diff --git a/config/bridge.go b/config/bridge.go
index 5f8644d..b97e2d9 100644
--- a/config/bridge.go
+++ b/config/bridge.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type BridgeConfig struct {
 
 	Backfill struct {
 		Enabled           bool `yaml:"enabled"`
+		InboxFetchPages   int  `yaml:"inbox_fetch_pages"`
 		HistoryFetchPages int  `yaml:"history_fetch_pages"`
 		CatchupFetchPages int  `yaml:"catchup_fetch_pages"`
 		Queue             struct {
diff --git a/config/upgrade.go b/config/upgrade.go
index 11007fa..058f8cd 100644
--- a/config/upgrade.go
+++ b/config/upgrade.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func DoUpgrade(helper *up.Helper) {
 	helper.Copy(up.Map, "bridge", "login_shared_secret_map")
 	helper.Copy(up.Str, "bridge", "command_prefix")
 	helper.Copy(up.Bool, "bridge", "backfill", "enabled")
+	helper.Copy(up.Int, "bridge", "backfill", "inbox_fetch_pages")
 	helper.Copy(up.Int, "bridge", "backfill", "history_fetch_pages")
 	helper.Copy(up.Int, "bridge", "backfill", "catchup_fetch_pages")
 	helper.Copy(up.Int, "bridge", "backfill", "queue", "pages_at_once")
diff --git a/database/upgrades/00-latest.sql b/database/upgrades/00-latest.sql
index bad4be2..4fa6057 100644
--- a/database/upgrades/00-latest.sql
+++ b/database/upgrades/00-latest.sql
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ CREATE TABLE "user" (
     meta_id BIGINT,
     cookies jsonb,
 
+    inbox_fetched BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
+
     management_room TEXT,
     space_room      TEXT,
 
diff --git a/database/upgrades/03-backfill-queue.sql b/database/upgrades/03-backfill-queue.sql
index 26d4fb1..f053c03 100644
--- a/database/upgrades/03-backfill-queue.sql
+++ b/database/upgrades/03-backfill-queue.sql
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ CREATE TABLE backfill_task (
     CONSTRAINT backfill_task_portal_fkey FOREIGN KEY (portal_id, portal_receiver)
         REFERENCES portal (thread_id, receiver) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
 );
+
+ALTER TABLE "user" ADD COLUMN inbox_fetched BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false;
+-- only: postgres
+ALTER TABLE "user" ALTER COLUMN inbox_fetched DROP DEFAULT;
diff --git a/database/user.go b/database/user.go
index 2dc970b..08bb88c 100644
--- a/database/user.go
+++ b/database/user.go
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	getUserByMXIDQuery       = `SELECT mxid, meta_id, cookies, management_room, space_room FROM "user" WHERE mxid=$1`
-	getUserByMetaIDQuery     = `SELECT mxid, meta_id, cookies, management_room, space_room FROM "user" WHERE meta_id=$1`
-	getAllLoggedInUsersQuery = `SELECT mxid, meta_id, cookies, management_room, space_room FROM "user" WHERE cookies IS NOT NULL`
-	insertUserQuery          = `INSERT INTO "user" (mxid, meta_id, cookies, management_room, space_room) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)`
-	updateUserQuery          = `UPDATE "user" SET meta_id=$2, cookies=$3, management_room=$4, space_room=$5 WHERE mxid=$1`
+	getUserByMXIDQuery       = `SELECT mxid, meta_id, cookies, inbox_fetched, management_room, space_room FROM "user" WHERE mxid=$1`
+	getUserByMetaIDQuery     = `SELECT mxid, meta_id, cookies, inbox_fetched, management_room, space_room FROM "user" WHERE meta_id=$1`
+	getAllLoggedInUsersQuery = `SELECT mxid, meta_id, cookies, inbox_fetched, management_room, space_room FROM "user" WHERE cookies IS NOT NULL`
+	insertUserQuery          = `INSERT INTO "user" (mxid, meta_id, cookies, inbox_fetched, management_room, space_room) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)`
+	updateUserQuery          = `UPDATE "user" SET meta_id=$2, cookies=$3, inbox_fetched=$4, management_room=$5, space_room=$6 WHERE mxid=$1`
 )
 
 type UserQuery struct {
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type User struct {
 	MXID           id.UserID
 	MetaID         int64
 	Cookies        cookies.Cookies
+	InboxFetched   bool
 	ManagementRoom id.RoomID
 	SpaceRoom      id.RoomID
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func (uq *UserQuery) GetAllLoggedIn(ctx context.Context) ([]*User, error) {
 }
 
