diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 871be2c..5da8597 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ cw-semver = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde" ]}
 cw-orch = { package = "cw-orch-interchain", git = "ssh://git@github.com/AbstractSDK/cw-orch-interchain.git", tag = "v0.22.0" }
 abstract-cw-orch-polytone = "2.0.0"
 abstract-interchain-tests = { git = "https://github.com/AbstractSDK/abstract", version = "0.22.1", branch = "removemm" }
+cw-paginate = "0.2.1"
 # TODO: cannot use this because of money-market adapter trait issue
 #abstract-interchain-tests = { git = "https://github.com/AbstractSDK/abstract", version = "0.22.1", tag = "v0.22.1" }
 
diff --git a/contracts/client/Cargo.toml b/contracts/client/Cargo.toml
index 391dfc9..05de687 100644
--- a/contracts/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cw-asset = { workspace = true }
 abstract-app = { workspace = true }
 ibcmail = { workspace = true }
 abstract-interface = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+cw-paginate = { workspace = true }
 
 # Dependencies for interface
 cw-orch = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/contracts/client/src/handlers/execute.rs b/contracts/client/src/handlers/execute.rs
index 44092f3..75c710e 100644
--- a/contracts/client/src/handlers/execute.rs
+++ b/contracts/client/src/handlers/execute.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ fn receive_msg(deps: DepsMut, info: MessageInfo, msg: Message, app: App) -> Clie
 
     match msg.recipient {
         Recipient::Account { id: ref account_id, .. } => {
+
+            println!("account_id: {:?}", account_id);
             let our_id = app.account_id(deps.as_ref())?;
+            println!("our_id: {:?}", our_id);
             // check that the recipient is the current account
             ensure_eq!(account_id, &our_id, ClientError::NotRecipient {} );
         }
diff --git a/contracts/client/src/handlers/query.rs b/contracts/client/src/handlers/query.rs
index 15192ce..e4b1459 100644
--- a/contracts/client/src/handlers/query.rs
+++ b/contracts/client/src/handlers/query.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,34 @@ use crate::contract::{App, ClientResult};
 use crate::msg::{ClientQueryMsg, ConfigResponse};
 use crate::state::{CONFIG};
 use cosmwasm_std::{to_json_binary, Binary, Deps, Env, StdResult};
+use cw_storage_plus::Bound;
+use ibcmail::client::error::ClientError;
+use ibcmail::client::msg::{MessageFilter, MessagesResponse};
+use ibcmail::client::state::RECEIVED;
+use ibcmail::MessageId;
+
+pub const DEFAULT_LIMIT: u32 = 50;
 
 pub fn query_handler(deps: Deps, _env: Env, _app: &App, msg: ClientQueryMsg) -> ClientResult<Binary> {
     match msg {
         ClientQueryMsg::Config {} => to_json_binary(&query_config(deps)?),
+        ClientQueryMsg::Messages { filter, start_after, limit } => to_json_binary(&query_messages(deps, filter, start_after, limit)?),
     }
     .map_err(Into::into)
 }
 
+fn query_messages(deps: Deps, filter: Option<MessageFilter>, start: Option<MessageId>, limit: Option<u32>) -> ClientResult<MessagesResponse> {
+    let messages = cw_paginate::paginate_map(
+        &RECEIVED,
+        deps.storage,
+        start.as_ref().map(Bound::exclusive),
+        limit,
+        |_id, message| Ok::<_, ClientError>(message),
+    )?;
+
+    Ok(MessagesResponse { messages })
+}
+
 fn query_config(deps: Deps) -> StdResult<ConfigResponse> {
     let _config = CONFIG.load(deps.storage)?;
     Ok(ConfigResponse {})
diff --git a/contracts/client/tests/integration.rs b/contracts/client/tests/integration.rs
index 7786ac5..54c0d06 100644
--- a/contracts/client/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/contracts/client/tests/integration.rs
@@ -118,11 +118,19 @@ mod receive_msg {
         let server_account_id = app.account().id().unwrap();
         let app_account_id = app.account().id().unwrap();
 
+        println!("server_account_id: {:?}, app_account_id: {:?}", server_account_id, app_account_id);
+
         let msg = create_test_message(server_account_id.clone(), app_account_id.clone());
-        let server_adr = app.account().module_addresses(vec![IBCMAIL_SERVER_ID.into()])?.modules[0].1.clone();
-        let res = app.call_as(&server_adr).receive_message(msg);
+        let server_addr = app.account().module_addresses(vec![IBCMAIL_SERVER_ID.into()])?.modules[0].1.clone();
+
+        println!("app_account_id: {:?}", app.account().id());
+        let res = app.call_as(&server_addr).receive_message(msg);
 
         assert_that!(res).is_ok();
+
+        let messages = app.messages(None, None, None)?;
+        assert_that!(messages.messages).has_length(1);
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -199,6 +207,12 @@ mod send_msg {
 
         assert_that!(res).is_ok();
 
+        let myos_messages = myos_client.messages(None, None, None)?;
+        assert_that!(myos_messages.messages).is_empty();
+
+        let juno_messages = juno_client.messages(None, None, None)?;
+        assert_that!(juno_messages.messages).has_length(1);
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }
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diff --git a/packages/ibcmail/src/client/msg.rs b/packages/ibcmail/src/client/msg.rs
index a663dc7..02a53cd 100644
--- a/packages/ibcmail/src/client/msg.rs
+++ b/packages/ibcmail/src/client/msg.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 use cosmwasm_schema::QueryResponses;
 use crate::client::ClientApp;
-use crate::{Message, NewMessage};
+use crate::{Message, MessageId, NewMessage, Recipient, Sender};
 
 
 // This is used for type safety and re-exporting the contract endpoint structs.
@@ -25,19 +25,35 @@ pub enum ClientExecuteMsg {
     UpdateConfig {},
 }
 
-#[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
-pub struct AppMigrateMsg {}
-
-
 /// App query messages
 #[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "interface", derive(cw_orch::QueryFns))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "interface", impl_into(QueryMsg))]
 #[derive(QueryResponses)]
 pub enum ClientQueryMsg {
+    #[returns(MessagesResponse)]
+    Messages {
+        filter: Option<MessageFilter>,
+        limit: Option<u32>,
+        start_after: Option<MessageId>,
+    },
     #[returns(ConfigResponse)]
     Config {},
 }
 
+#[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
+pub struct MessageFilter {
+    pub from: Option<Sender>,
+}
+
+#[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
+pub struct AppMigrateMsg {}
+
+
 #[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
 pub struct ConfigResponse {}
+
+#[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
+pub struct MessagesResponse {
+    pub messages: Vec<Message>,
+}
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diff --git a/packages/ibcmail/src/lib.rs b/packages/ibcmail/src/lib.rs
index da422cd..cab0a5c 100644
--- a/packages/ibcmail/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/ibcmail/src/lib.rs
@@ -58,4 +58,13 @@ impl Recipient {
             chain: chain_name
         }
     }
+}
+
+#[non_exhaustive]
+#[cosmwasm_schema::cw_serde]
+pub enum Sender {
+    Account {
+        id: AccountId,
+        chain: Option<ChainName>
+    }
 }
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