diff --git a/addons/emails/email_message.py b/addons/emails/email_message.py
index 1177bc90bc1..9e00bcc6f3f 100644
--- a/addons/emails/email_message.py
+++ b/addons/emails/email_message.py
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ class email_message(osv.osv):
         'headers': fields.char('x_headers',size=256, readonly=True),
         'priority':fields.integer('Priority', readonly=True),
         'debug':fields.boolean('Debug', readonly=True),
-        'history': fields.boolean('History'),
+        'history': fields.boolean('History', readonly=True),
+        'description': fields.text('Description'),
         #I like GMAIL which allows putting same mail in many folders
         #Lets plan it for 0.9
         'folder':fields.selection([
diff --git a/addons/emails/email_view.xml b/addons/emails/email_view.xml
index ca5c879e9fb..cb41a34442c 100644
--- a/addons/emails/email_view.xml
+++ b/addons/emails/email_view.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
                                 </group>
                                 <field name="message_id"/>
                             </group>
+                            <separator string="Description" colspan="4"/>
+                            <field name="description" nolabel="1" colspan="4"/>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Attachments">
                             <separator string="Attachments" colspan="4"/>
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@
                             <field name="priority"/>
                             <field name="debug"/>
                             <field name="history"/>
+                            <newline/>
                             <button name="process_queue" string="Process Queue" type="object" icon="gtk-execute"/>
                         </page>
                     </notebook>