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Overview
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must create Email accounts to connect to data sources that you want to use in your Pipelines. You can create an account in SnapLogic using either the Designer or the Manager. In Designer, when working on pipelines, every Snap that needs an account prompts you to create a new account or use an existing account. The accounts can be created in or used from:
Your private project folder: This folder contains the pipelines that will use the account.
Your Project Space’s shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users that belong to the Project Space.
The global shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users within an organization in the SnapLogic instance.
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In Manager, you can navigate to the Required. folder and create an account in it (see Accounts). To create an account for Email:
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- For Email Archive, select IMAP account.
- For Email Delete and Email Reader, select IMAP account or POP3 account. Ask your email administrator which option is best for you to use.
- For Email Sender, select SMTP account.
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- Supply the Email ID, Password, Server domain, Port and Secure connection.
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Compatibility
Snaps in the Email Snap Pack work with different accounts as per the following table.
Snaps | IMAP | POP3 | SMTP |
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Configuring Email Accounts Using SnapLogic Designer
Drag an Email Snap to the Canvas and click the Snap to open its settings. Click the Account tab. You can now either use an existing account or create a new one.
Selecting an existing account
SnapLogic organizes and displays all accounts to which you have access, sorting them by account type and location. To select an existing account:
In the Account tab, click the
icon to view the accounts to which you have access, and select the account that you want to use. Click
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Creating an account
In the Account tab, click Add Account below the Account Reference field.
Select the Location in which you want to create the account, select the Account Type, and click Continue. The Add Account dialog window associated with the account type appears.
Enter the required account details. For detailed guidance on how to provide information required for each account type, see the article: IMAP, POP3, and SMTP Accounts
Click Validate to verify the account, if the account type supports validation.
Click Apply to complete configuring the email account.
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SMTP accounts cannot be validated before sending any email due to the nature of the SMTP Servers. Therefore, no Validate button is provided in SMTP accounts. |
Account Types
IMAP, POP3, or SMTP Account Settings
Label
Required. User provided label for the account instance
Email ID
The email ID (full email address) to use for this account
Default value: [None]
Password
The password for the email account
Default value: [None]
Server domain
Required. The server domain name.
Examples: smtp.example.com
Default value: [None]
Port
Required. The port number of the email server. This will vary depending on your mail provider, account type, and the Secure connection selected.
Examples:
- 993 for IMAP
- 465 or 587 for SMTP
- 995 for POP3
Default value: [None]
Secure connection
Required. Select how the secure connection to the email server should be initiated. Options available include:
- STARTTLS - connects to the regular SMTP/IMAP/POP3 port and then upgrades the connection to TLS
- SSL - if enabled on your server domain, creates a secure connection
- NONE - used if a secure connection is not configured.
Default value: SSL
Attachment password
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Password for attachment URL
Default value: [None]
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The time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a connection error, after which the server will not try reconnecting.
Default value: 60000
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The time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a read error, after which the server will not try to read the data.
Default value: 60000
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The time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a write error, after which the server will not try to write the data.
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Enter additional information on this account in the Notes field of the Info tab. This will help you–and other users–understand the purpose of the account, especially if there are multiple accounts of the same type. |
Configuring Email Accounts Using SnapLogic Manager
You can use Manager to create accounts without associating them immediately with Pipelines.
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Accounts in SnapLogic are associated with projects. You can use accounts created in other projects only if you have at least Read access to them. |
In the left pane, browse to the project in which you want to create the account and click
> Account > Email, followed by the appropriate account type. The Create Account dialog associated with the selected account type appears.Repeat the steps numbered 3 through 5 in the Creating an account section.
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Avoid updating account credentials while Pipelines using that account are executing. Doing so may lead to unexpected results, including your account getting locked. |
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If using Gmail, you may need to turn on the option to allow less secure apps to access your account within Gmail. See https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en for more information. Due to the anti-email-hijacking policies of webmail servers, the Email Snaps often fail to perform as expected. It is a trend for webmail servers (e.g. gmail, yahoo, hotmail, etc.) to enforce their security policy increasingly against all email client applications which access email accounts through email API (SMTP, IMAP, etc), other than web browsers, if the client applications access from a geographical location far from usual locations of the web browser logins. The Email Snaps are often classified as suspicious email hijacker since the Snaps try to access the email server from AWS, a location different from usual web browser logins of users. Sometimes, users can find additional information in the emails from the mail servers or in the security page of the account. The Email Snaps function well as expected if their accounts are not from webmail servers. |
Account Encryption
Standard Encryption | If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed. | |
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