Get mails (POP3/IMAP)
Description
The Get mails (POP3/IMAP) action retrieves mails from a POP3 or IMAP server and stores them into one or more files.
Options
General tab
| Option | Description |
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Server Settings |
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Workflow action name |
The name of the workflow action. |
Source Host |
The host name or IP-address of the pop server. |
Use SSL |
If checked A secure connection will be used to communicate with the server. |
Use XOAUTH2 |
If checked XOAuth2 will be used to authenticate with the server. |
Port |
The port to run the SSL POP3 or IMAP connection over. |
Username |
The username to log in with. |
Password |
The password to log in with. |
Use proxy |
check to enable proxy authentication |
Proxy username |
proxy authorised user (only available if |
Protocol |
Choose between
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Test connection |
Click this button to test the provided settings |
Target folder |
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Target directory |
The directory in which you want to put the mail files. |
Create folder |
check to create the specified target directory if it doesn’t exist |
Target filename pattern |
The filename pattern (start of filename). The default pattern is |
Save message content |
check to save the message body text for retrieved email messages |
Get mail attachment |
check to save the attachments for retrieved email messages |
Different folder for attachment |
check to save the attachments for retrieved email messages in a different folder than the message body |
Attachment files folder |
the folder to store attachments for retrieved email messages in (only available if |
Attachment wildcard |
the wildcard to use to save attachments for retrieved email messages (none = all) |
Settings tab
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
Action |
This dropdown box lets you specify the action to perform on the retrieved email messages: * Get messages * Move messages to folder (IMAP only since POP3 only knows one folder "INBOX") * Delete messages |
POP3 settings |
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Retrieve |
Select the e-mails to retrieve:
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Retrieve the .. first emails |
Allows you to specify the number of emails to retrieve if "first … emails" is selected. |
Delete emails after retrieval |
check to delete the mails on the pop server after retrieval. |
IMAP settings |
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Option |
Description |
IMAP folder |
the folder on the IMAP server to retrieve messages from |
Include subfolders |
check to select messages for subfolders from the selected IMAP folder |
Retrieve |
choose one of
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Retrieve the first…emails |
specify the number of messages to retrieve |
After retrieved |
specfiy the action to perform on email messages after retrieval:
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Move to folder |
move the retrieved messages to a different folder on the IMAP server (if |
Create folder |
create a folder on the IMAP server to move the messages to if it doesn’t exist. |
Filters tab
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
Header |
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Sender (FROM) |
messages will be filtered on sender |
Recipient (TO) |
messages will be filtered on recipient |
Subject |
messages will be filtered on subject |
Content |
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Option |
Description |
Body |
messages will be filtered on the specified text in the email body |
Received date |
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Option |
Description |
Condition |
Choose a date or date range. The available options are
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