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Email Attachment Flow HELP !!!!!!!!

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Posted on by Thomas12

How do I build a flow to save all email attachments to a new FOLDER that is named depending on the sender?

So example ....... @TomSmith sends an email to me with 2 attachments and the flow creates a new folder in SharePoint named Tomsmith and downloads both attachments to the folder.

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tom_riha 10,185 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hello @Thomas12 ,

you can add the name of the user to the file path. If the folder doesn't exist, Power Automate will create it automatically, e.g.

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This didn't seem to work. I need each attachment in its own subfolder. It just keeps putting all the attachments in the same folder. I need subfolders created according to the sender of the attachment.

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tom_riha 10,185 Most Valuable Professional on at

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It was just an example, use the ‘From’ dynamic content in the folder path, not the ‘User name’.

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Hi @Thomas12
Has your issue been solved?
I created a simple flow. You can refer to the following：
Use the following formula to get the sender’s name.
Expression：first(split(triggerOutputs()?['body/from'],'@'))
When LilyWang send an email to me with attchments as below:
The attachments will be created to the Folder named LilyWang
Hope the content above may help you.
Best Regards

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