Get Email By Id

UiPath.Mail.Activities.Business.GetEmailById

Retrieves the email with the specified ID. This activity must be added inside a Use Outlook 365, Use Gmail, or Use Desktop Outlook App activity.

Configuring the Activity

In the Body of the Activity

• Account - The account to search in. In StudioX, click Plus on the right side of the field and then, from the drop-down menu, select an Outlook 365, Gmail, or desktop Outlook account added to the automation.

• Email ID - The ID of the email to look for. In StudioX, click Plus on the right side of the field and then, from the drop-down menu, use one of the available options to select the ID:

  • Data from the Project Notebook, a parent Excel file or Outlook account. For example, select an Excel file, and then select Indicate in Excel to indicate a cell from the file, or select an email in Outlook and then select a field in the email that contains the ID.
  • Use Variable - Select a variable that you previously created in the project.
  • Text - Enter an email ID in the Text Builder.
  • Ask when run - Prompt for the ID when the project is executed.
  • Paste from clipboard - Paste a value that you previously copied to the clipboard in the project.
  • Open in Advanced Editor - Enter a VB expression.

• Reference as - The name used to refer to the retrieved email in other activities. In StudioX, click Plus on the right side of the field and then, from the drop-down menu, use one of the available options:

  • Create Variable - Creates a new variable in the project to store the email from the activity.
  • Use Variable - Select a variable that you previously created in the project to store the email from the activity.

Properties Panel

Common

• DisplayName - The display name of the activity.

Input

• See the options in the body of the activity.

  Note:

  • The value for Email ID can can be retrieved from the MailMessage.Headers("Uid") object or from the UiPathEventObjectId project argument if an Integration Service trigger is used.
  • When used with the Use Outlook 365 activity, value retrieval from the UiPathEventObjectId argument is not supported on Windows-Legacy projects.

Misc

• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

Output

• See the options in the body of the activity.