Email Message Input

Description:

Email messages input is a step in the Input Plugin for Process Studio Workflows. This step is used to retrieve messages and their attachments from a mail server using the POP3, IMAP or MBOX standard protocols. This step is similar to ‘Get emails from POP’ entry in a process.

Configurations:

No.	Field Name	Description
	General Tab:	General mail server connection settings.
1	Step Name	Specify the name of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.
	Server Settings:
2	Source host	Provide the mail server host.
3	Use SSL?	Enable this checkbox if your server needs an SSL connection.
4	Username	Specify the username of the mailbox to connect to.
5	Password	Specify the password for the username.
6	Use proxy?	Check the checkbox if you want to connect through a proxy.
7	Proxy Host	Specify the Server Name or IP of the proxy.
8	Proxy Port	Specify the port number of the proxy.
9	Proxy Username	Specify the username to connect to the proxy server.
10	Proxy Password	Specify the password of the proxy server to connect.
11	Retrieve emails in reverse order	Enable this checkbox to retrieve email in reverse order i.e latest to oldest.
12	Fetch in batches?	Enable this checkbox if you want to retrieve larger volumes of mails in batches.
13	Save Attachments	Enable this checkbox to save attachments.
14	Attachment Folder	Click Select folder to specify the folder name to save the attachments.
15	Ignore errors reading fields	Sometimes a server doesn't support the retrieval of a particular piece of information. Enable this option to ignore these errors.
16	Protocol	Select a standard protocol POP3, IMAP or MBOX to retrieve mails. Note: To use a pop protocol, you need to configure your application for pop protocol, or for a web application you need to enable pop protocol which can differ for different service providers. For example: For web-based Gmail, you need to set the following, 1. Go to settings. 2. Go to Forwarding and POP/IMAP. 3. Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.
	Timeout and Protocols:
14	Connection timeout (in milliseconds)	Specify the socket connection timeout value in milliseconds. Default value: Infinite
15	Protocols	Select the checkbox of the TLS version for sending the email message. The available versions are: TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2, or TLSv1.3. You can select one or all versions.
16	Test Connection button	Click this button to connect to the mail server with the connection details specified. This button does not retrieve mails.
Settings Tab:
	POP3 Settings:	POP3 Settings are enabled if you chose POP3 as the protocol.
1	Retrieve	Specify either "All emails" or "Retrieve first... emails"
2	Retrieve the ... first emails	If you chose "Retrieve first... emails", in the field above this field is enabled. Specify the number of mails you want to retrieve. Note: The value should be less than or equal to number of email present in INBOX.
3	Delete emails after	Enable checkbox to Delete emails after retrieval.
	IMAP Settings:	IMAP Settings are enabled if you chose IMAP as the protocol.
1	Get folder from field	Enable this option if you wish to retrieve the IMAP folder name from an input field.
2	Folder field	Select a field containing the folder name.
3	IMAP folder	Type or browse for the IMAP folder to retrieve mails from.
4	Test folder... button	Click Test folder button to test if the folder is valid.
5	Open button	Click Open button to select the IMAP folder.
6	Include subfolders	Check this option to retrieve mails from sub-folders as well.
7	Retrieve	Specify which mails to retrieve: Get all, new, old, read, unread, flagged, not flagged, draft, not draft, answered or not answered messages.
8	Retrieve the first ... emails	Specify the number emails to retrieve at most. Note: This field is enabled Protocol chosen is IMAP in the General settings tab.
	Batch Settings:
1	Batch size	Specify the number of emails to retrieve at once in one batch.
2	Start at message number	Specify the first message number to start retrieving at.
3	End at message number	Specify the last message number to end retrieving with.
	Filters Tab:	These are the filters you can set on the header of the mail message.
1	Sender (FROM)	If check box is ticked then filter by Sender (FROM).
2	Recipient(To)	If check box is ticked then filter by Recipient(To).
3	Subject	If check box is ticked then filter by Subject.
4	Received Date	Choose a condition on Received Date from the list.
5	Limit Size	Put a size limit on the mail with attachments.
	Fields Tab:
1	Name	Choose email attributes to be available as fields.
2	Keep HTML Tags in the Body	Select the checkbox if you want the HTML tags to be displayed in the output view. Note: The checkbox is clear by default.