diff --git a/frontend/public/sw.js b/frontend/public/sw.js
index 1def2dc..fb1f3dd 100644
--- a/frontend/public/sw.js
+++ b/frontend/public/sw.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const DATA = "wm-data-v1";
 const INDEX_KEY = "/__wm/offline-index";
 const APP_KEY = "/__wm/app";
 
-const MAX_THREADS = 80; // the newest 50 Inbox conversations + recently opened ones
+const MAX_THREADS = 130; // the newest 100 Inbox conversations + recently opened ones
 const MAX_ORPHANS = 50; // message parts whose conversation was never saved
 const MAX_LISTS = 40; // thread lists (one per folder / filter / page)
 const MAX_AVATARS = 300;
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/en.ts b/frontend/src/i18n/en.ts
index 3ba56ed..e8e6674 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export const en = {
   "offline.cantReach": "Can't reach the server.",
   "offline.settingTitle": "Offline access",
   "offline.settingHelp":
-    "Keep your newest 50 Inbox conversations, and the ones you open, on this device, so you can read them without a connection. They are stored unencrypted in this browser and removed when you sign out — leave this off on shared computers.",
+    "Keep your newest 100 Inbox conversations, and the ones you open, on this device, so you can read them without a connection. They are stored unencrypted in this browser and removed when you sign out — leave this off on shared computers.",
   "offline.settingStatus": "{count} conversations saved · {size} · updated {when}",
   "offline.settingStatusNoTime": "{count} conversations saved · {size}",
   "offline.settingSaving": "Saving recent mail…",
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ export const en = {
     "Notifications are blocked for this site in your browser. Allow them in the browser's site settings, then turn this on.",
   "push.unsupported": "Not available here: this browser can't show notifications from a website, or the app isn't opened over HTTPS.",
   "push.notAllowed": "Notifications weren't allowed.",
+  "push.waiting":
+    "Waiting for your browser's permission. If it didn't ask, click the icon at the left of the address bar and set Notifications to Allow — they turn on by themselves then.",
   "push.failed": "Couldn't turn notifications on.",
   "install.entry": "Install app",
   "install.title": "Install Ultimo",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/offlinePrefetch.ts b/frontend/src/lib/offlinePrefetch.ts
index 69fe7cf..9cd1e66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/offlinePrefetch.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/offlinePrefetch.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import type { UiManifest } from "../plugins/types";
 import type { MessageEnvelope, ThreadDetail, ThreadListOut, UserSettings } from "./types";
 
 const INBOX = "folder:inbox";
-const COUNT = 50; // the list's page size, so the first page is saved as shown
+const PAGE = 50; // the list's page size, so its pages are saved as the app asks for them
+const PAGES = 2; // the newest 100 conversations
 const PARALLEL = 3;
 const TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 // The message protocol this page speaks with public/sw.js (its VERSION).
@@ -148,12 +149,17 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   const order = settings.thread_order ?? "asc";
   // The list as the app shows it (newest first is the default), plus the other
   // order when that is what this device uses, so the list itself opens offline.
-  const list = await getJson<ThreadListOut>(threadsPath(INBOX, { limit: COUNT, order: "desc" }));
-  if (localStorage.getItem("mail.listOrder") === "oldest") {
-    await viaWorker(`/api${threadsPath(INBOX, { limit: COUNT, order: "asc" })}`);
+  const threads: ThreadListOut["threads"] = [];
+  for (let page = 0; page < PAGES; page++) {
+    const list = await getJson<ThreadListOut>(threadsPath(INBOX, { offset: page * PAGE, limit: PAGE, order: "desc" }));
+    threads.push(...list.threads);
+    if (localStorage.getItem("mail.listOrder") === "oldest") {
+      await viaWorker(`/api${threadsPath(INBOX, { offset: page * PAGE, limit: PAGE, order: "asc" })}`);
+    }
+    if (list.threads.length < PAGE) break; // no further page
   }
 
-  await inPool(list.threads, PARALLEL, async (summary) => {
+  await inPool(threads, PARALLEL, async (summary) => {
     for (const who of summary.participants) await saveAvatar(who.email);
     const detail = await getJson<ThreadDetail>(threadPath(summary.id, order, INBOX));
     for (const m of detail.messages) await saveMessage(m);
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/push.ts b/frontend/src/lib/push.ts
index 3a5f0d3..3d838f9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/push.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/push.ts
@@ -82,11 +82,45 @@ async function tellServer(sub: PushSubscription): Promise<void> {
   await apiFetch("/push/subscriptions", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify({ endpoint, keys }) });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Ask for permission to notify. Some browsers (Opera, Chrome's "quiet"
+ * prompts) hold the request without showing anything and never answer it, so
+ * also watch the site's permission: allowing notifications in the browser's
+ * site settings carries on from there. `onWaiting` runs when no answer has come
+ * after a few seconds, to say what to do.
+ */
+function askPermission(onWaiting?: () => void): Promise<NotificationPermission> {
+  if (Notification.permission !== "default") return Promise.resolve(Notification.permission);
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    let watched: PermissionStatus | null = null;
+    let done = false;
+    const finish = (permission: NotificationPermission) => {
+      if (done) return;
+      done = true;
+      window.clearTimeout(timer);
+      if (watched) watched.onchange = null;
+      resolve(permission);
+    };
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => onWaiting?.(), 3000);
+    Notification.requestPermission().then(finish, () => finish(Notification.permission));
+    navigator.permissions
+      ?.query({ name: "notifications" })
+      .then((status) => {
+        watched = status;
+        status.onchange = () => {
+          if (status.state === "granted") finish("granted");
+          else if (status.state === "denied") finish("denied");
+        };
+      })
+      .catch(() => {});
+  });
+}
+
 /** Turn notifications on (must run from a click: browsers ask permission only then). */
-export async function enablePush(): Promise<PushState> {
+export async function enablePush(onWaiting?: () => void): Promise<PushState> {
   try {
     if (!supported()) return pushState();
-    const permission = await Notification.requestPermission();
+    const permission = await askPermission(onWaiting);
     if (permission !== "granted") return pushState();
     const reg = await registration();
     if (!reg) return "unsupported";
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/settings/Settings.tsx b/frontend/src/routes/settings/Settings.tsx
index 2560675..9089d25 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ function NotificationsSetting() {
   const state = usePushState();
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState("");
+  const [waiting, setWaiting] = useState(false);
   const usable = state === "on" || state === "off";
 
   const toggle = async (on: boolean) => {
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ function NotificationsSetting() {
     setError("");
     try {
       if (on) {
-        const result = await enablePush();
+        const result = await enablePush(() => setWaiting(true));
         if (result === "off") setError(t("push.notAllowed"));
       } else {
         await disablePush();
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ function NotificationsSetting() {
       setError(e instanceof ApiError ? e.message : t("push.failed"));
     } finally {
       setBusy(false);
+      setWaiting(false);
     }
   };
 
@@ -424,6 +426,8 @@ function NotificationsSetting() {
         <p className="text-xs text-app-faint">{t("push.blocked")}</p>
       ) : state === "unsupported" ? (
         <p className="text-xs text-app-faint">{t("push.unsupported")}</p>
+      ) : waiting ? (
+        <p className="text-xs text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400">{t("push.waiting")}</p>
       ) : error ? (
         <p className="text-xs text-red-500">{error}</p>
       ) : null}