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I am trying to update the subject of an email using Power Automate. The flow is triggered by the email being received in a shared mailbox, it does a bunch of things and then I have a compose action to take the email subject and add a reference number to it, it's just a string, that's working fine. Then there is an Outlook connector "Send an HTTP request", which is very simple, but it doesn't seem to be carrying the correct headers through, Content-Length is missing.
 
Here is the workflow Send an HTTP request step:
 
The expression in the compose action:
 
Raw inputs once I test the workflow:
The MessageID was a bit long, so I scrolled over a bit, but you can see the dynamic content is working and the URI seems fine, but the Content-Length header is missing.
 
And the raw outputs as well, in case that is helpful:
That really was too long, so I copied it to Word before taking the screenshot.
 
It seems like it should be pretty straightforward, I'm not sure why it isn't working. Is what I am trying to do not possible with the Outlook connector, maybe? I can't use any other HTTP connecters, it says it's a premium feature not included in my licence. If it's not possible in Power Automate, I might be able to sort something out with an Outlook macro instead, but I'm not great with those so I'd rather not.
 
 
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  • WillPage Profile Picture
    2,323 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    In the advanced parameters you can add up to 5 custom headers to the HTTP request. So all you gotta do is add one with the name content-length and the value is length('Compose') where the Compose is the one you screen shotted above with the string() function in there.
  • MelBo Profile Picture
    84 on at
    Hi WillPage, thank you for your answer.
     
    How can I add a custom header? Writing "ContentLength": "length(outputs, etc)" just comes up like this:
     
    The custom header is just called CustomHeader1, so it doesn't resolve the error. 
  • VictorIvanidze Profile Picture
    13,079 on at
    If you are handling an email in a shared mailbox, you need to use 
    instead of 
  • RM-05111957-0 Profile Picture
    2 on at
    I am facing the same problem and I couldn't solve my problem using this connector.
    However I realized that there is an Update Event (V4) connector in which you can update several informations including the attendes. 
    I am making some tests. I could include a new email in the invite, but the person didn't receive the invite. Furthemore, the update change the event, removing the information regarding teams.
     
     
    Regards 

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