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%RetrievedEmails[0]% does not get the latest message via IMAP

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Posted on by SimonF 5

I am using %RetrievedEmails[0]% to make only the latest message unread in the Inbox of an IMAP mailbox.

First I retrieve emails and mark them as read

Then I process email messages with variable %RetrievedEmails[0]% to mark the latest message as unread

For some reason this is selecting a message somewhere about 18 into the inbox. If I use %RetrievedEmails[18]% it selects the latest message.


Any idea what may cause this? Is there a simple way of getting latest message via IMAP?

Thanks

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    Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    Have never actually noticed this myself, but I assume it likely goes in the reverse order and starts with oldest messages. You can either use Sort list to sort it by item properties, or simply pick up the last item instead of the first one. You can get it as %RetrievedEmails[RetrievedEmails.Count-1]%.

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    SimonF 5 on at

    That did the trick, thank you!

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