bodyText, boundary) {
+  const delimiter = `--${boundary}`;
+  const closing = `--${boundary}--`;
+  const lines = bodyText.split(/\r?\n/);
+  const parts = [];
+  let collecting = false;
+  let current = [];
+
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    if (line === delimiter || line === closing) {
+      if (collecting && current.length) {
+        parts.push(current.join("\n").trim());
+        current = [];
+      }
+      collecting = line !== closing;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (collecting) current.push(line);
+  }
+
+  if (current.length) parts.push(current.join("\n").trim());
+  return parts;
+}
+
+function extractReadableBody(raw) {
+  const walk = (rawText) => {
+    const { headerText, bodyText } = splitEmail(rawText);
+    const headers = parseHeaderText(headerText);
+    const contentType = (headers["content-type"] || "text/plain").toLowerCase();
+    const transferEncoding = headers["content-transfer-encoding"] || "";
+    const charset = getHeaderParam(headers["content-type"] || "", "charset") || "utf-8";
+
+    if (contentType.includes("multipart/")) {
+      const boundary = getHeaderParam(headers["content-type"] || "", "boundary");
+      if (!boundary) return bodyText.trim();
+
+      const parts = splitMultipartParts(bodyText, boundary);
+      const plainTexts = [];
+      const htmlTexts = [];
+
+      for (const part of parts) {
+        const parsed = walk(part);
+        if (!parsed.text) continue;
+        if (parsed.kind === "text/plain") plainTexts.push(parsed.text);
+        else if (parsed.kind === "text/html") htmlTexts.push(parsed.text);
+      }
+
+      if (plainTexts.length) return { kind: "text/plain", text: plainTexts.join("\n\n").trim() };
+      if (htmlTexts.length) return { kind: "text/plain", text: htmlToText(htmlTexts.join("\n\n")).trim() };
+      return { kind: "text/plain", text: bodyText.trim() };
+    }
+
+    const decoded = decodePartBody(bodyText, transferEncoding, charset).trim();
+    if (contentType.includes("text/html")) return { kind: "text/html", text: decoded };
+    return { kind: "text/plain", text: decoded };
+  };
+
+  const result = walk(raw);
+  if (!result || !result.text) return raw;
+  return result.kind === "text/html" ? htmlToText(result.text) : result.text;
+}
+
 const ONE_DAY_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
 export default {
@@ -88,7 +253,8 @@ export default {
     const subject = getHeader(message.headers, "subject");
     const id = getHeader(message.headers, "message-id") || crypto.randomUUID();
     const nexthop = recipient.includes("@") ? recipient.split("@")[1] : "";
-    const content = await streamToString(message.raw);
+    const raw = await streamToString(message.raw);
+    const content = extractReadableBody(raw) || raw;
     const received_at = Date.now();
 
     await env.DB.prepare(