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Overview
You can use this the account type to connect Email Snaps with data sources that use IMAP account.
Prerequisites
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Limitations
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Known Issues
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Account Settings
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, POP3, and SMTP accounts. The different account types and the supported Email Snaps are listed below:
IMAP - Email Reader, Email Delete, and Email Archive Snaps.
POP3 - Email Reader and Email Delete.
SMTP - Email Sender.
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Ask your email administrator which option is best for you to use. Account settings are common for all the three accounts. |
Limitations
If using Gmail, you may need to turn on the option to allow less secure apps to access your account within Gmail. See Less secure apps & your Google Account - Google Account Help 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, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and so on to enforce their security policy increasingly against all email client applications which access email accounts through email API (SMTP, IMAP), 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.
Known Issues
None.
Account Settings
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The fields available for all the account configurations are the same.
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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. |
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Label* Default Value: None | String |
None
Specify a unique label for the account. | |
Email ID Default Value: None |
johndoe@example.com | String |
None
Specify the email ID to use for this account. | ||
Password Default Value: None | String |
None
Specify the the password for the account. For a Gmail account, specify an application password instead of the email password. Learn more about Email Snaps and Gmail. | ||
Server domain* Default Value: None | String |
None
Specify the name of the server domain. Configure this field with outlook.office365.com when using the Outlook IMAP Email account. | ||
Port* Default Value: None | Integer |
None
Specify the port number of the email server. This will vary depending on your mail provider and the Secure connection selected. The default port for IMAP is 993. | |
Secure connection* Default Value: None |
Dropdown list |
None
Select how the secure connection to the email server should be initiated. Options available include:
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Attachment password Default Value: None | String |
None
Specify the password for attachment URL. | ||
Connection timeout Default Value: 60000 | Integer |
None
Specify the time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a connection error, after which the server will not try reconnecting. | ||
Read Timeout Default Value: 60000 | Integer |
None
Specify the time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a read error, after which the server will not try to read the data. | ||
Write Timeout Default Value: 60000 | Integer |
None
Specify the time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a write error, after which the server will not try to write the data. |
Mail properties |
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Use this field set to configure advanced parameters that you want to include in the request. |
Mail property name
Mail property name |
Mail property value
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None | String |
Specify the name of the mail property. |
Mail property value Default Value: |
None | String |
None
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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.
Troubleshooting
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Error
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Reason
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Resolution
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Account validation failed.
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The Pipeline ended before the batch could complete execution due to a connection error.
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Verify that the Refresh token field is configured to handle the inputs properly. If you are not sure when the input data is available, configure this field as zero to keep the connection always open.
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Specify the mail property value associated with the mail property name. |
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