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# [Detecting a client's reply in n8n: key on the Gmail thread ID, not a sheet column](https://smallhours.hashnode.dev/detecting-a-client-s-reply-in-n8n-key-on-the-gmail-thread-id-not-a-sheet-column?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A build note for quote follow-ups you set up for clients: the API call, the code that sorts the thread, and three things that break the flow once a client depends on it

Oct 16 · 7 min read · smallhours.hashnode.dev  
Updated Oct 19  
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