diff --git a/docs/tui.md b/docs/tui.md
index 41c32b70..0b3efb97 100644
--- a/docs/tui.md
+++ b/docs/tui.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Sending a reply or a forward from a thread closes the thread and returns you to
 
 While reading a thread, the From header shows the actual send-as address when HEY records one separately from the account user.
 
-While reading a thread, links can be selected without a mouse. Tab selects the next link in document order and Shift+Tab selects the previous one; both wrap at the ends. A fixed row above the shortcut bar shows the complete selected destination without moving the thread. Press Enter to open it; opening stays unavailable until the terminal is wide enough to show the complete destination. Press Escape once to clear the selection, and Escape again to leave the thread. A thread with no selectable links keeps the normal global Tab focus behavior. Existing OSC 8 mouse links remain available.
+While reading a thread, links can be selected without a mouse. Tab selects the next link in document order and Shift+Tab selects the previous one; both wrap at the ends. A fixed row above the shortcut bar shows the selected destination without moving the thread. A destination too long for one row wraps onto as many rows as it needs, so you always see all of it. Press Enter to open it; opening stays unavailable until the terminal is tall enough to show the whole destination. Press Escape once to clear the selection, and Escape again to leave the thread. A thread with no selectable links keeps the normal global Tab focus behavior. Existing OSC 8 mouse links remain available.
 
 Most of those keep working while you are reading a thread, the way the web app's topic
 toolbar stays live: `r`, `f`, `v`, `b`, `u`, `i`, `l`, `a`, `d`, `p` and `t` all act on
diff --git a/internal/tui/mail.go b/internal/tui/mail.go
index 82b02e19..4609c5b7 100644
--- a/internal/tui/mail.go
+++ b/internal/tui/mail.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"charm.land/bubbles/v2/viewport"
 	tea "charm.land/bubbletea/v2"
 	"charm.land/lipgloss/v2"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi"
 
 	"github.com/basecamp/hey-sdk/go/pkg/generated"
 	hey "github.com/basecamp/hey-sdk/go/pkg/hey"
@@ -1752,8 +1753,9 @@ func (v *mailView) threadNotices() []string {
 }
 
 // LinkFooter reserves one footer row for a thread with selectable links. Its text
-// stays blank until a link is selected, so moving through links never changes the
-// viewport's height. A destination can open only when the footer shows it in full.
+// stays blank until a link is selected, and a destination that fits keeps to that
+// row, so moving between such links never changes the viewport's height. A longer
+// one wraps onto the rows it needs to be shown in full.
 func (v *mailView) LinkFooter() (text string, visible bool) {
 	if !v.inThread || v.modal != nil || len(v.links) == 0 {
 		return "", false
@@ -1771,11 +1773,20 @@ func (v *mailView) linkDestinationFooter() (string, bool) {
 		return "", false
 	}
 	destination := terminal.SanitizeLine(v.links[v.selectedLink].destination)
-	footer := "Open: " + destination + " (press Enter to visit)"
+	const suffix = " (press Enter to visit)"
+	footer := "Open: " + destination + suffix
 	if lipgloss.Width(footer) <= width {
 		return footer, true
 	}
-	return truncateToWidth("Enlarge the terminal to inspect this link", width), false
+	// A destination too long for one row wraps onto as many as it needs, so the
+	// reader sees all of it before it opens. The model decides whether they fit.
+	lines := strings.Split(ansi.Hardwrap("Open: "+destination, width, true), "\n")
+	if last := len(lines) - 1; lipgloss.Width(lines[last]+suffix) <= width {
+		lines[last] += suffix
+	} else {
+		lines = append(lines, truncateToWidth(strings.TrimSpace(suffix), width))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n"), true
 }
 