 func (u *User) sqlVariables() []any {
-	return []any{u.MXID, dbutil.NumPtr(u.MetaID), dbutil.JSON{Data: u.Cookies}, dbutil.StrPtr(u.ManagementRoom), dbutil.StrPtr(u.SpaceRoom)}
+	return []any{u.MXID, dbutil.NumPtr(u.MetaID), dbutil.JSON{Data: u.Cookies}, u.InboxFetched, dbutil.StrPtr(u.ManagementRoom), dbutil.StrPtr(u.SpaceRoom)}
 }
 
 func (u *User) Insert(ctx context.Context) error {
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ func (u *User) Scan(row dbutil.Scannable) (*User, error) {
 		&u.MXID,
 		&metaID,
 		&dbutil.JSON{Data: scannedCookies},
+		&u.InboxFetched,
 		&managementRoom,
 		&spaceRoom,
 	)
diff --git a/example-config.yaml b/example-config.yaml
index 6efb01d..1200d49 100644
--- a/example-config.yaml
+++ b/example-config.yaml
@@ -150,8 +150,12 @@ bridge:
     backfill:
         # If disabled, old messages will never be bridged.
         enabled: true
-        # By default, Meta only sends one old message. If this is set to a something else than 0, the bridge
-        # will delay handling the one automatically received message and request more messages to backfill.
+        # By default, Meta sends info about approximately 20 recent threads. If this is set to something else than 0,
+        # the bridge will request more threads on first login, until it reaches the specified number of pages
+        # or the end of the inbox.
+        inbox_fetch_pages: 0
+        # By default, Meta only sends one old message per thread. If this is set to a something else than 0,
+        # the bridge will delay handling the one automatically received message and request more messages to backfill.
         # One page usually contains 20 messages. This can technically be set to -1 to fetch all messages,
         # but that will block bridging messages until the entire backfill is completed.
         history_fetch_pages: 0
diff --git a/user.go b/user.go
index 1358604..5153edc 100644
--- a/user.go
+++ b/user.go
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ type User struct {
 	spaceCreateLock        sync.Mutex
 
 	stopBackfillTask atomic.Pointer[context.CancelFunc]
+
+	InboxPagesFetched int
 }
 
 var (
@@ -546,6 +548,46 @@ func (user *User) handleTable(tbl *table.LSTable) {
 	handlePortalEvents(user, tbl.LSDeleteThenInsertMessage)
 	handlePortalEvents(user, tbl.LSUpsertReaction)
 	handlePortalEvents(user, tbl.LSDeleteReaction)
+	user.requestMoreInbox(ctx, tbl.LSUpsertInboxThreadsRange)
+}
+
+func (user *User) requestMoreInbox(ctx context.Context, itrs []*table.LSUpsertInboxThreadsRange) {
+	maxInboxPages := user.bridge.Config.Bridge.Backfill.InboxFetchPages
+	if len(itrs) == 0 || user.InboxFetched || maxInboxPages == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	log := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
+	itr := itrs[0]
+	user.InboxPagesFetched++
+	reachedPageLimit := maxInboxPages > 0 && user.InboxPagesFetched > maxInboxPages
+	logEvt := log.Debug().
+		Int("fetched_pages", user.InboxPagesFetched).
+		Bool("has_more_before", itr.HasMoreBefore).
+		Bool("reached_page_limit", reachedPageLimit).
+		Int64("min_thread_key", itr.MinThreadKey).
+		Int64("min_last_activity_timestamp_ms", itr.MinLastActivityTimestampMs)
+	if !itr.HasMoreBefore || reachedPageLimit {
+		logEvt.Msg("Finished fetching threads")
+		user.InboxFetched = true
+		err := user.Update(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Err(err).Msg("Failed to save user after marking inbox as fetched")
+		}
+	} else {
+		logEvt.Msg("Requesting more threads")
+		resp, err := user.Client.ExecuteTasks(&socket.FetchThreadsTask{
+			ReferenceThreadKey:         itr.MinThreadKey,
+			ReferenceActivityTimestamp: itr.MinLastActivityTimestampMs,
+			Cursor:                     user.Client.SyncManager.GetCursor(1),
+			SyncGroup:                  1,
+		})
+		log.Trace().Any("resp", resp).Msg("Fetch threads response data")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Err(err).Msg("Failed to fetch more threads")
+		} else {
+			log.Debug().Msg("Sent more threads request")
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 type ThreadKeyable interface {