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Troubleshooting Power Automate Desktop: Repeated Email Downloads Despite "Mark as Read" Setting

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I am currently utilizing Power Automate Desktop and attempting to download emails using the "Retrieve email messages" action, which operates via the IMAP protocol. After initiating the flow, it successfully downloads the emails from the server. However, I encounter an issue where, regardless of setting the "mark as read" flag, if I rerun the flow, it redownloads all the previously downloaded emails. Am I missing something in my process? I'm unable to pinpoint the problem. Any assistance or insights would be highly appreciated.

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    WillSG Profile Picture
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    Hi @Ronyn77  I hope you are doing well.

     

    You need to select the Retrieve option as “Unread Emails Message Only”, this will excludeall the email that were previously processed.

     

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    Also, you can use the action Process email messages and move the emails processed to another folder or delete them.

     

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    Those are just some ideas to overcome your situation, hope this helps, happy automation!,


    If I have addressed your inquiry successfully, kindly consider marking my response as the preferred solution. If you found my assistance helpful, a 'Thumbs Up' would be greatly appreciated.

     

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    Kind regards,

     

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    Thank you very much @WillSG 

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