---
title: "Get a received email"
method: GET
path: "/v1/emails/receiving/{id}"
tags: ["Receiving"]
---

# Get a received email

`GET /v1/emails/receiving/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://smtpfa.st/api`
- URL: `https://smtpfa.st/api/v1/emails/receiving/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

One received email with text and HTML bodies, headers, attachment metadata and a 15-minute link to the raw .eml. A quarantined message (virus verdict not PASS) has no body, raw link or attachments.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Received email

- ReceivedEmail
  - `object` string
  - `id` string
  - `to` string[]
  - `from` string
  - `created_at` string, date-time
  - `subject` string
  - `bcc` string[]
  - `cc` string[]
  - `reply_to` string[]
  - `received_for` string[]
  - `message_id` string
  - `attachments` ReceivedAttachment[]
    - `id` string
    - `filename` string
    - `content_type` string
    - `content_disposition` 'attachment' | 'inline'
    - `content_id` string, nullable
    - `size` integer
    - `download_url` string, uri: Present on the attachment endpoints; valid for 15 minutes
    - `expires_at` string, date-time
  - `status` 'delivered' | 'quarantined'
  - `envelope_from` string, nullable
  - `envelope_to` string[]
  - `domain_id` string, nullable
  - `size` integer, nullable
  - `verdicts` object
    - `spf` string, nullable
    - `dkim` string, nullable
    - `dmarc` string, nullable
    - `spam` string, nullable
    - `virus` string, nullable
  - `in_reply_to` string, nullable
  - `references` string[]
  - `read_at` string, date-time, nullable: When the message was marked read. Not in Resend.
  - `inbox_id` string, nullable: The inbox this copy was filed into, when its address has one. Not in Resend.
  - `thread_id` string, nullable: The inbox thread this copy was filed into. Not in Resend.
  - `html` string, nullable
  - `text` string, nullable
  - `headers` object
  - `raw` object, nullable
    - `download_url` string, uri
    - `expires_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `401`: Invalid or missing API key
- `403`: Forbidden - domain not verified or insufficient permissions
- `404`: Resource not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded - retry after the period indicated in the Retry-After header
- `500`: Internal server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/smtpfa/apis/smtpfast-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/smtpfa/apis/smtpfast-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/smtpfa/apis/smtpfast-api/revisions/79dda742f53e?raw)