diff --git a/public_html/admin/index.php b/public_html/admin/index.php
index b340fb6..332964f 100644
--- a/public_html/admin/index.php
+++ b/public_html/admin/index.php
@@ -324,16 +324,35 @@ if ($action) {
 
         // ── USERS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
         case 'email_inbox':
-            // Call via server's own IP — REMOTE_ADDR matches JARVIS_IP so auth bypass applies
-            $acct = $_GET['account'] ?? 'all';
-            $force = !empty($_GET['force']) ? '&force=1' : '';
-            $ch = curl_init('https://165.22.1.228/api/email?account=' . $acct . $force);
-            curl_setopt_array($ch,[CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER=>true,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT=>25,
-                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER=>false,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST=>false,
-                CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER=>['Host: jarvis.orbishosting.com']]);
-            $r = curl_exec($ch); $code = curl_getinfo($ch,CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); curl_close($ch);
-            if($code===200 && $r) j(json_decode($r,true));
-            else j(['error'=>'Email fetch failed (HTTP '.$code.')']);
+            // Fixed 2026-07-07: this used to proxy to the OLD DO-hosted JARVIS
+            // (165.22.1.228/api/email with a spoofed Host header) — a leftover from
+            // before JARVIS moved to this VM (211). That endpoint no longer exists
+            // (404), so the inbox always failed. Reads the local email_triage table
+            // directly now, same source gmail_triage jobs already write to, matching
+            // the pattern email_action_items already used.
+            $acct  = $_GET['account'] ?? 'all';
+            $where = '1=1'; $params = [];
+            if ($acct && $acct !== 'all') { $where .= ' AND account=?'; $params[] = $acct; }
+            $rows = JarvisDB::query(
+                "SELECT account, from_name, from_email, subject, date_received, summary, category
+                 FROM email_triage WHERE {$where} ORDER BY date_received DESC LIMIT 100",
+                $params
+            ) ?? [];
+            $recent = array_map(function($r) {
+                return [
+                    'account'   => $r['account'],
+                    'from_name' => $r['from_name'],
+                    'from_email'=> $r['from_email'],
+                    'subject'   => $r['subject'],
+                    'date'      => $r['date_received'],
+                    'preview'   => $r['summary'],
+                    'unread'    => false,
+                ];
+            }, $rows);
+            $actionCount = JarvisDB::single(
+                "SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM email_actions WHERE dismissed=0 AND task_id IS NULL AND appointment_id IS NULL"
+            );
+            j(['summary' => ['recent' => $recent], 'action_items_count' => (int)($actionCount['c'] ?? 0)]);
 
         case 'email_action_items':
             $rows = JarvisDB::query("SELECT * FROM email_actions WHERE dismissed=0 AND task_id IS NULL AND appointment_id IS NULL ORDER BY received_at DESC LIMIT 100") ?? [];