# How to get seen messages in email module?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-seen-messages-in-email-module/7623>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [5 February 2019 18:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-seen-messages-in-email-module/7623 "2019-02-05T18:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CordlessWool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cordlesswool/32/5833_2.png) [@CordlessWool](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/CordlessWool)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2019 18:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-seen-messages-in-email-module/7623/1 "2019-02-05T18:55:05Z")

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Hi there,

I am missing an feature in the node red email node.  
is it be possible to set an option to get all mail from an imap folder? I want collect some attachments form my mails, but some of the mails are already marked as read. So right now I have to change them back to unseen and shouldn't forget it.

Best  
Wolle

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2019 20:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-seen-messages-in-email-module/7623/2 "2019-02-08T20:40:11Z")

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I'm afraid that I don't think it works that way. I seem to remember that it only looks for messages that it hasn't yet seen.

I'm sure that enhancements would be welcomed though.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2019 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-seen-messages-in-email-module/7623/3 "2019-02-08T21:06:34Z")

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As always, happy to consider a pull request.