diff --git a/tailbone/templates/messages/archive/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/messages/archive/index.mako
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+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%inherit file="/messages/index.mako" />
+
+<%def name="title()">Message Archive</%def>
+
+<%def name="head_tags()">
+  ${parent.head_tags()}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    destination = "Inbox";
+  </script>
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="context_menu_items()">
+  ${parent.context_menu_items()}
+  <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Inbox", url('messages.inbox'))}</li>
+  <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Sent Messages", url('messages.sent'))}</li>
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="grid_tools()">
+  ${h.form(url('messages.move_bulk'), name='move-selected')}
+    ${h.hidden('destination', value='inbox')}
+    ${h.hidden('uuids')}
+    <button type="submit">Move 0 selected to Inbox</button>
+  ${h.end_form()}
+</%def>
+
+${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/messages/inbox/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/messages/inbox/index.mako
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+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%inherit file="/messages/index.mako" />
+
+<%def name="title()">Message Inbox</%def>
+
+<%def name="head_tags()">
+  ${parent.head_tags()}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    destination = "Archive";
+  </script>
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="context_menu_items()">
+  ${parent.context_menu_items()}
+  <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Archive", url('messages.archive'))}</li>
+  <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Sent Messages", url('messages.sent'))}</li>
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="grid_tools()">
+  ${h.form(url('messages.move_bulk'), name='move-selected')}
+    ${h.hidden('destination', value='archive')}
+    ${h.hidden('uuids')}
+    <button type="submit">Move 0 selected to Archive</button>
+  ${h.end_form()}
+</%def>
+
+${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/messages/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/messages/index.mako
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+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%inherit file="/master/index.mako" />
+
+<%def name="head_tags()">
+  ${parent.head_tags()}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+
+    var destination = null;
+
+    function update_move_button() {
+        var count = $('.newgrid tbody td.checkbox input:checked').length;
+        $('form[name="move-selected"] button')
+            .button('option', 'label', "Move " + count + " selected to " + destination)
+            .button('option', 'disabled', count < 1);
+    }
+
+    $(function() {
+
+        update_move_button();
+
+        $('.newgrid-wrapper').on('click', 'thead th.checkbox input', function() {
+            update_move_button();
+        });
+
+        $('.newgrid-wrapper').on('click', 'tbody td.checkbox input', function() {
+            update_move_button();
+        });
+
+        $('form[name="move-selected"]').submit(function() {
+            var uuids = [];
+            $('.newgrid tbody td.checkbox input:checked').each(function() {
+                uuids.push($(this).parents('tr:first').data('uuid'));
+            });
+            if (! uuids.length) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            $(this).find('[name="uuids"]').val(uuids.toString());
+            $(this).find('button')
+                .button('option', 'label', "Moving " + uuids.length + " messages to " + destination + "...")
+                .button('disable');
+        });
+
+    });
+
+  </script>
+  <style type="text/css">
+    .newgrid table {
+        position: relative;
+        top: -32px;
+    }
+    .newgrid .pager {
+        position: relative;
+        top: -32px;
+    }
+  </style>
+</%def>
+
+${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/messages/sent/index.mako b/tailbone/templates/messages/sent/index.mako
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+++ b/tailbone/templates/messages/sent/index.mako
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+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%inherit file="/master/index.mako" />
+
+<%def name="title()">Sent Messages</%def>
+
+<%def name="context_menu_items()">
+  ${parent.context_menu_items()}
+  <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Inbox", url('messages.inbox'))}</li>
+  <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Archive", url('messages.archive'))}</li>
+</%def>
+
+${parent.body()}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/messages/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/messages/view.mako
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+++ b/tailbone/templates/messages/view.mako
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+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+<%inherit file="/master/view.mako" />
+
+<%def name="context_menu_items()">
+  % if recipient:
+      % if recipient.status == rattail.enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_INBOX:
+          <li>${h.link_to("Back to Message Inbox", url('messages.inbox'))}</li>
+          <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Archive", url('messages.archive'))}</li>
+          <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Sent Messages", url('messages.sent'))}</li>
+          <li>${h.link_to("Move this Message to my Archive", url('messages.move', uuid=instance.uuid) + '?dest=archive')}</li>
+      % else:
+          <li>${h.link_to("Back to Message Archive", url('messages.archive'))}</li>
+          <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Inbox", url('messages.inbox'))}</li>
+          <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Sent Messages", url('messages.sent'))}</li>
+          <li>${h.link_to("Move this Message to my Inbox", url('messages.move', uuid=instance.uuid) + '?dest=inbox')}</li>
+      % endif
+  % else:
+      <li>${h.link_to("Back to Sent Messages", url('messages.sent'))}</li>
+      <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Inbox", url('messages.inbox'))}</li>
+      <li>${h.link_to("Go to my Message Archive", url('messages.archive'))}</li>
+  % endif
+</%def>
+
+${parent.body()}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tailbone/views/messages.py b/tailbone/views/messages.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+################################################################################
+#
+#  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
+#  Copyright © 2010-2016 Lance Edgar
+#
+#  This file is part of Rattail.
