Possible to get the Message id from Send an email?

[Cooper01]

I have a flow where I am sending an email to a user (triggered from Power Apps). I'd like to upload a copy of this email as an .eml file to a SharePoint document library. I found that I can get an email attachment using the Export email (V2) action, but I can't seem to get the Message id from the email I just sent.

I think I could also forward the email to some sort of behind the scenes email address, trigger on When a new email arrives, and then Export email to add to the library, however it seems fairly inefficient.

Does anyone know how I can get the Message Id or of a more efficient way to export without using the second email address?

[yashag2255 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Cooper01 

By design, the action Send an Email does not return the message ID of the email being sent therefore it cannot be retrieved from the action outputs. 

If you think this should be added as a feature, you can create an idea post or upvote already existing ones here: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/idb-p/MPAIdeas

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[HEATFreight]

Please do this! I don't have time to make the idea, but suffice it to say... It's really bizarre that -given everything Power Automate can do- it can't keep track of outgoing message ID ?!?!?! Strange, that seems like a relatively easy thing to do 🤷‍♂️

[HEATFreight]

Also, it would seem that they've got a bug in the way this reply box thingy interprets emojis, because the male shrug gets converted to female shrug + male symbol, lmao!

[asd2525]

I would do a wait action for just a minute or so then use the "Get Emails" action to get the email from the sent folder. You can use the user's email that you are sending it to, along with other aspects of the email to identify it, and then limit the return to the Top 1. Then use the "Export email" action. It will do an "Apply to each" but if you make the count only 1 then that won't matter.

I don't know how often you are sending emails to the same person with the same info but if you had a little bit of time between them this should work. 

[HEATFreight]

Yeah I mean I can just subject-line match to the unique ID I generate via timestamp, but was hoping for a simple solution 🤦‍♂️

[HEATFreight]

Nested triggers! Or Power Automate Inception, lmao🤣

We really do need to have triggers within flows, to enable more complex behavior. I have used desktop flows to run other desktop flows, in a pinch. Is there no functionality to trigger, specifically, an existing cloud flow within another cloud flow? Or even within a desktop flow?!? Those would be amazing features but I don't think it currently exists. I am using desktop flow triggers within cloud flows extensively. The desktop flow can even send outputs back to the cloud flow when it finishes, which is extremely powerful.

Seems as though we should have more flexibility with this concept of trigger a flow within a flow. If I have a button-trigger cloud flow, I should be able to click that button within another cloud flow! ...well, without having to build a web automation to workaround the missing functionality, although I've considered it🤖🤑

EDIT: After I wrote this comment, I figured out that flows within solutions can call other flows with the "Run a child flow" action 🤘🤑🤘

[asd2525]

I don't see what about this isn't simple. I used just the email of the person who triggered the flow as the To: part of the email and the trigger button asks for a name to input. I just made this simple flow and it worked fine.

[HEATFreight]

It's possible for that to trigger on invalid data whereas an ID number is a cryptographically unique hash that can't possibly match to the wrong email before the heat death of the universe.

[DanielK030]

For everyone who has the same issue or come across this post, please vote for the idea: Outlook 365 Mail - Send an e-mail / Export email · Community (powerautomate.com)