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title: "Get an inbound email"
description: "`notify.inbound_emails.get` (GET /v1/{name}): Gets an inbound email."
type: reference
product: email
summary: "Gets an inbound email."
updated: 2026-09-28
nav: false
---

Gets an inbound email.

- **Path** `GET https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox/inbound_emails/inbound-email`
- **Scope** `notify:read`
- **Effect** `read` — nothing is written.
- **Collection** [inbound_emails](/docs/api/inbound_emails)

## Request

| Field | Type | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | The name of the inbound email to get. Required. |

## Response

| Field | Type | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | `orgs/{org}/projects/{project}/envs/{env}/mailboxes/{mailbox}/inbound_emails/{inbound_email}`. |
| `uid` | `string` | `ieml_<cell><ulid>`; never reused. Output only. |
| `meta` | `ResourceMeta` | Resource metadata. |
| `sequence` | `int64` | The feed position, increasing within the environment; filter `sequence > N` to resume after the last one handled. Output only. |
| `direction` | `InboundEmailDirection` | Received by the mailbox, or found in its Sent folder. Output only. One of `received`, `sent`. |
| `message_id` | `string` | The Message-ID without angle brackets; the dedupe key. Mail without one gets `sha256-<hex>@invalid`. Output only. |
| `parent_message_id` | `string` | In-Reply-To: the Message-ID this answers, without angle brackets. Output only. |
| `references` | `string[]` | References, oldest first. Output only. |
| `sender_address` | `string` | The From address, lower case. Output only. |
| `sender_name` | `string` | The From display name. Output only. |
| `recipient_addresses` | `string[]` | The To addresses. Output only. |
| `cc_addresses` | `string[]` | Cc addresses. Output only. |
| `subject` | `string` | The subject. Output only. |
| `text_body` | `string` | The plain-text body. Output only. |
| `html_body` | `string` | The HTML body as received; render it only through a sanitizer. Output only. |
| `receive_time` | `timestamp` | The Date header, else when the mailbox received it. Output only. |
| `automated` | `bool` | Sent by software: Auto-Submitted, Precedence bulk or list, auto-reply headers, or a delivery report. Output only. |
| `raw_sha256` | `string` | SHA-256 of the raw message, hex. Output only. |
| `size_bytes` | `int64` | The raw message size. Output only. |
| `erased` | `bool` | Personal data removed by erasure; the dedupe key stays. Output only. |
| `message` | `string` | The Notify Message that sent it, for mail Notify sent as this mailbox. Output only. |

### ResourceMeta

| Field | Type | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `generation` | `int64` | Increases by one on every change to `spec`. Output only. |
| `etag` | `string` | Strong ETag (AIP-154): changes on any change to spec, status, or metadata. Send it back as `If-Match` or `etag` to make Update and Delete conditional; a mismatch fails with ABORTED / 409 `ETAG_MISMATCH`. Output only. |
| `create_time` | `timestamp` | When the Resource was created. Output only. |
| `update_time` | `timestamp` | When the Resource last changed. Output only. |
| `delete_time` | `timestamp` | Set while the Resource is being deleted. Output only. |
| `labels` | `map<string, string>` | Caller-writable, indexed labels (AIP-122 label rules). |
| `annotations` | `map<string, string>` | Caller-writable, unindexed annotations. |
| `display_name` | `string` | Caller-writable human-readable name. |
| `creator` | `string` | The principal that created the Resource. Output only. |

## Errors

- [`UNAUTHENTICATED`](/docs/api/errors/UNAUTHENTICATED) — No valid key or token was presented.
- [`PERMISSION_DENIED`](/docs/api/errors/PERMISSION_DENIED) — The key lacks the method's permission.
- [`RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND`](/docs/api/errors/RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND) — The named Resource does not exist or is not visible.

Every error arrives in the body [Errors](/docs/platform/errors) describes.

## Examples

**cURL**

```curl
curl "https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox/inbound_emails/inbound-email" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SYLPHX_API_KEY"
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
const response = await sylphx.notify.inboundEmails.get({ name: 'orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox/inbound_emails/inbound-email' })
```

**Rust**

```rust
let mut req = sylphx::notify::GetInboundEmailRequest::default();
req.name = "orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox/inbound_emails/inbound-email".to_string();
let response = sx.notify().inbound_emails().get(req).await?;
```

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx notify inbound-emails get orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox/inbound_emails/inbound-email
```

**MCP**

```json
{ "method_id": "notify.inbound_emails.get", "args": {"name":"orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/mailboxes/mailbox/inbound_emails/inbound-email"} }
```