# Mail Reading Using IMAP

**URL:** https://community.automationedge.com/t/mail-reading-using-imap/2382
**Category:** Get Help & Discuss
**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/mail-reading-using-imap/2382 "2020-07-20T11:49:46Z")
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### Author: ![zack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f6c823/32.png) [@zack](https://community.automationedge.com/u/zack)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/mail-reading-using-imap/2382/1 "2020-07-20T11:49:46Z")

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Hi Team,  
I want to read emails from an inbox using the IMAP protocol. how to read mail without email message input plugin. how to read mail with scripting.

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### Author: ![aesupport](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.automationedge.com/aesupport/32/371_2.png) [@aesupport](https://community.automationedge.com/u/aesupport)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/mail-reading-using-imap/2382/2 "2020-07-21T06:06:37Z")

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Hello Zack,

You can use Web GUI steps to read mails using web automation. But we don’t suggest that, as this is time consuming process.