List Received Emails

List all inbound emails received by the organization, with cursor-based pagination.

GET/emails/receiving

Requires a full_access API key.

Query Parameters

limitnumber

Maximum number of results to return. Min 1, max 100. Default 20.

afterstring

Cursor for forward pagination.

beforestring

Cursor for backward pagination.

Response Fields

objectstring

Always "list".

has_moreboolean

Whether there are more results available.

dataarray

Array of received email objects. Each item contains id, to, from, created_at, subject, bcc, cc, reply_to, message_id, and attachments.

curl -X GET 'https://api.postflare.app/emails/receiving?limit=20' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer re_xxxxxxxxx'

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.postflare.app/emails/receiving?limit=20',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer re_xxxxxxxxx',
    },
  }
);

const data = await response.json();

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "9f8e7d6c-5b4a-3210-fedc-ba9876543210",
      "to": ["support@acme.com"],
      "from": "user@example.com",
      "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "subject": "Help request",
      "bcc": [],
      "cc": [],
      "reply_to": [],
      "message_id": "<unique-message-id@mail.example.com>",
      "attachments": []
    }
  ]
}