 func (v *mailView) linkDestinationReviewable() bool {
diff --git a/internal/tui/mail_test.go b/internal/tui/mail_test.go
index 0cf72ef1..3a2aa31c 100644
--- a/internal/tui/mail_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui/mail_test.go
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ func TestMailViewKeepsAPartialThreadsNoticeAndLeavesItUnseen(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestLinkDestinationMustFitFooterBeforeOpening(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLinkFooterShowsTheWholeDestinationBeforeOpening(t *testing.T) {
 	v := newMailView(testVC())
 	v.inThread = true
 	v.topicID = 100
@@ -530,20 +530,16 @@ func TestLinkDestinationMustFitFooterBeforeOpening(t *testing.T) {
 
 	v.vc.width = 24
 	footer, visible = v.LinkFooter()
-	if !visible || v.linkDestinationReviewable() || strings.Contains(footer, destination) {
-		t.Errorf("narrow link footer = %q visible=%v reviewable=%v", footer, visible, v.linkDestinationReviewable())
+	if !visible || !v.linkDestinationReviewable() || !strings.Contains(strings.ReplaceAll(footer, "\n", ""), destination) {
+		t.Errorf("narrow link footer = %q visible=%v reviewable=%v, want the whole destination wrapped", footer, visible, v.linkDestinationReviewable())
 	}
-	opened = ""
-	if cmd, handled := v.handleLinkKey(keyPress("enter")); !handled || cmd != nil || opened != "" {
-		t.Errorf("hidden destination opened: handled=%v command=%v destination=%q", handled, cmd != nil, opened)
-	}
-
-	v.vc.width = 3
-	if v.linkDestinationReviewable() {
-		t.Error("destination wider than a tiny terminal was marked reviewable")
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(footer, "\n") {
+		if lipgloss.Width(line) > v.vc.width {
+			t.Errorf("wrapped footer line %q is wider than %d", line, v.vc.width)
+		}
 	}
-	if cmd, handled := v.handleLinkKey(keyPress("enter")); !handled || cmd != nil {
-		t.Errorf("tiny terminal opened destination: handled=%v command=%v", handled, cmd != nil)
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(footer, "(press Enter to visit)") {
+		t.Errorf("wrapped footer = %q, want it to end with the action", footer)
 	}
 
 	v.selectedLink = -1
diff --git a/internal/tui/tui.go b/internal/tui/tui.go
index 9527344d..1e293344 100644
--- a/internal/tui/tui.go
+++ b/internal/tui/tui.go
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func (m model) View() tea.View {
 		}
 		footerH := 1 + helpH
 		if linkFooterVisible {
-			footerH++
+			footerH += 1 + strings.Count(linkFooter, "\n")
 		}
 		padLines := m.height - contentLines - footerH - 1
 		for range max(padLines, 0) {
@@ -797,7 +797,18 @@ func (m *model) updateHelpBindings() {
 	}
 }
 
+// linkFooter is the link status as it goes on screen. A destination that wraps onto
+// more rows than the terminal can spare is replaced by a hint, and cannot be opened
+// until the terminal is enlarged.
 func (m model) linkFooter() (string, bool) {
+	text, visible := m.activeLinkFooter()
+	if visible && strings.Contains(text, "\n") && !m.linkFooterFits() {
+		return truncateToWidth("Enlarge the terminal to inspect this link", max(m.width, 0)), true
+	}
+	return text, visible
+}
+
+func (m model) activeLinkFooter() (string, bool) {
 	if provider, ok := m.activeView.(linkFooterProvider); ok {
 		return provider.LinkFooter()
 	}
@@ -805,7 +816,7 @@ func (m model) linkFooter() (string, bool) {
 }
 
 func (m model) linkFooterFits() bool {
-	_, visible := m.linkFooter()
+	text, visible := m.activeLinkFooter()
 	if !visible {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -813,18 +824,19 @@ func (m model) linkFooterFits() bool {
 	if m.mailWatchNotice() != "" {
 		statusHeight = 1
 	}
-	return m.height >= headerHeight+m.help.height()+3+statusHeight+1
+	return m.height >= headerHeight+m.help.height()+3+statusHeight+1+strings.Count(text, "\n")
 }
 
