# Recieve only 1 Email at a time

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recieve-only-1-email-at-a-time/66158>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [8 August 2022 06:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recieve-only-1-email-at-a-time/66158 "2022-08-08T06:33:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![JD23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@JD23](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JD23)\
**Post date:** [8 August 2022 06:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recieve-only-1-email-at-a-time/66158/1 "2022-08-08T06:33:21Z")

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Hello,

i'm currently using the "node-red-node-email" to recieve Emails and write them to an network variable list (node-red-contrib-nvl) to use them in a plc project.

My issue is that if i recieve multiple emails, only the latest one gets written to the nvl but all of them get marked as seen.

Is there any way to only recieve 1 email (the oldest unseen) at a time?

 ![Screenshot 2022-08-08 083056](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/d/2dd62592e0458cdf11ec0d3047c183d75d39a733.png)

I would appreciate any tips!

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**Author:** ![JD23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@JD23](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JD23)\
**Post date:** [8 August 2022 06:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recieve-only-1-email-at-a-time/66158/3 "2022-08-08T06:45:41Z")

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Sometimes i ask for help and find the Solution in the same moment.

I added the "delay" node and set it to 1msg/3s, which solved my problem.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2022 06:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recieve-only-1-email-at-a-time/66158/4 "2022-08-22T06:45:54Z")

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