# `bird email threads messages`

## Usage

```bash
bird email threads messages
```

## Description

Read the individual messages in a conversation thread and reply to them.
list returns messages oldest-first; get fetches one message's metadata; body
returns the HTML and plain-text body; attachments lists the attachment manifest
and attachment downloads one file. reply sends a reply to a specific message.

Reads return JSON; list is paginated.

## Commands

| Name                                                                    | Description                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| [`attachment`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-attachment)   | Download an attachment from a thread message     |
| [`attachments`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-attachments) | List a thread message's attachments              |
| [`body`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-body)               | Get a thread message's original body             |
| [`get`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-get)                 | Get a message in a thread                        |
| [`list`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-list)               | List messages in a thread                        |
| [`raw`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-raw)                 | Download a thread message's raw RFC 5322 content |
| [`reply`](/docs/cli/reference/email-threads-messages-reply)             | Reply to a thread message                        |