diff --git a/src/email.rs b/src/email.rs
index 7f5aa36..affaae0 100644
--- a/src/email.rs
+++ b/src/email.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,36 @@
-use futures::Stream;
-use std::error::Error;
+use futures::{lock::Mutex, Sink, SinkExt, Stream, StreamExt};
+use std::{
+    error::Error,
+    fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
+
+use crate::task::Spawn;
 
-use self::inbox::SequenceNumber;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
 pub mod inbox;
 pub mod login;
 pub mod message;
 
+/// The ID of a single message stored in the inbox.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Hash))]
+pub struct SequenceNumber(u32);
+
+impl SequenceNumber {
+    /// Get the integral value of this sequence number
+    pub fn value(self) -> u32 {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for SequenceNumber {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.value())
+    }
+}
+
 /// `SequenceNumberStreamer` will stream new emails, and then return their sequence numbers to the stream.
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait SequenceNumberStreamer {
@@ -29,7 +52,240 @@ pub trait MessageFetcher {
     async fn fetch_message(&self, sequence_number: SequenceNumber) -> Result<String, Self::Error>;
 }
 
-pub struct Broker<W: SequenceNumberStreamer, F: MessageFetcher> {
+pub struct Broker<W, F, S, O>
+where
+    W: SequenceNumberStreamer,
+    F: MessageFetcher,
+    S: Spawn,
+    O: Sink<String>,
+{
     watcher: W,
-    fetcher: F,
+    fetcher: Arc<Mutex<F>>,
+    spawner: S,
+    output_sink: O,
+}
+
+impl<W, F, S, O> Broker<W, F, S, O>
+where
+    W: SequenceNumberStreamer,
+    W::Stream: Unpin,
+    F: MessageFetcher + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    F::Error: Send,
+    S: Spawn,
+    O: Sink<String> + Unpin + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    O::Error: Debug,
+{
+    pub fn new(watcher: W, fetcher: F, spawner: S, output_sink: O) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            watcher,
+            fetcher: Arc::new(Mutex::new(fetcher)),
+            spawner,
+            output_sink,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Stream any incoming mesages from the [`SequenceNumberStreamer`] to the output sink.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    /// Returns an error if there was a problem in setting up the stream. Individual message failures
+    /// will be logged.
+    pub async fn stream_incoming_messages_to_sink(&mut self) -> Result<(), W::Error> {
+        let mut stream = self.watcher.watch_for_new_messages().await?;
+
+        while let Some(sequence_number) = stream.next().await {
+            let fetcher = self.fetcher.clone();
+            let output_sink = self.output_sink.clone();
+            let spawn_res = self.spawner.spawn(async move {
+                // Because this is an associated function, we must put this in an async block so that
+                // we don't have to restrict the lifetimes of our non-static generics.
+                Self::fetch_and_sink_message(sequence_number, fetcher, output_sink).await;
+            });
+            if let Err(spawn_err) = spawn_res {
+                error!(
+                    "failed to spawn task to fetch sequence number {sequence_number}: {spawn_err:?}",
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Should this use a TaskData like we did in MessageFetcher, rather than taking
+    // onership of clones?
+    async fn fetch_and_sink_message(
+        sequence_number: SequenceNumber,
+        fetcher: Arc<Mutex<F>>,
+        mut output_sink: O,
+    ) {
+        let fetcher = fetcher.lock().await;
+
+        let fetch_result = fetcher.fetch_message(sequence_number).await;
+        if let Err(fetch_err) = fetch_result {
+            error!("failed to fetch message: {:?}", fetch_err);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let msg = fetch_result.unwrap();
+        let send_res = output_sink.send(msg).await;
+        if let Err(send_err) = send_res {
+            error!("failed to send fetched message to output stream {send_err:?}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::{
+        collections::HashMap,
+        fmt::{Display, Formatter},
+        sync::Arc,
+    };
+
+    use crate::task::{Cancel, SpawnError};
+
+    use super::*;
+    use futures::{
+        channel::mpsc::{self, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender},
+        lock::Mutex,
+        Future, FutureExt, SinkExt,
+    };
+    use futures::{select, StreamExt};
+    use thiserror::Error;
+
+    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
+    struct StringError(String);
+
+    impl Display for StringError {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            f.write_str(&self.0)
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct MockSequenceNumberStreamer {
+        sender: Arc<Mutex<UnboundedSender<SequenceNumber>>>,
+        receiver: Arc<Mutex<UnboundedReceiver<SequenceNumber>>>,
+        stopped: bool,
+    }
+
+    impl MockSequenceNumberStreamer {
+        pub fn new() -> Self {
+            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
+            Self {
+                sender: Arc::new(Mutex::new(tx)),
+                receiver: Arc::new(Mutex::new(rx)),
+                stopped: false,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[async_trait]
+    impl SequenceNumberStreamer for MockSequenceNumberStreamer {
+        type Stream = UnboundedReceiver<SequenceNumber>;
+        type Error = StringError;
+
+        async fn watch_for_new_messages(&mut self) -> Result<Self::Stream, Self::Error> {
+            let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
+
+            // normally I'd use a spawner for this but this is a mock so it's ok...
+            let receiver_mutex = self.receiver.clone();
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let mut receiver = receiver_mutex.lock().await;
+                while let Some(msg) = receiver.next().await {
+                    tx.send(msg).await.expect("send failed");
+                }
+            });
+
+            Ok(rx)
+        }
+
+        fn stop(&mut self) {
+            unimplemented!();
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Default)]
+    struct MockMessageFetcher {
+        messages: HashMap<SequenceNumber, String>,
+    }
+
+    impl MockMessageFetcher {
+        pub fn new() -> Self {
+            Self::default()
+        }
+
+        pub fn stage_message(&mut self, seq: SequenceNumber, message: &str) {
+            self.messages.insert(seq, message.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[async_trait]
+    impl MessageFetcher for MockMessageFetcher {
+        type Error = StringError;
+
+        async fn fetch_message(
+            &self,
+            sequence_number: SequenceNumber,
+        ) -> Result<String, Self::Error> {
+            self.messages.get(&sequence_number).cloned().ok_or_else(|| {
+                StringError(format!("sequence number {:?} not found", sequence_number))
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct TokioSpawner;
+    impl Spawn for TokioSpawner {
+        type Cancel = CancelFnOnce;
+
+        fn spawn<F: Future + Send + 'static>(&self, future: F) -> Result<Self::Cancel, SpawnError>
+        where
+            <F as Future>::Output: Send,
+        {
+            let handle = tokio::spawn(future);
+            let canceler = CancelFnOnce {
+                cancel_func: Box::new(move || handle.abort()),
+            };
+
+            Ok(canceler)
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct CancelFnOnce {
+        cancel_func: Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send + Sync>,
+    }
+
+    impl Cancel for CancelFnOnce {
+        fn cancel(self) {
+            (self.cancel_func)();
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_messages_from_streamer_go_to_sink() {
+        let mock_watcher = MockSequenceNumberStreamer::new();
+        let mut mock_fetcher = MockMessageFetcher::new();
+        let (message_tx, mut message_rx) = mpsc::unbounded::<String>();
+
+        let watcher_sender_mutex = mock_watcher.sender.clone();
+        let mut watcher_sender = watcher_sender_mutex.lock().await;
+
+        mock_fetcher.stage_message(SequenceNumber(123), "hello, world!");
+
+        let mut broker = Broker::new(mock_watcher, mock_fetcher, TokioSpawner, message_tx);
+        let join_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            broker
+                .stream_incoming_messages_to_sink()
+                .await
+                .expect("stream failed");
+        });
+
+        watcher_sender
+            .send(SequenceNumber(123))
+            .await
+            .expect("send failed");
+
+        select! {
+            msg = message_rx.next() => assert_eq!("hello, world!", msg.expect("empty channel")),
+            _ = join_handle.fuse() => panic!("broker returned, but did not receive message"),
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/email/inbox.rs b/src/email/inbox.rs
index 82d1239..132579e 100644
--- a/src/email/inbox.rs
+++ b/src/email/inbox.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! The inbox module holds implementations to allow for the monitoring of a real inbox
 