+#
+#  Rattail is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+#  terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+#  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  Rattail is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+#  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+#  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for
+#  more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#  along with Rattail.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+################################################################################
+"""
+Message Views
+"""
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
+
+from rattail import enum
+from rattail.db import model
+
+import formalchemy
+from pyramid import httpexceptions
+from webhelpers.html import tags
+
+from tailbone import forms
+from tailbone.db import Session
+from tailbone.views import MasterView
+
+
+class SubjectFieldRenderer(formalchemy.FieldRenderer):
+
+    def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
+        subject = self.raw_value
+        if not subject:
+            return ''
+        return tags.link_to(subject, self.request.route_url('messages.view', uuid=self.field.parent.model.uuid))
+
+
+class SenderFieldRenderer(forms.renderers.UserFieldRenderer):
+
+    def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
+        sender = self.raw_value
+        if sender is self.request.user:
+            return 'you'
+        return super(SenderFieldRenderer, self).render_readonly(**kwargs)
+
+
+class RecipientsFieldRenderer(formalchemy.FieldRenderer):
+
+    def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
+        recipients = self.raw_value
+        if not recipients:
+            return ''
+        recips = filter(lambda r: r.recipient is not self.request.user, recipients)
+        recips = sorted([r.recipient.display_name for r in recips])
+        if len(recips) < len(recipients):
+            recips.insert(0, 'you')
+        return ', '.join(recips)
+
+
+class TerseRecipientsFieldRenderer(formalchemy.FieldRenderer):
+
+    def render_readonly(self, **kwargs):
+        recipients = self.raw_value
+        if not recipients:
+            return ''
+        recips = filter(lambda r: r.recipient is not self.request.user, recipients)
+        recips = sorted([r.recipient.display_name for r in recips])
+        if len(recips) < 5:
+            return ', '.join(recips)
+        return "{}, ...".format(', '.join(recips[:4]))
+
+
+class MessagesView(MasterView):
+    """
+    Base class for message views.
+    """
+    model_class = model.Message
+    creatable = False
+    editable = False
+    deletable = False
+    checkboxes = True
+
+    def get_index_url(self):
+        # not really used, but necessary to make certain other code happy
+        return self.request.route_url('messages.inbox')
+
+    def index(self):
+        if not self.request.user:
+            raise httpexceptions.HTTPForbidden
+        return super(MessagesView, self).index()
+
+    def get_instance(self):
+        if not self.request.user:
+            raise httpexceptions.HTTPForbidden
+        message = super(MessagesView, self).get_instance()
+        if not self.associated_with(message):
+            raise httpexceptions.HTTPForbidden
+        return message
+
+    def associated_with(self, message):
+        if message.sender is self.request.user:
+            return True
+        for recip in message.recipients:
+            if recip.recipient is self.request.user:
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def query(self, session):
+        return session.query(model.Message)\
+            .outerjoin(model.MessageRecipient)\
+            .filter(model.MessageRecipient.recipient == self.request.user)
+
+    def configure_grid(self, g):
+
+        g.joiners['sender'] = lambda q: q.join(model.User, model.User.uuid == model.Message.sender_uuid).outerjoin(model.Person)
+        g.filters['sender'] = g.make_filter('sender', model.Person.display_name,
+                                            default_active=True, default_verb='contains')
+        g.sorters['sender'] = g.make_sorter(model.Person.display_name)
+
+        g.filters['subject'].default_active = True
+        g.filters['subject'].default_verb = 'contains'
+
+        g.default_sortkey = 'sent'
+        g.default_sortdir = 'desc'
+
+        g.configure(
+            include=[
+                g.subject.with_renderer(SubjectFieldRenderer),
+                g.sender.with_renderer(SenderFieldRenderer).label("From"),
+                g.recipients.with_renderer(TerseRecipientsFieldRenderer).label("To"),
+                g.sent.with_renderer(forms.renderers.DateTimeFieldRenderer(self.rattail_config)),
+            ],
+            readonly=True)
+
+    def row_attrs(self, row, i):
+        recip = self.get_recipient(row)
+        if recip:
+            return {'data-uuid': recip.uuid}
+        return {}
+
+    def configure_fieldset(self, fs):
+        fs.configure(
+            include=[
+                fs.subject,
+                fs.sender.with_renderer(SenderFieldRenderer).label("From"),
+                fs.recipients.with_renderer(RecipientsFieldRenderer).label("To"),
+                fs.sent.with_renderer(forms.renderers.DateTimeFieldRenderer(self.rattail_config)),
+                fs.body,
+            ])
+        if self.viewing:
+            del fs.body
+
+    def get_recipient(self, message):
+        for recip in message.recipients:
+            if recip.recipient is self.request.user:
+                return recip
+
+    def template_kwargs_view(self, **kwargs):
+        message = kwargs['instance']
+        return {'message': message,
+                'recipient': self.get_recipient(message)}
+
+    def move(self):
+        """
+        Move a message, either to the archive or back to the inbox.
