diff --git a/components/email/RichEmailEditor.tsx b/components/email/RichEmailEditor.tsx
index 6d1949e6..af58e6a4 100644
--- a/components/email/RichEmailEditor.tsx
+++ b/components/email/RichEmailEditor.tsx
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ const RichEmailEditor: React.FC<RichEmailEditorProps> = ({
           console.log('Setting initial content in editor', { 
             length: initialContent.length,
             startsWithHtml: initialContent.trim().startsWith('<'),
+            containsForwardedMessage: initialContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'),
+            containsReplyIndicator: initialContent.includes('wrote:'),
+            hasBlockquote: initialContent.includes('<blockquote')
           });
           
           // Detect text direction
@@ -99,6 +102,18 @@ const RichEmailEditor: React.FC<RichEmailEditorProps> = ({
           // Process HTML content using centralized utility
           const sanitizedContent = processHtmlContent(initialContent);
           
+          // Log sanitized content details for debugging
+          console.log('Sanitized content details:', {
+            length: sanitizedContent.length,
+            isEmpty: sanitizedContent.trim().length === 0,
+            startsWithDiv: sanitizedContent.trim().startsWith('<div'),
+            containsForwardedMessage: sanitizedContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'),
+            containsQuoteHeader: sanitizedContent.includes('wrote:'),
+            hasTable: sanitizedContent.includes('<table'),
+            hasBlockquote: sanitizedContent.includes('<blockquote'),
+            firstNChars: sanitizedContent.substring(0, 100).replace(/\n/g, '\\n')
+          });
+          
           // Check if sanitized content is valid
           if (sanitizedContent.trim().length === 0) {
             console.warn('Sanitized content is empty after processing, using fallback approach');
@@ -213,7 +228,12 @@ const RichEmailEditor: React.FC<RichEmailEditorProps> = ({
         try {
           console.log('Updating content in editor:', { 
             contentLength: initialContent.length,
-            startsWithHtml: initialContent.trim().startsWith('<')
+            startsWithHtml: initialContent.trim().startsWith('<'),
+            containsForwardedMessage: initialContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'),
+            containsQuoteHeader: initialContent.includes('wrote:'),
+            hasBlockquote: initialContent.includes('<blockquote'),
+            hasTable: initialContent.includes('<table'),
+            firstNChars: initialContent.substring(0, 100).replace(/\n/g, '\\n')
           });
           
           // Detect text direction
@@ -222,6 +242,18 @@ const RichEmailEditor: React.FC<RichEmailEditorProps> = ({
           // Process HTML content using centralized utility
           const sanitizedContent = processHtmlContent(initialContent);
           
+          // Log sanitized content details for debugging
+          console.log('Sanitized content details:', {
+            length: sanitizedContent.length,
+            isEmpty: sanitizedContent.trim().length === 0,
+            startsWithDiv: sanitizedContent.trim().startsWith('<div'),
+            containsForwardedMessage: sanitizedContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'),
+            containsQuoteHeader: sanitizedContent.includes('wrote:'),
+            hasTable: sanitizedContent.includes('<table'),
+            hasBlockquote: sanitizedContent.includes('<blockquote'),
+            firstNChars: sanitizedContent.substring(0, 100).replace(/\n/g, '\\n')
+          });
+          
           // Check if content is valid HTML
           if (sanitizedContent.trim().length === 0) {
             console.warn('Sanitized content is empty, using original content');
diff --git a/lib/utils/dom-purify-config.ts b/lib/utils/dom-purify-config.ts
index a2131936..d7409634 100644
--- a/lib/utils/dom-purify-config.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/dom-purify-config.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@ DOMPurify.setConfig({
     'div', 'span', 'img', 'br', 'hr', 'section', 'article', 'header', 'footer',
     'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'p', 'blockquote', 'pre', 'code',
     'ul', 'ol', 'li', 'dl', 'dt', 'dd', 'a', 'b', 'i', 'u', 'em',
-    'strong', 'del', 'ins', 'mark', 'small', 'sub', 'sup', 'q', 'abbr'
+    'strong', 'del', 'ins', 'mark', 'small', 'sub', 'sup', 'q', 'abbr',
+    'font' // Allow legacy font tag often found in emails
   ],
   ADD_ATTR: [
     'style', 'class', 'id', 'name', 'href', 'src', 'alt', 'title', 'width', 'height',
     'border', 'cellspacing', 'cellpadding', 'bgcolor', 'background', 'color',
     'align', 'valign', 'dir', 'lang', 'target', 'rel', 'charset', 'media',
     'colspan', 'rowspan', 'scope', 'span', 'size', 'face', 'hspace', 'vspace',
-    'data-*'
+    'data-*',
+    'start', 'type', 'value', 'cite', 'datetime', 'wrap', 'summary'
   ],
   KEEP_CONTENT: true,
   WHOLE_DOCUMENT: false,
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ DOMPurify.setConfig({
   ALLOW_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOLS: true, // Needed for some email clients
   FORBID_TAGS: ['script', 'iframe', 'object', 'embed', 'form', 'input', 'button', 'select', 'textarea'],
   FORBID_ATTR: ['onerror', 'onload', 'onclick', 'onmouseover', 'onmouseout'],
-  FORCE_BODY: false
+  FORCE_BODY: false,
+  USE_PROFILES: { html: true } // Use HTML profile for more permissive sanitization for emails
 });
 
