# get_email

Get a single email message by ID with full body and headers.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_email`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/get-email

## Facts

- Tool: `get_email`
- Server: Microsoft MCP (`0xka13b/microsoft-mcps`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/0xka13b/microsoft-mcps
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 4 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `email_id` | string | yes | Message ID |
| `include_body` | boolean | no | Include message body. Defaults to true. |
| `body_max_length` | integer | no | Max characters of body content to return. Defaults to 50000. |
| `include_attachments` | boolean | no | Include attachment metadata. Defaults to true. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_email",
    "arguments": {
      "email_id": "<email_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why get_email is rated Low

This tool retrieves a single email message by its ID, returning the full body and headers. It performs no side effects, creates no new data, executes no code, deletes nothing, and involves no financial transactions. It is a straightforward read operation querying an existing resource.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'get_email' and description states 'Get a single email message by ID with full body and headers.' The verb 'Get' and the description clearly indicate retrieval of existing data without modification or deletion."

## Use case

AI agents call get_email to retrieve information from Microsoft MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Microsoft MCP:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_email": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Microsoft MCP (13)

- `delete_email` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/delete-email.md
- `get_attachment` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/get-attachment.md
- `list_emails` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/list-emails.md
- `me` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/me.md
- `search_emails` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/search-emails.md
- `unified_search` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/unified-search.md
- `create_email_draft` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/create-email-draft.md
- `create_reply_draft` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/create-reply-draft.md
- `move_email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/move-email.md
- `reply_all_email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/reply-all-email.md
- `reply_to_email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/reply-to-email.md
- `send_email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/send-email.md
- `update_email` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps/update-email.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=0xka13b-microsoft-mcps · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/0xka13b-microsoft-mcps