Retrieve old emails first using filter property in 'get outlook mail message' activity

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Hi,
I have seen a thread that explains how to process the old emails first using condition after retrieving the emails. In my case, I have a lot of emails and I retrieve in batches of 50 emails per bot run. Is there a condition that I can use as a filter in ‘get outlook mail message’ activity to retrieve the old 50 emails first?
Thanks in advance.

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This is not possible with Get Outlook Mail Messages activity. However, you can do this with a custom code that utilizes EWS.

You need to utilize ItemView in EWS. See a sample below.

Dim iv = New ItemView(50) ' get last 50 emails

iv.OrderBy.Add(ItemSchema.DateTimeReceived, SortDirection.Ascending)

Dim sf As SearchFilter = New SearchFilter.SearchFilterCollection(LogicalOperator.And,_
    New SearchFilter.IsEqualTo(EmailMessageSchema.IsRead, False))

Dim emails = service.FindItems(WellKnownFolderName.Inbox, sf, iv)
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how can i integrate this to Uipath tho?
also can we change the condition to all the emails in inbox instead of 50? and is there a limit for how many emails it can read?

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You have to create a custom activity or invoke code.

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is there some material i can refer to? can your give me some links, that would be really helpful.