Actions12
- Mailbox Actions
- Email Actions
Email → Copy
AI-generatedSummary
Copy one or more emails identified by their UID(s) from a source mailbox to a destination mailbox using specified IMAP credentials.
Inputs
- Credential Type (required) — Select which IMAP credentials to use: either those configured on this node or existing credentials from an N8N IMAP Trigger node.
- Source Mailbox (required) — Specify the source mailbox folder from where the email(s) will be copied, either by selecting from a list or by providing the full mailbox path.
- Email UID (required) — Provide the UID(s) of the email(s) to copy; multiple UIDs can be specified as a comma-separated list.
- Destination Mailbox (required) — Specify the destination mailbox folder to which the email(s) will be copied, either by selecting from a list or by providing the full mailbox path.
Output shape
a list containing the result of the copy operation for each input email item, or an empty list if the operation returns no data
The output corresponds to the IMAP operation result for copying emails. Errors during execution will be thrown as NodeApiError with detailed messages. Multiple emails can be copied in one execution by providing multiple UIDs separated by commas.
Examples
Example 1: Copy a single email from INBOX to Archive
Credential Type: IMAP from this node; Source Mailbox: INBOX; Email UID: 12345; Destination Mailbox: Archive