How to Retrieve Messages from Your Hotmail Inbox

Refining the request parameters can control the behavior of GET requests by using OData query parameters, allowing you to retrieve messages from your Hotmail inbox. To achieve this, your app will use an HTTP GET request to the URL, and for more information, refer to the Mail API Reference.

Before retrieving messages, your app needs an access token, which can be obtained through one of the supported OAuth 2.0 flows. This guide will walk you through the process of obtaining an access token from the Microsoft identity platform, required to call the Mail API.

Unlike the platform-specific getting started guides, this tutorial focuses on the OAuth and REST requests and responses. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of calling the Outlook Mail API to retrieve messages in Office 365 and other platforms.

To get started, we will go through the sequence of requests and responses that an app uses to authenticate and retrieve messages from your Hotmail inbox. If you are using a platform not listed here, do not worry; this guide will still be useful, as it provides raw HTTP requests that can be used as a reference.

In this article, we will cover how to write a simple application to retrieve messages from your Hotmail inbox using the Mail API. You can use your own account or one of our test accounts to try out sample REST calls in the Graph Explorer. By following these steps, you will be able to successfully retrieve messages from your Hotmail inbox and manage them programmatically.

Remember that Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Graph to access Outlook mail, calendar, and contacts, as it provides a more comprehensive solution than the Mail API alone. However, if there are specific features not available on the Graph endpoints, using the Outlook APIs directly may be necessary.

By following this guide, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to interact with your Hotmail inbox programmatically and automate tasks related to message retrieval and management.

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