When a new email arrives Trigger in Office 365 Outlook Connector.(Power Automate Cloud flows)
Trigger to launch an "Automated cloud flow" when an email is received.
This function is mainly suitable for extracting the sender and body of incoming emails.
There is a time lag of about 5 minutes at the longest for triggering.
How to use
Click on "Create" then "Automated cloud flow".
Specify any name for "Flow name" and select "When a new email arrives".
When both are specified, "Create" will change color and click on it.
Set parameters.
Parameters
The parameters mainly set the conditions under which the trigger will react.
Folder
Specify the mail folder to be triggered.
To,CC,To or CC, From
Specify the email address for the trigger.
Include Attachments
Specifies whether the contents of the attachment will be used in subsequent steps.
Subject Filter
Specify the text contained in the subject line to be triggered.
Importance
Specify the level of importance to be triggered.
- Any
- Low
- Normal
- High
Only with Attachments
Specify whether only emails with attachments are subject to triggering
Dynamic contents
The dynamic content available in the subsequent steps is as follows.
Mainly retrieves information about the target mail for step.
The following is a selection of the most practical.
Message Id
Unique identifier of the mail. Used if a subsequent action will perform some operation on the target mail.
The following is a selection of the most practical.
It is used in the following actions.
From, To, CC, BCC
Their respective email addresses.
Subject, Body
The text information of the email.
Importance
Level of importance of the e-mail.
- Low
- Normal
- High
Attachments Name, Attachments Content
The information of the attached file.
The file is in an Array Requires an "Apply to each" to retrieve it.
Is HTML
Boolean information on whether it is an HTML email.
- HTML email:true
- Text email:false
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