Message filter by internetMessageId for Inbox is not working.

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Siddarth Hegde 26

Hi All,

Message Filter by internetMessageId not working for Inbox mails. It's giving an empty result set.

https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/***Email address is removed for privacy*** /messages?$filter=internetMessageId eq '<Email address is removed for privacy >'

If I provide internetMessageId of SentItems message then it's working all fine.

Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions.

Regards,
Siddarth Hegde

JosephXu-MSFT 531 Reputation points

2021-07-22T05:50:14.197+00:00
Hi @Siddarth Hegde Do you mean that you are trying to do the following steps:

Find a internetMessageId via this URL https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/Inbox/messages.

Then use this internetMessageId to filter messages via https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/<userPrincipal>/messages?$filter=internetMessageId eq '<internetMessageId >'

Finally, this query did not get results?

I've tried above steps and it works well. Or can you share us more details about your question?
Siddarth Hegde 26 Reputation points

2021-07-22T06:24:15.607+00:00

Thank You.

Finally got it to work, <internetMessageId > should be URL encoded and that worked for me.

Regards,
Siddarth Hegde
JosephXu-MSFT 531 Reputation points

2021-07-23T01:24:00.987+00:00

Yes, you're right. I have turned the comment into an answer.

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JosephXu-MSFT 531 Reputation points

2021-07-22T05:50:14.197+00:00

Hi @Siddarth Hegde Do you mean that you are trying to do the following steps:

Find a internetMessageId via this URL https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/Inbox/messages.

Then use this internetMessageId to filter messages via https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/<userPrincipal>/messages?$filter=internetMessageId eq '<internetMessageId >'

Finally, this query did not get results?

I've tried above steps and it works well. Or can you share us more details about your question?
Siddarth Hegde 26 Reputation points

2021-07-22T06:24:15.607+00:00

Thank You.

Finally got it to work, <internetMessageId > should be URL encoded and that worked for me.

Regards,
Siddarth Hegde
JosephXu-MSFT 531 Reputation points

2021-07-23T01:24:00.987+00:00

Yes, you're right. I have turned the comment into an answer.

Answer 1

JosephXu-MSFT 531

Yes, when we send internetMessageId request param value, we need to encode internetMessageId string.

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