 /**
@@ -47,7 +50,9 @@ export function sanitizeHtml(html: string): string {
   
   try {
     // Use DOMPurify with our central configuration
-    const clean = DOMPurify.sanitize(html);
+    const clean = DOMPurify.sanitize(html, {
+      ADD_ATTR: ['style', 'class', 'id', 'align', 'valign', 'colspan', 'rowspan', 'cellspacing', 'cellpadding', 'bgcolor']
+    });
     
     // Fix common email rendering issues
     const fixedHtml = clean
diff --git a/lib/utils/email-content.ts b/lib/utils/email-content.ts
index 1b4dc304..1c049306 100644
--- a/lib/utils/email-content.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/email-content.ts
@@ -204,10 +204,24 @@ export function processHtmlContent(htmlContent: string, textContent?: string): s
   if (!htmlContent) return '';
   
   try {
+    console.log('processHtmlContent input:', {
+      length: htmlContent.length,
+      startsWithHtml: htmlContent.trim().startsWith('<html'),
+      startsWithDiv: htmlContent.trim().startsWith('<div'),
+      hasBody: htmlContent.includes('<body'),
+      containsForwardedMessage: htmlContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'),
+      containsQuoteHeader: htmlContent.includes('wrote:'),
+      hasBlockquote: htmlContent.includes('<blockquote'),
+      hasTable: htmlContent.includes('<table')
+    });
+    
     // Check for browser environment (DOMParser is browser-only)
     const hasHtmlTag = htmlContent.includes('<html');
     const hasBodyTag = htmlContent.includes('<body');
     
+    // Preserve original HTML for debugging
+    let originalHtml = htmlContent;
+    
     // Extract body content if we have a complete HTML document and in browser environment
     if (hasHtmlTag && hasBodyTag && typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof DOMParser !== 'undefined') {
       try {
@@ -217,6 +231,7 @@ export function processHtmlContent(htmlContent: string, textContent?: string): s
         const bodyContent = doc.body.innerHTML;
         
         if (bodyContent) {
+          console.log('Extracted body content from HTML document, length:', bodyContent.length);
           htmlContent = bodyContent;
         }
       } catch (error) {
@@ -227,6 +242,16 @@ export function processHtmlContent(htmlContent: string, textContent?: string): s
     // Use the centralized sanitizeHtml function
     let sanitizedContent = sanitizeHtml(htmlContent);
     
+    console.log('After sanitizeHtml:', {
+      originalLength: originalHtml.length,
+      sanitizedLength: sanitizedContent.length,
+      difference: originalHtml.length - sanitizedContent.length,
+      percentRemoved: ((originalHtml.length - sanitizedContent.length) / originalHtml.length * 100).toFixed(2) + '%',
+      containsForwardedMessage: sanitizedContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'),
+      hasTable: sanitizedContent.includes('<table'),
+      hasBlockquote: sanitizedContent.includes('<blockquote')
+    });
+    
     // Fix URL encoding issues and clean up content
     try {
       if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof document !== 'undefined') {
diff --git a/lib/utils/email-utils.ts b/lib/utils/email-utils.ts
index 63380109..c0f35326 100644
--- a/lib/utils/email-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/email-utils.ts
@@ -456,40 +456,53 @@ export function formatForwardedEmail(originalEmail: EmailMessage | LegacyEmailMe
   // Create the forwarded email HTML content
   if (htmlContent) {
     console.log('Formatting HTML forward, original content length:', htmlContent.length);
-    htmlContent = `
+    
+    // Important: First sanitize the content portion only
+    const sanitizedOriginalContent = sanitizeHtml(htmlContent);
+    console.log('Sanitized original content length:', sanitizedOriginalContent.length);
+    
+    // Create the complete forwarded email with header info
+    const fullForwardedEmail = `
       <div style="margin: 20px 0 10px 0; color: #666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
         ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
         <table style="margin: 10px 0 15px 0; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; color: #333;">
           <tbody>
-            <tr>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">From:</td>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${fromStr}</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">Date:</td>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${date}</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">Subject:</td>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${email.subject || ''}</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">To:</td>
-              <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${toStr}</td>
-            </tr>
-            ${ccStr ? `
-              <tr>
-                <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">Cc:</td>
-                <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${ccStr}</td>
-              </tr>
-            ` : ''}
+             <tr>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">From:</td>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${fromStr}</td>
+             </tr>
+             <tr>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">Date:</td>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${date}</td>
+             </tr>
+             <tr>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">Subject:</td>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${email.subject || ''}</td>
+             </tr>
+             <tr>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">To:</td>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${toStr}</td>
+             </tr>
+             ${ccStr ? `
+             <tr>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 10px 3px 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">Cc:</td>
+               <td style="padding: 3px 0;">${ccStr}</td>
+             </tr>
+             ` : ''}
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </div>
       <div style="padding: 10px 0; border-top: 1px solid #ddd;">
-        ${sanitizeHtml(htmlContent)}
+        ${sanitizedOriginalContent}
       </div>
     `;
+    
+    // Now we have the full forwarded email structure without sanitizing it again
+    htmlContent = fullForwardedEmail;
+    
+    console.log('Final forward HTML content length:', htmlContent.length, 
+     'contains table:', htmlContent.includes('<table'),
+     'contains forwarded message:', htmlContent.includes('---------- Forwarded message ----------'));
   }
   
   // Format the plain text version