---
title: "Get an email inbox"
method: GET
path: "/email_inboxes/{id}"
tags: ["Email Inboxes"]
---

# Get an email inbox

`GET /email_inboxes/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/email_inboxes/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns an account-scoped, non-deleted inbox. Missing and foreign inboxes are indistinguishable.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Email inbox details.

- EmailInboxResponse
  - `data` EmailInbox, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `record_type` 'email_inbox', required
    - `address` string, email, required
    - `status` 'active' | 'paused', required
    - `domain_id` string, uuid, required
    - `domain` string, required: Domain name used by the inbox address.
    - `settings` object, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Not authorized (10006).
- `404`: Email inbox not found (10001).
- `503`: Service unavailable (10016), including an unavailable upstream dependency or unavailable Edge idempotency protection for a keyed request.

## Changes

- **2026-10-15** `a72569d69430`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api/changes/email_inboxes/:id/get.md)

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