Trying to use IMAP node to move email from INBOX TO Trash folder
we getting this error:
Hey @kdeugi hope all is well, welcome to the community.
Would you like to embed your workflow for us to take a look at?
@jabbson thank you for the help, i am new and not sure what embed mean ?
No problem at all, click on the embed and see a demo.
In short:
copy your workflow and then in the chat paste it (VERY IMPORTANT) between a pair of triple backquotes, like so
```
<paste here>
```
here is the code you requested and thank for your help and support. {
“nodes”: [
{
“parameters”: {
“postProcessAction”: “nothing”,
“format”: “resolved”,
“options”: {}
},
“id”: “eb06c3ee-443a-4551-87b2-35f737ff931a”,
“name”: “Email Trigger (IMAP)”,
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap”,
“position”: [
-1300,
-780
],
“typeVersion”: 2,
“credentials”: {
“imap”: {
“id”: “oYULQoPHG86bAoJG”,
“name”: “IMAP account”
}
}
},
{
“parameters”: {
“conditions”: {
“options”: {
“caseSensitive”: false,
“leftValue”: “”,
“typeValidation”: “strict”,
“version”: 2
},
“conditions”: [
{
“id”: “68ff2c7d-61a1-46de-ada8-0fcd2c16b7f8”,
“leftValue”: “=subject {{ $json.subject }}”,
“rightValue”: “You made the sale for”,
“operator”: {
“type”: “string”,
“operation”: “contains”
}
}
],
“combinator”: “and”
},
“options”: {
“ignoreCase”: true
}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.filter”,
“typeVersion”: 2.2,
“position”: [
-1060,
-760
],
“id”: “2b838601-fa45-4e5e-a55e-e3b6533da3a3”,
“name”: “Filter”
},
{
“parameters”: {
“authentication”: “coreImapAccount”,
“resource”: “email”,
“operation”: “moveEmail”,
“sourceMailbox”: {
“__rl”: true,
“mode”: “list”,
“value”: “INBOX”
},
“emailUid”: “={{ $json.messageId.replace(‘<’, ‘’).replace(‘>’, ‘’) }}”,
“destinationMailbox”: {
“__rl”: true,
“value”: “Trash”,
“mode”: “list”,
“cachedResultName”: “Trash”
}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-imap.imap”,
“typeVersion”: 1,
“position”: [
-780,
-760
],
“id”: “111873c3-bb78-4334-9200-b34f656e4374”,
“name”: “IMAP”,
“credentials”: {
“imap”: {
“id”: “oYULQoPHG86bAoJG”,
“name”: “IMAP account”
}
}
}
],
“connections”: {
“Email Trigger (IMAP)”: {
“main”: [
[
{
“node”: “Filter”,
“type”: “main”,
“index”: 0
}
]
]
},
“Filter”: {
“main”: [
[
{
“node”: “IMAP”,
“type”: “main”,
“index”: 0
}
]
]
}
},
“pinData”: {},
“meta”: {
“templateCredsSetupCompleted”: true,
“instanceId”: “361f1e677de391c87b0a663939f339a498db6083c209271701f741a601c569e8”
}
}
@jabbson uploaded the code you requested
Unfortunately, you didn’t put the triple backquotes around it, so it ended up being just a long blob of text… anyway, I tried in my workflow and it did work for me in gmail mailbox:
@jabbson Thank for your help however it seem to me i can not find Email UID from the available variable i think this might be an issue
this is what i could see would be the correct variable but it is same error so i know i am missing very simple variable i think is there any way i can see what values needs to be on Email UID or can just copy you code and would that work?
Can you share the input for the IMAP node? I would like to take a look at what kind of fields it contains. Copying my code would work if you are using GMAIL. If not, I am not certain, and for that I’d love to see the input.
@jabbson this is not gmail unfortunately we are using hostinger email below is the screen grab from the input
if that can give you more idea or if you need anything more specific then please let me know
Well, on the screenshot I don’t see uid, since there is scroll, I con’t tell what else is in that input.
@jabbson here is the full copy and paste from input hope it help : list-unsubscribe
html
\n\n\n \n @media screen and (min-width:600px){.hide{display:none!important;overflow:hidden!important;max-height:0!important}.show{display:block!important;max-height:none!important}.hide_mob{display:block!important;overflow:visible!important;max-height:none!important}.floatnone{float:none!important}.floatleft{float:left!important}.floatright{float:right!important}.opacity-1{opacity: 1!important;}}.blueFix span,.blue...subject
You made the sale for P2 ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING By KAPLAN PUBLISHING (Unknown code)
date
2025-06-26T16:17:22.000Z
to
value
value[0]
address
name
html
text
from
value
value[0]
address
name
eBay
html
eBay <[email protected]>
text
“eBay” [email protected]
messageId
0A67D4E2-F6E8194D905-01979BCC376E-0000000000D3B703@starship
text
========================================\nView your notifications\nRedirecting... to Facebook\nFacebook…
textAsHtml
========================================
View your notifications
https://www.facebook.com/nd/?notifications%2F&aref=1750957502259901&medium=email&mid=6387c465a5febG5b048b6463b3G6387c8ff062bdG32b&bcode=2.1750957504.AbxJU22PLaiCJNSUGbE&n_m=email%40newagedesignuk.co.uk...
value
value[0]
address
name
noreply
html
noreply <[email protected]>
text
“noreply” [email protected]
Variables and context
Why in the last output I don’t see headers from the screenshot? 
For example, where is mime-version? spf? dkim?..
@jabbson Thank you for your help and support really appreciated you afford to help on this, finally i have google node and it has help my function
Using EMAIL Trigger (IMAP] function did not help to move my email so. i use Google node for reading and relabel the folder to achieve my move function