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I have a simple flow that flow that has two loops. I'm having issues with the get attachments in the second loop. it's simple request to get all the emails form an outlook folder and move them to a subfolder and then also write them to SharePoint

This works fine. Issue: I'm also checking to see if the emails have an attachment so if it does I'm writing the attachment as a file. This works great if you write with a trigger "When the email arrives but this is a get mail loop. There are no examples. it sees all 3 attachments but the get attachments can't find the attachments and the action fails with this error.

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Jon Unzueta 1,834 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You're running into a common issue when using the "Get emails" action in a loop (instead of the "When a new email arrives" trigger) and trying to retrieve attachments. Here's a breakdown of what's likely going wrong and how to fix it.

🔍 Why the "Get attachments" action fails in a loop

When using "Get emails" (e.g., from a folder), the returned email objects do not include full metadata like the MessageId or InternetMessageId that the "Get attachments" action expects. This causes the action to fail even though the email clearly has attachments.

✅ Fix: Use the correct identifier for "Get attachments"

To retrieve attachments from emails in a loop, you need to:

Use the "Get emails" action to retrieve messages from a folder.

For each email, extract the Message Id (not Id or Conversation Id).

Use that Message Id in the "Get attachments" action.

🛠️ Suggested Flow Structure

Here’s a simplified structure that should work:

Get emails (V3) from folder.

Apply to each email:

Move email to subfolder.

Write email metadata to SharePoint.

Condition: If HasAttachments is true:

Use "Get attachments (V2)" with the Message Id.

Apply to each attachment:

Use "Get attachment content".

Create file in SharePoint.

⚠️ Common Pitfalls

Wrong ID used: Make sure you're using the Message Id from the email object, not the Id of the loop item.

Attachments not loaded: The "Get emails" action doesn't load attachments by default—only metadata.

Rate limits: If you're looping through many emails, you might hit throttling limits.

🏷️ Tag me if you have any further questions or if the issue persists.

✅ Click "Accept as Solution" if my post helped resolve your issue—it helps others facing similar problems.

❤️ Give it a Like if you found the approach useful in any way.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,969 Moderator on at

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Hi @DT-01082229-0

I checked out your flow just to be sure.

1) Be careful as you exported it with your connections etc which show your email address.

2) unfortunately due to what you have configured, I cannot directly import it to review it.

So I had to review it in Notepad++ lol which is not very fun :-). So next time you might want to just paste some pictures in :-)

Looking at it, you are in fact using the wrong id

"messageId": "@items('Apply_to_each')?['id']",

You do need to use the Message Id

If these suggestions help resolve your issue, Please consider Marking the answer as such and also maybe a like.

Thank you!
Sincerely, Michael Gernaey

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DT-01082229-0 7 on at

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Thank you for your responses. I am definitely using MessageID in the Get Attachment (V2) action. I will also add the get Attachment content after the GET Attachment but Not sure if that will help since the issue is in the GET ATTACHMENT action. its not getting passed it.

I am using GET EMAIL instead of "When the mail arrives" because I need to move an entire existing folder to SharePoint. Special Email retention process for super old emails that's not part of our retention policy. I have a flow that works with that action. It issue is this is the second loop in the flow.

First loop gets the emails, moves them in outlook, exports them, writes them to SharePoint. The second loop for each email checks the attachment and trys to write the attachment to SharePoint. The issue is it can't find the attachment , even though the log says HasAttachment = true.

I will add screenshots:

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