Does Power Automate's Send an Email v3 Cap Apply to Forwards?

Question

Hi,

I have a flow that sends out an email notification when a new item is added to a sharepoint list. The email goes to a group identified in the item (the group is usually around 8 people). Then, using the Forward an Email v2 task, this email is forwarded to different inboxes based on the selection made for a question in the item.

How does the send an email v3 cap work? Would 1 email going to 8 recipients count as 1 or 8 API calls? Do the forwards of the emails count towards the 100 API call cap?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Hi @Meyer, Carson ,

Welcome to Q&A forum!

Here's how the Send an email (V3) cap works:

1. Email to Multiple Recipients: Sending one email to multiple recipients (e.g., 8 people) counts as 1 API call. The number of recipients in the To, Cc, or Bcc fields does not increase the API call count.
2. Forwarding Emails: Each forwarded email counts as a separate API call. So, if you forward the email to different inboxes based on the selection, each forward will count towards the 100 API call cap.

For more information, please refer to:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/sendmail/

Gooda day!

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