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This account is used by the Snaps in the Email Account Snap Pack.
You can create an account from Designer or 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.
Account Configuration
In Manager, you can navigate to the Required. folder and create an account in it (see Accounts). To create an account for Email:
- Click Create, then select Email, then either IMAP account, POP3 account, or SMTP account.
- 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.
- Supply an account label.
- Supply the necessary information.
- Supply the Email ID, Password, Server domain, Port and Secure connection.
- (Optional) Supply additional information on this account in the Notes field of the Info tab.
- Click Apply.
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:
Default value: [None] | |
Secure connection | Required. Select how the secure connection to the email server should be initiated. Options available include:
Default value: SSL | |
Attachment password | Password for attachment URL Default value: [None] | |
| Connection timeout | The time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a connection error, after which the server will not try reconnecting. Default value: 60000 | |
| Read timeout | 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 | |
| Write timeout | The time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a write error, after which the server will not try to write the data. Default value: 60000 | |
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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| Enhanced Encryption | If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected per each account. Account: Email - IMAP
Account: Email - SMTP
Account: Email - POP3
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