+        """
+        message = self.get_instance()
+        recipient = None
+        for recip in message.recipients:
+            if recip.recipient is self.request.user:
+                recipient = recip
+                break
+        if not recipient:
+            raise httpexceptions.HTTPForbidden
+
+        dest = self.request.GET.get('dest')
+        if dest not in ('inbox', 'archive'):
+            self.request.session.flash("Sorry, I couldn't make sense out of that request.")
+            return self.redirect(self.request.get_referrer(
+                default=self.request.route_url('messages_inbox')))
+
+        new_status = enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_INBOX if dest == 'inbox' else enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_ARCHIVE
+        if recipient.status != new_status:
+            recipient.status = new_status
+        return self.redirect(self.request.route_url('messages.{}'.format(
+            'archive' if dest == 'inbox' else 'inbox')))
+
+    def move_bulk(self):
+        """
+        Move messages in bulk, to the archive or back to the inbox.
+        """
+        dest = self.request.POST.get('destination', 'archive')
+        if self.request.method == 'POST':
+            uuids = self.request.POST.get('uuids', '').split(',')
+            if uuids:
+                new_status = enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_INBOX if dest == 'inbox' else enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_ARCHIVE
+                for uuid in uuids:
+                    recip = Session.query(model.MessageRecipient).get(uuid) if uuid else None
+                    if recip and recip.recipient is self.request.user:
+                        if recip.status != new_status:
+                            recip.status = new_status
+        route = 'messages.{}'.format('archive' if dest == 'inbox' else 'inbox')
+        return self.redirect(self.request.route_url(route))
+
+
+class InboxView(MessagesView):
+    """
+    Inbox message view.
+    """
+    url_prefix = '/messages/inbox'
+    grid_key = 'messages.inbox'
+
+    def get_index_url(self):
+        return self.request.route_url('messages.inbox')
+
+    def query(self, session):
+        q = super(InboxView, self).query(session)
+        return q.filter(model.MessageRecipient.status == enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_INBOX)
+
+
+class ArchiveView(MessagesView):
+    """
+    Archived message view.
+    """
+    url_prefix = '/messages/archive'
+    grid_key = 'messages.archive'
+
+    def get_index_url(self):
+        return self.request.route_url('messages.archive')
+
+    def query(self, session):
+        q = super(ArchiveView, self).query(session)
+        return q.filter(model.MessageRecipient.status == enum.MESSAGE_STATUS_ARCHIVE)
+
+
+class SentView(MessagesView):
+    """
+    Sent messages view.
+    """
+    url_prefix = '/messages/sent'
+    grid_key = 'messages.sent'
+    checkboxes = False
+
+    def get_index_url(self):
+        return self.request.route_url('messages.sent')
+
+    def query(self, session):
+        return session.query(model.Message)\
+            .filter(model.Message.sender == self.request.user)
+
+    def configure_grid(self, g):
+        super(SentView, self).configure_grid(g)
+        g.filters['sender'].default_active = False
+
+
+def includeme(config):
+
+    # inbox
+    config.add_route('messages.inbox', '/messages/inbox/')
+    config.add_view(InboxView, attr='index', route_name='messages.inbox')
+
+    # archive
+    config.add_route('messages.archive', '/messages/archive/')
+    config.add_view(ArchiveView, attr='index', route_name='messages.archive')
+
+    # move bulk
+    config.add_route('messages.move_bulk', '/messages/move-bulk')
+    config.add_view(MessagesView, attr='move_bulk', route_name='messages.move_bulk')
+
+    # sent
+    config.add_route('messages.sent', '/messages/sent/')
+    config.add_view(SentView, attr='index', route_name='messages.sent')
+
+    # view
+    config.add_route('messages.view', '/messages/{uuid}')
+    config.add_view(MessagesView, attr='view', route_name='messages.view')
+
+    # move (single)
+    config.add_route('messages.move', '/messages/{uuid}/move')
+    config.add_view(MessagesView, attr='move', route_name='messages.move')