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Hi,
I am researching the differences between the
"Send an email notification (V3)" Action which comes with the Mail Connection
and the
"Send an email (V2)" Action which comes with the Office 365 Outlook Connection.
I am fully aware that you need to have a license and online mailbox in order to use the Office 365 Outlook connection. That being said, If a user has the necessary elements to use either action, why might you choose one over the other?
Thank you for your assistance
Matt
Reference Links
Mail connector Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/sendmail/
Office 365 Outlook Connector Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/office365/
Rob,
I was finally able to get a Shared Mailbox set up in my org to test. It looks good.
I just want to get around the awful (but understandable) Microsoft limits on V3 or 5 emails in 5 minutes and 100 emails in 24 hours.
Am I reading this correctly? V2 is "limited" to 300 emails every 60 seconds. But is it also limited to 30 concurrent requests?
The shared mailbox has to exist before it can be referenced in a flow. I don't know how you create a shared mailbox because that's done by others in my team.
Thanks!
I get an error though...
REST API is not yet supported for this mailbox. This error can occur for sandbox (test) accounts or for accounts that are on a dedicated (on-premise) mail server.
Do I need to add this shared mailbox from admin https://admin.microsoft.com/#/homepage center? Because I do not have access.
Instead of selecting Send an email (v2) you select Send an email from a shared mailbox (v2)
Sorry. I used V3 and V2 as shorthand because I am lazy and impatient.
Where is the "send email from a shared mailbox" option??? That seems like a good compromise.
And thank you.
You're getting mixed up: the v3 refers to Send an email notification (v3). V2 refers to send an email (v2). They are not the same actions and send an email (v3) is not a newer version of send an email (v2). Do't use the send an email notification (v3); it has problems and seems to fail regularly.
To use a shared mailbox to send an email you need to use the send an email from a shared mailbox action.
Rob
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How would one go about using a shared mailbox in the From:?
We were told to use V3 over V2 because V3 says the emails come from microsoft@powerapps.com whereas V2 emails are "Sent By" the flow creator.
I've found some documentation on reddit that says the 100 email limit is per user per day, not per flow per day. Reached out to some individuals in my organization and they said it is per user per day. Still not 100% certain, but wanted to put this out there for anyone looking for an answer to this question.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Office365/comments/p6o9yw/power_automate_sending_an_email_notification_v3/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftFlow/comments/p6o88x/limits_of_send_an_email_notification_v3/
I believe it is 100 emails per day per flow.
Rob
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