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Pls Help - PA can't handle two triggers but cannot get email ID if I don't !

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Good morning y'all!

I recently created a flow that is triggered by a button in Sharepoint Lists, then compiles and sends an email with the element's data, saves the mail sent as a file in Sharepoint for backup and updates the Sharepoint List element (mail sent to YES, date of email sent, etc)

However I can only get the sent email's ID if I use "when a new email arrives", which is a trigger and PowerAutomate cannot handle two triggers in one flow.

If I use the flow as is, the flow crashes and doesn't even trigger.

If I don't use "when a new email arrives" I cannot get the mail's ID requested for "export mail"

Has anyone handled this kind of issue?

Microsoft states 1 trigger=1flow, so I have tried to create another flow after this one to retrieve the mail, but cannot seem to link both flows (ex: export the mail sent by the previous flow using XXX subject) because the variable subject is not available in the second flow.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Have a great day!

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    Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    53,968 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at
    Hi
     
    Instead do this.
     
    After your Send, do a Delay (Action) for 5-20 seconds.
    Then use the Get Emails
    Set it to the Sent Items folder
    Set it to NOT look for Unread Files only
    then put in your Subject from the email you sent.
     
    Now add an Apply to each and the input is the output of the Get Emails.
    And you now have your message you just sent. 

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