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# Outlook vs standard IMAP protocol

A frequent question we receive regarding our IMAP activities [Get Email Message](/actions/tap-actions/mail/get-email-messages.md) and [Move Email Message](/actions/tap-actions/mail/move-mail-message.md)

is why we face the error "could not fetch mail from server " even if we follow the tooltip guidance - INBOX.FolderName.

![](/files/-MT5gEnSt5rRsCOAdTV5)

For instance, in the example below, the configuration is normally correct, however, when running the workflow, we face the error message.

![](/files/-MT5gEnVCUteWk50IzB8)

That is because in Outlook, users can create folders at the same level as Inbox (like in this case InvoicesUNprocessed and InvoicesProcessed).

![](/files/-MT5gEnWjUpAU5_Ml72O)

So the correct configuration is:

![](/files/-MT5gEnXjFVoxn60rMY-)

Secondly, let's take the case of folder "test1", which was created under inbox.

In Thunderbird:

![](/files/-MT5gEnYoRa2sa2MC0FI)

If the robot would connect to Thunderbird to retrieve info about emails from folder test1, the value of the field Folder Name must be **INBOX.test1**.

In Outlook:

![](/files/-MT5gEnZllQYxiZ775cI)

But if the robot would connect to Outlook to retrieve info about emails from folder test1, the value of the field Folder name must be **INBOX/test1** instead of INBOX.test1, as it can be seen also below:

![](/files/-MT5gEn_Tmr4qXDbAVLN)