diff --git a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClient.swift b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClient.swift
index bb2ff31..653b271 100644
--- a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClient.swift
+++ b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClient.swift
@@ -93,6 +93,65 @@ public actor IMAPClient: IMAPClientProtocol {
 		return parseFlagResponses(responses)
 	}
 
+	public func fetchFullMessage(uid: Int) async throws -> String {
+		guard var runner else { throw IMAPError.notConnected }
+		let uidValue = UID(rawValue: UInt32(uid))
+		let range = MessageIdentifierRange<UID>(uidValue...uidValue)
+		let set = MessageIdentifierSetNonEmpty<UID>(range: range)
+		let responses = try await runner.run(.uidFetch(
+			.set(set),
+			[.bodySection(peek: true, SectionSpecifier(kind: .complete), nil)],
+			[]
+		))
+		self.runner = runner
+		return parseFullMessageResponse(responses)
+	}
+
+	public func fetchSection(uid: Int, mailbox: String, section: String) async throws -> Data {
+		guard var runner else { throw IMAPError.notConnected }
+
+		// Select the mailbox first
+		let selectResponses = try await runner.run(.select(MailboxName(ByteBuffer(string: mailbox))))
+		self.runner = runner
+		guard selectResponses.contains(where: { isOKTagged($0) }) else {
+			throw IMAPError.unexpectedResponse("SELECT \(mailbox) failed")
+		}
+
+		let uidValue = UID(rawValue: UInt32(uid))
+		let range = MessageIdentifierRange<UID>(uidValue...uidValue)
+		let set = MessageIdentifierSetNonEmpty<UID>(range: range)
+
+		// Parse section path into SectionSpecifier.Part
+		let sectionParts = section.split(separator: ".").compactMap { Int($0) }
+		let part = SectionSpecifier.Part(sectionParts)
+		let spec = SectionSpecifier(part: part)
+
+		let responses = try await runner.run(.uidFetch(
+			.set(set),
+			[.bodySection(peek: true, spec, nil)],
+			[]
+		))
+		self.runner = runner
+
+		var bodyBuffer = ByteBuffer()
+		for response in responses {
+			if case .fetch(let fetchResponse) = response {
+				if case .streamingBytes(let bytes) = fetchResponse {
+					var mutableBytes = bytes
+					bodyBuffer.writeBuffer(&mutableBytes)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// The section content may be base64 encoded — decode it
+		let raw = String(buffer: bodyBuffer)
+		let cleaned = raw.filter { !$0.isWhitespace }
+		if let decoded = Data(base64Encoded: cleaned) {
+			return decoded
+		}
+		return Data(bodyBuffer.readableBytesView)
+	}
+
 	public func fetchBody(uid: Int) async throws -> (text: String?, html: String?) {
 		guard var runner else { throw IMAPError.notConnected }
 		let uidValue = UID(rawValue: UInt32(uid))
@@ -456,6 +515,22 @@ public actor IMAPClient: IMAPClientProtocol {
 		return results
 	}
 
+	private func parseFullMessageResponse(_ responses: [Response]) -> String {
+		var bodyBuffer = ByteBuffer()
+		for response in responses {
+			if case .fetch(let fetchResponse) = response {
+				switch fetchResponse {
+				case .streamingBytes(let bytes):
+					var mutableBytes = bytes
+					bodyBuffer.writeBuffer(&mutableBytes)
+				default:
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return String(buffer: bodyBuffer)
+	}
+
 	private func parseBodyResponse(_ responses: [Response]) -> (text: String?, html: String?) {
 		var bodyBuffer = ByteBuffer()
 
diff --git a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClientProtocol.swift b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClientProtocol.swift
index 3151423..15a29f4 100644
--- a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClientProtocol.swift
+++ b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Sources/IMAPClient/IMAPClientProtocol.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ public protocol IMAPClientProtocol: Sendable {
 	func fetchFlags(uids: ClosedRange<Int>) async throws -> [UIDFlagsPair]
 	func fetchBody(uid: Int) async throws -> (text: String?, html: String?)
 
+	// v0.5 attachment/MIME operations
+	func fetchFullMessage(uid: Int) async throws -> String
+	func fetchSection(uid: Int, mailbox: String, section: String) async throws -> Data
+
 	// v0.3 write operations
 	func storeFlags(uid: Int, mailbox: String, add: [String], remove: [String]) async throws
 	func moveMessage(uid: Int, from: String, to: String) async throws
diff --git a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/ActionQueueTests.swift b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/ActionQueueTests.swift
index e251763..dab8b09 100644
--- a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/ActionQueueTests.swift
+++ b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/ActionQueueTests.swift
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ private final class FailingIMAPClient: IMAPClientProtocol, @unchecked Sendable {
 	func fetchEnvelopes(uidsGreaterThan uid: Int) async throws -> [FetchedEnvelope] { [] }
 	func fetchFlags(uids: ClosedRange<Int>) async throws -> [UIDFlagsPair] { [] }
 	func fetchBody(uid: Int) async throws -> (text: String?, html: String?) { (nil, nil) }
+	func fetchFullMessage(uid: Int) async throws -> String { "" }
+	func fetchSection(uid: Int, mailbox: String, section: String) async throws -> Data { Data() }
 	func storeFlags(uid: Int, mailbox: String, add: [String], remove: [String]) async throws {
 		throw FailingIMAPError.alwaysFails
 	}
diff --git a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/MockIMAPClient.swift b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/MockIMAPClient.swift
index cade3dc..17b0920 100644
--- a/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/MockIMAPClient.swift
+++ b/Packages/MagnumOpusCore/Tests/SyncEngineTests/MockIMAPClient.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ final class MockIMAPClient: IMAPClientProtocol, @unchecked Sendable {
 	var expungedMailboxes: [String] = []
 	var appendedMessages: [(mailbox: String, message: Data, flags: [String])] = []
 	var serverCapabilities: Set<String> = ["IMAP4rev1", "MOVE"]
+	var fullMessages: [Int: String] = [:]
+	var sections: [String: Data] = [:] // key: "uid-section"
+	var fetchFullMessageCalls: [Int] = []
+	var fetchSectionCalls: [(uid: Int, mailbox: String, section: String)] = []
 
 	func connect() async throws {
 		connectCalled = true
@@ -61,6 +65,18 @@ final class MockIMAPClient: IMAPClientProtocol, @unchecked Sendable {
 		bodies[uid] ?? (nil, nil)
 	}
 
+	// MARK: - v0.5 attachment/MIME operations
+
+	func fetchFullMessage(uid: Int) async throws -> String {
+		fetchFullMessageCalls.append(uid)
+		return fullMessages[uid] ?? ""
+	}
+
+	func fetchSection(uid: Int, mailbox: String, section: String) async throws -> Data {
+		fetchSectionCalls.append((uid: uid, mailbox: mailbox, section: section))
+		return sections["\(uid)-\(section)"] ?? Data()
+	}
+
 	// MARK: - v0.3 write operations
 
 	func storeFlags(uid: Int, mailbox: String, add: [String], remove: [String]) async throws {