diff --git a/src/lib/folder-ref.ts b/src/lib/folder-ref.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eed8b03f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/folder-ref.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import type { Mailbox } from '../api/types';
+
+/** Roles a folder link may name instead of an id (webmail lib/deep-links.ts). */
+const ALIASED_ROLES = new Set(['inbox', 'sent', 'drafts', 'trash', 'archive', 'junk']);
+
+/**
+ * The folder a `mail/folder/<ref>` link names: an exact id first, then a role
+ * alias (the own account's folder before a shared one's). Null when nothing in
+ * the loaded folders matches, a link to a folder that was deleted or lives in
+ * another account (webmail resolveFolderRef).
+ */
+export function resolveFolderRef(ref: string, mailboxes: readonly Mailbox[]): string | null {
+  if (mailboxes.some((m) => m.id === ref)) return ref;
+  if (ALIASED_ROLES.has(ref)) {
+    const byRole = mailboxes.find((m) => m.role === ref && !m.isShared)
+      ?? mailboxes.find((m) => m.role === ref);
+    return byRole?.id ?? null;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/navigation/__tests__/folder-link.test.ts b/src/navigation/__tests__/folder-link.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4d03447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/navigation/__tests__/folder-link.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { handleDeepLink, parseDeepLink } from '../linking';
+import { usePendingMailFolder } from '../pending-mail-folder';
+import { resolveFolderRef } from '../../lib/folder-ref';
+import type { Mailbox } from '../../api/types';
+
+// A `mail/folder/<ref>` link opened only the Mail tab; the folder it named
+// was dropped (file 10, "/mail/folder/<ref> deep link opens only the tab").
+
+const box = (id: string, role: string | null, isShared = false) => ({ id, name: id, role, isShared } as unknown as Mailbox);
+
+describe('mail/folder deep link', () => {
+  it('parks the folder for the mail list', async () => {
+    const link = parseDeepLink('bulwarkmobile://mail/folder/archive');
+    const navigation = { isReady: () => true, navigate: vi.fn() };
+    expect(await handleDeepLink(link!, { navigation: navigation as never, resolveThreadId: async () => null })).toBe(true);
+    expect(usePendingMailFolder.getState().consume()).toBe('archive');
+    expect(navigation.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('MainTabs', { screen: 'Mail' });
+  });
+
+  it('resolves an id or a role, the own folder first, and nothing for an unknown one', () => {
+    const boxes = [box('g:in', 'inbox', true), box('in', 'inbox'), box('f1', null)];
+    expect(resolveFolderRef('f1', boxes)).toBe('f1');
+    expect(resolveFolderRef('inbox', boxes)).toBe('in');
+    expect(resolveFolderRef('trash', boxes)).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveFolderRef('gone', boxes)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('is opened by the mail list', () => {
+    const list = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../screens/EmailListScreen.tsx'), 'utf8');
+    expect(list).toMatch(/const id = ref === null \? null : resolveFolderRef\(ref, mailboxes\);/);
+    expect(list).toMatch(/if \(id !== currentMailboxId\) void selectMailbox\(id\);/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/navigation/linking.ts b/src/navigation/linking.ts
index 8b786423..b08028b5 100644
--- a/src/navigation/linking.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/linking.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type { RootStackParamList } from './types';
 import { setPendingSettingsTab } from './pending-settings-tab';
 import { setPendingCalendarOpen } from './pending-calendar-open';
 import { setPendingMailSearch } from './pending-mail-search';
+import { setPendingMailFolder } from './pending-mail-folder';
 import { setPendingSignInLink, usePendingSignInLinkStore } from './pending-sign-in-link';
 import { insecurePairingLinkError, parseQrLoginPayload, type QrLoginPayload } from '../lib/oauth';
 import { MAX_ACCOUNTS } from '../lib/account-utils';
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ export async function handleDeepLink(link: DeepLink, nav: DeepLinkNavigator): Pr
       navigation.navigate('MainTabs', { screen: 'Mail' } as never);
       return true;
     case 'folder':
+      // The mail list opens the folder once its folders are loaded.
+      setPendingMailFolder(link.ref);
       navigation.navigate('MainTabs', { screen: 'Mail' } as never);
       return true;
     case 'calendar':
diff --git a/src/navigation/pending-mail-folder.ts b/src/navigation/pending-mail-folder.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dd8413a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/navigation/pending-mail-folder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+
+// A `mail/folder/<ref>` deep link arrives before the mail list is mounted or
+// its folders are loaded. The reference is parked here and consumed by
+// EmailListScreen, which opens the folder once it can resolve it.
+interface PendingMailFolderState {
+  ref: string | null;
+  set: (ref: string | null) => void;
+  consume: () => string | null;
+}
+
+export const usePendingMailFolder = create<PendingMailFolderState>((set, get) => ({
+  ref: null,
+  set: (ref) => set({ ref }),
+  consume: () => {
+    const ref = get().ref;
+    if (ref !== null) set({ ref: null });
+    return ref;
+  },
+}));
+
+export function setPendingMailFolder(ref: string | null): void {
+  usePendingMailFolder.getState().set(ref);
+}
diff --git a/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx b/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx
index ba535963..32abe070 100644
--- a/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/EmailListScreen.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ import { draftContextFromEmail, isDraftEmail } from '../lib/draft-context';
 import { getFullEmail, emptyMailbox as apiEmptyMailbox } from '../api/email';
 import type { RootStackParamList } from '../navigation/types';
 import { usePendingMailSearch } from '../navigation/pending-mail-search';
+import { usePendingMailFolder } from '../navigation/pending-mail-folder';
+import { resolveFolderRef } from '../lib/folder-ref';
 import type { Attachment, Email } from '../api/types';
 import { createFrameMonitor, logModuleTimes, perfOnce, perfStart } from '../lib/perf-marks';
 import { MODAL_ORIENTATIONS } from '../lib/modal-orientations';
@@ -1202,6 +1204,18 @@ export default function EmailListScreen({
     }
   }, [ensureMailboxes, mailboxes.length]);
 
+  // A `mail/folder/<ref>` link opens its folder once the folders are here;
+  // one that names no folder of this account leaves the list as it is.
+  const pendingFolder = usePendingMailFolder((s) => s.ref);
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (pendingFolder === null || mailboxes.length === 0) return;
+    const ref = usePendingMailFolder.getState().consume();
+    const id = ref === null ? null : resolveFolderRef(ref, mailboxes);
+    if (!id) return;
+    clearSearchAndFilters();
+    if (id !== currentMailboxId) void selectMailbox(id);
+  }, [pendingFolder, mailboxes, currentMailboxId, selectMailbox, clearSearchAndFilters]);
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (mailboxes.length > 0 && !currentMailboxId) {
       const own = ownMailboxes(mailboxes);