Retrieve an email

GET /emails/{id}

Get full details for a single email, including bounce reason if applicable and the rendered HTML/text body.

Example

cURL

curl https://mail.3ava.com/api/emails/a1b2c3d4-... \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer am_YOUR_KEY"

Response

{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4-...",
  "from": "[email protected]",
  "to": ["[email protected]"],
  "cc": null,
  "bcc": null,
  "subject": "Your receipt",
  "html": "<p>Thanks for your order.</p>",
  "text": "Thanks for your order.",
  "status": "delivered",
  "smtp_ip": "142.54.161.92",
  "bounce_type": null,
  "bounce_detail": null,
  "is_sandbox": false,
  "created_at": "2026-04-22T22:30:00Z",
  "sent_at": "2026-04-22T22:30:02Z",
  "delivered_at": "2026-04-22T22:30:04Z",
  "opened_at": null,
  "first_clicked_at": null
}

Bounce details

If status is bounced:

{
  "status": "bounced",
  "bounce_type": "hard",
  "bounce_detail": "550 5.1.1 The email account does not exist"
}

bounce_type is one of hard, soft, complaint, block. Hard bounces and complaints add the recipient to the suppression list.