 use self::idle::{SessionCell, SessionState};
-use super::{login::SessionGenerator, SequenceNumberStreamer};
+use super::{login::SessionGenerator, SequenceNumber, SequenceNumberStreamer};
 use crate::{
     task::{Cancel, Spawn, SpawnError},
     IMAPSession, IMAPTransportStream,
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ mod idle;
 
 const CHANNEL_SIZE: usize = 16;
 
-/// The ID of a single message stored in the inbox.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
-pub struct SequenceNumber(u32);
-
 /// An error that occurs during the setup process of a [`Watcher`] stream
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum WatchError {
@@ -57,13 +53,6 @@ pub struct Watcher<G: SessionGenerator, S: Spawn> {
     cancelers: Vec<S::Cancel>,
 }
 
-impl SequenceNumber {
-    /// Get the integral value of this sequence number
-    pub fn value(self) -> u32 {
-        self.0
-    }
-}
-
 #[async_trait]
 impl<G, S> SequenceNumberStreamer for Watcher<G, S>
 where
diff --git a/src/email/message.rs b/src/email/message.rs
index 8534897..7641a5e 100644
--- a/src/email/message.rs
+++ b/src/email/message.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{IMAPSession, SessionGenerator};
 use std::iter;
 
-use super::{inbox::SequenceNumber, MessageFetcher};
+use super::{MessageFetcher, SequenceNumber};
 use async_imap::{error::Error as IMAPError, types::Fetch};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::StreamExt;