 // contentHeight gives the active view every row that is not navigation or a
 // visible footer. Ordinary help has two clear rows above its divider; a link
-// footer uses one of them for its stable status row.
+// footer uses one of them for its status row, and takes any further rows a
+// wrapped destination needs from the content.
 func (m model) contentHeight() int {
 	footerHeight := 0
 	helpHeight := m.help.height()
-	_, linkFooterVisible := m.linkFooter()
+	linkFooter, linkFooterVisible := m.linkFooter()
 	if helpHeight > 0 || linkFooterVisible {
-		footerHeight = helpHeight + 3
+		footerHeight = helpHeight + 3 + strings.Count(linkFooter, "\n")
 	}
 	statusHeight := 0
 	if m.mailWatchNotice() != "" {
diff --git a/internal/tui/tui_test.go b/internal/tui/tui_test.go
index bf0ab5c2..6d5c77ee 100644
--- a/internal/tui/tui_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui/tui_test.go
@@ -1757,6 +1757,65 @@ func TestQLeavesAThreadWithASelectedLink(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRootModelWrapsALongDestinationOntoTheRowsItNeeds(t *testing.T) {
+	m := openLinkThreadThroughModel(t)
+	var opened []string
+	m.mailView.vc.openURL = func(destination string) error {
+		opened = append(opened, destination)
+		return nil
+	}
+	updated, _ := m.Update(tea.WindowSizeMsg{Width: 40, Height: 30})
+	m = updated.(model)
+	unselectedViewportHeight := m.mailView.topicViewport.Height()
+	for range 2 {
+		updated, _ = m.Update(keyPress("tab"))
+		m = updated.(model)
+	}
+	if m.mailView.selectedLink != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("selected link = %d, want second occurrence", m.mailView.selectedLink)
+	}
+
+	screen := stripANSI(m.View().Content)
+	for _, line := range []string{"Open: https://example.org/second?full=de", "stination (press Enter to visit)"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(screen, line) {
+			t.Errorf("wrapped footer row %q is not on screen: %q", line, screen)
+		}
+	}
+	if got := strings.Count(m.View().Content, "\n") + 1; got > m.height {
+		t.Errorf("screen draws %d rows, want at most %d", got, m.height)
+	}
+	if got := m.mailView.topicViewport.Height(); got != unselectedViewportHeight-1 {
+		t.Errorf("viewport height = %d, want %d to make room for the second footer row", got, unselectedViewportHeight-1)
+	}
+	selected := m.mailView.links[m.mailView.selectedLink]
+	visibleStart := m.mailView.topicViewport.YOffset()
+	visibleEnd := visibleStart + m.mailView.topicViewport.Height() - 1
+	if selected.startLine < visibleStart || selected.endLine > visibleEnd {
+		t.Errorf("selected range %d-%d is outside viewport %d-%d", selected.startLine, selected.endLine, visibleStart, visibleEnd)
+	}
+
+	updated, cmd := m.Update(keyPress("enter"))
+	m = updated.(model)
+	if cmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("enter did not open a destination shown in full over two rows")
+	}
+	runCmd(cmd)
+	if len(opened) != 1 || opened[0] != "https://example.org/second?full=destination" {
+		t.Fatalf("opened destinations = %q, want the exact second destination", opened)
+	}
+
+	// One row short of what the wrapped destination needs: a hint instead, and no opening.
+	updated, _ = m.Update(tea.WindowSizeMsg{Width: 40, Height: headerHeight + m.help.height() + 4})
+	m = updated.(model)
+	screen = stripANSI(m.View().Content)
+	if !strings.Contains(screen, "Enlarge the terminal") || strings.Contains(screen, "Open: https://example.org/second") {
+		t.Errorf("short terminal footer = %q, want the enlarge hint instead of a partial destination", screen)
+	}
+	if _, cmd = m.Update(keyPress("enter")); cmd != nil || len(opened) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("enter opened a destination the footer could not show: command=%v opened=%q", cmd != nil, opened)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRootModelNavigatesThreadLinksAndOpensExactDestination(t *testing.T) {
 	m := openLinkThreadThroughModel(t)
 	var opened []string