diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingCard.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingCard.tsx
index 81dbe3c6d..fc144fb86 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingCard.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { formatMoney } from '../../../utils/formatters'
 import { parseMeta, displayTitle, type CostTotal } from './bookingsModel'
 import type { BookingFacts } from './bookingFacts'
 import {
-  AirTrailPill, MailPill, BOX, Block, Field, FileRows, ReviewPill, RoundAction, RouteBox, StatusDot, TravelerChips, TypeChip, WhenFields,
+  AirTrailPill, BOX, Block, Field, FileRows, ReviewPill, RoundAction, RouteBox, StatusDot, TravelerChips, TypeChip, WhenFields,
   fs, toneOf, toneTint,
 } from './bookingParts'
 import { TransitLegs, transitSummary } from './transitParts'
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export default function BookingCard(p: BookingCardProps) {
           {!!r.needs_review && <ReviewPill />}
         </span>
         <AirTrailPill r={r} />
-        <MailPill r={r} />
         {p.canEdit && <RoundAction label={t('common.edit')} onClick={p.onEdit}><Pencil size={12} strokeWidth={2} /></RoundAction>}
         {p.canEdit && <RoundAction label={t('common.delete')} onClick={p.onDelete} danger><Trash2 size={12} strokeWidth={2} /></RoundAction>}
       </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingDetailDialog.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingDetailDialog.tsx
index 7c0aaea92..3595dc148 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingDetailDialog.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingDetailDialog.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export default function BookingDetailDialog(p: BookingDetailDialogProps) {
           )}
           {!!r.needs_review && <ReviewPill pill onConfirm={p.canEdit ? () => void confirmReview() : undefined} />}
           <AirTrailPill r={r} pill />
-          <MailPill r={r} pill />
+          <MailPill r={r} />
           {r.confirmation_number && (
             // The copy button rides in the pill's padding (-my-1), so this pill is as tall as its neighbours.
             <span className={`${PILL} gap-1 pe-1`}>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingsList.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingsList.tsx
index 6a6589ce3..3934bea52 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingsList.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/BookingsList.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { formatMoney } from '../../../utils/formatters'
 import { TransitLegChips } from '../transitDisplay'
 import { displayTitle, parseMeta, type BookingGroup, type CostTotal } from './bookingsModel'
 import type { BookingFacts } from './bookingFacts'
-import { AirTrailPill, CountPill, MailPill, EYEBROW, ReviewPill, RoundAction, StatusDot, TravelerStack, TypeTile, fs } from './bookingParts'
+import { AirTrailPill, CountPill, EYEBROW, ReviewPill, RoundAction, StatusDot, TravelerStack, TypeTile, fs } from './bookingParts'
 
 export interface BookingsListProps {
   groups: BookingGroup[]
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ function Row({ r, p, facts, files, costs, t, locale }: {
           <span className="truncate font-semibold text-content" style={fs(13.5, 'body')}>{displayTitle(r)}</span>
           {!!r.needs_review && <ReviewPill />}
           <AirTrailPill r={r} />
-          <MailPill r={r} />
         </div>
         {transit ? (
           <div className="mt-1"><TransitLegChips legs={Array.isArray(meta.transit?.legs) ? meta.transit.legs : []} size="sm" t={t} /></div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.test.tsx
index 91ad9cef1..01c51bde4 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-// FE-PLANNER-BKPARTS-001 to FE-PLANNER-BKPARTS-005
+// FE-PLANNER-BKPARTS-001 to FE-PLANNER-BKPARTS-006
 import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
-import { buildTripFile } from '../../../../tests/helpers/factories';
+import { buildReservation, buildTripFile } from '../../../../tests/helpers/factories';
 import { downloadFile, openFile } from '../../../utils/fileDownload';
 import type { BookingFacts } from './bookingFacts';
-import { FileRows, ReviewPill, WhenFields } from './bookingParts';
+import { FileRows, MailPill, ReviewPill, WhenFields } from './bookingParts';
 
 vi.mock('../../../utils/fileDownload', () => ({
   openFile: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
@@ -97,4 +97,11 @@ describe('FileRows', () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button'));
     expect(onConfirm).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
+
+  it('FE-PLANNER-BKPARTS-006: the mail pill names a booking from a forwarded mail, and nothing else', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(<MailPill r={buildReservation({ external_source: 'mail' })} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText('From mail')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    rerender(<MailPill r={buildReservation({ external_source: 'import' })} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText('From mail')).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.tsx
index 017d5ee6a..dcc2affb6 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookings/bookingParts.tsx
@@ -205,30 +205,27 @@ export function ReviewPill({ pill = false, onConfirm }: { pill?: boolean; onConf
 }
 
 /**
- * The AirTrail link of a booking. A multi-leg import is detached from sync by
- * design (#1535), which is not the same as a flight removed upstream (#1646).
+ * Added from a forwarded booking mail (mail-ingest), in the detail dialog's
+ * head: where a person looks up where a booking came from. The card and the
+ * list leave it out, their head is the booking itself.
  */
-/** Added from a forwarded booking mail (mail-ingest): said quietly, so the person knows where it came from. */
-export function MailPill({ r, pill = false }: { r: Reservation; pill?: boolean }) {
+export function MailPill({ r }: { r: Reservation }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   if (r.external_source !== 'mail') return null
   return (
     <Tooltip label={t('mailInbox.fromMailHint')}>
-      {pill ? (
-        <span className={PILL} style={fs(12, 'body')}>
-          <Mail size={13} strokeWidth={2.2} className="text-content-faint" />
-          {t('mailInbox.fromMail')}
-        </span>
-      ) : (
-        <span className="inline-flex flex-none items-center gap-1 rounded-full bg-surface-tertiary px-2 py-[2px] font-geist font-bold uppercase tracking-[.03em] text-content-faint" style={fs(9)}>
-          <Mail size={10} />
-          {t('mailInbox.fromMail')}
-        </span>
-      )}
+      <span className={PILL} style={fs(12, 'body')}>
+        <Mail size={13} strokeWidth={2.2} className="text-content-faint" />
+        {t('mailInbox.fromMail')}
+      </span>
     </Tooltip>
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * The AirTrail link of a booking. A multi-leg import is detached from sync by
+ * design (#1535), which is not the same as a flight removed upstream (#1646).
+ */
 export function AirTrailPill({ r, pill = false }: { r: Reservation; pill?: boolean }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   if (r.external_source !== 'airtrail') return null