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Returns information about an item in the mailbox.

packageIcon, stationeryIcon, sender, subject, money, CODAmount, daysLeft, hasItem, wasRead, wasReturned, 
textCreated, canReply, isGM = GetInboxHeaderInfo(index);

Parameters

Arguments

index

Number - the index of the message (1 is the first message)

Returns

packageIcon

String - texture path for package icon if it contains a package (nil otherwise)

stationeryIcon

String - texture path for mail message icon.

sender

String - name of the player who sent the message.

subject

String - the message subject

money

Number - The amount of money attached

CODAmount

Number - The amount of COD payment required to receive the package

daysLeft

Number - The number of days (fractional) before the message expires

hasItem

Number - Either the number of attachments or nil if no items are present. Note that items that have been taken from the mailbox continue to occupy empty slots, but hasItem is the total number of items remaining in the mailbox. Use ATTACHMENTS_MAX_RECEIVE for the total number of attachments rather than this.

wasRead

Flag - 1 if the mail has been read, nil otherwise. Using GetInboxText() marks an item as read.

wasReturned

Flag - 1 if the mail was returned, nil otherwise

textCreated

Flag - 1 if a letter object has been created from this mail, nil otherwise

canReply

Flag - 1 if this letter can be replied to, nil otherwise

isGM

Flag - 1 if this letter was sent by a GameMaster

Example

local packageTexture = GetInboxHeaderInfo(1);

Result

packageTexture is "Interface\Icons\INV_Scroll_03.blp"

Notes

This function may be called from anywhere in the world, but will only be current as of the last time CheckInbox() was called.

Details of an Auction House message can be extracted with GetInboxInvoiceInfo().