diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95e2303..a2496c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,22 @@ The same `canManageMails()` check protects mail previews and attachment
 downloads. Attachments can only be downloaded through the mail record they
 belong to, and previews run in a sandboxed iframe.
 
+`canManageMails()` decides whether a user may use the mail log at all. If you
+also need to decide per mail — for example in a multi-tenant application where
+a user may only open mails that belong to their own tenant — register a policy
+for your mail model. When one exists, the preview and attachment routes
+additionally authorize the `view` ability against the requested mail:
+
+```php
+class MailPolicy
+{
+    public function view(User $user, Mail $mail): bool
+    {
+        return $user->tenant_id === $mail->tenant_id;
+    }
+}
+```
+
 ### Tenant middleware and route protection
 
 If you want to protect the mail routes with your tenant middleware, add them to `authenticatedTenantRoutes()`:
diff --git a/src/Controllers/MailDownloadController.php b/src/Controllers/MailDownloadController.php
index c2e5e0f..4364626 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/MailDownloadController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/MailDownloadController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\StreamedResponse;
 
 class MailDownloadController extends Controller
@@ -15,6 +16,12 @@ public function __invoke(Request $request): StreamedResponse
 
         $mail = $mailModel::findOrFail($request->route('mail'));
 
+        // canManageMails() answers "may this user use the mail log at all"; a host with a policy
+        // for the mail model also gets to answer "may they see this particular mail".
+        if (Gate::getPolicyFor($mail) !== null) {
+            Gate::authorize('view', $mail);
+        }
+
         $attachment = $mail->attachments()->findOrFail($request->route('attachment'));
 
         return $attachment->downloadFileFromStorage();
diff --git a/src/Controllers/MailPreviewController.php b/src/Controllers/MailPreviewController.php
index 833d1ab..e838e66 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/MailPreviewController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/MailPreviewController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
 class MailPreviewController extends Controller
@@ -15,6 +16,12 @@ public function __invoke(Request $request): Response
 
         $mail = $mailModel::findOrFail($request->route('mail'));
 
+        // canManageMails() answers "may this user use the mail log at all"; a host with a policy
+        // for the mail model also gets to answer "may they see this particular mail".
+        if (Gate::getPolicyFor($mail) !== null) {
+            Gate::authorize('view', $mail);
+        }
+
         return response($mail->html, 200, [
             'Content-Type' => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8',
             'Content-Security-Policy' => "sandbox; frame-ancestors 'self'",
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/DenyOddMailPolicy.php b/tests/Fixtures/DenyOddMailPolicy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83531b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/DenyOddMailPolicy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Backstage\Mails\Tests\Fixtures;
+
+use Backstage\Mails\Laravel\Models\Mail;
+
+class DenyOddMailPolicy
+{
+    public function view(User $user, Mail $mail): bool
+    {
+        return $mail->getKey() % 2 === 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/MailRouteSecurityTest.php b/tests/MailRouteSecurityTest.php
index 60f6c50..86f9d62 100644
--- a/tests/MailRouteSecurityTest.php
+++ b/tests/MailRouteSecurityTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 use Backstage\Mails\Laravel\Models\Mail;
 use Backstage\Mails\Laravel\Models\MailAttachment;
 use Backstage\Mails\MailsPlugin;
+use Backstage\Mails\Tests\Fixtures\DenyOddMailPolicy;
 use Backstage\Mails\Tests\Fixtures\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
@@ -167,3 +169,26 @@ function downloadUrl(Mail $mail, MailAttachment $attachment): string
         ->toContain('referrerpolicy="no-referrer"')
         ->not->toContain('src="');
 });
+
+it('consults the host mail policy for the preview when one is registered', function () {
+    Gate::policy(Mail::class, DenyOddMailPolicy::class);
+    MailsPlugin::get()->canManageMails(true);
+
+    $user = mailUser();
+    $denied = Mail::factory()->create(['id' => 1, 'html' => '<p>secret</p>']);
+    $allowed = Mail::factory()->create(['id' => 2, 'html' => '<p>visible</p>']);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)->get(previewUrl($denied))->assertForbidden();
+    $this->actingAs($user)->get(previewUrl($allowed))->assertSuccessful()->assertSee('visible');
+});
+
+it('consults the host mail policy for attachment downloads when one is registered', function () {
+    Storage::fake('local');
+    Gate::policy(Mail::class, DenyOddMailPolicy::class);
+    MailsPlugin::get()->canManageMails(true);
+
+    $denied = Mail::factory()->create(['id' => 1]);
+    $attachment = attachmentFor($denied);
+
+    $this->actingAs(mailUser())->get(downloadUrl($denied, $attachment))->assertForbidden();
+});