Read Email
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Overview
You can use this Snap to read Exchange Online user emails from a specified folder.
Snap Type
Read Email is a Read-type Snap that marks an email as read.
Prerequisites
Valid Exchange Online tenant.
Valid OAUth2 application in Azure Active Directory with all the required API permissions.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
Works in Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations & Known Issues
None.
Snap Views
Type | Format | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
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Input | Document |
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| A document containing the email folder from which you want to retrieve the emails. |
Output | Document Binary |
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| Document containing a list of emails from the target mailbox. |
Error | Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter when running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab:
Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines. | |||
Snap Settings
Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.
Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Field Name | Field Type | Description | |
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Label*
Default Value: Read Email | String | Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline. | |
User/Shared MailBox
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the mailbox from which you want to retrieve the list of emails. Alternatively, click the Suggestionicon to select the email folder in the mailbox. For example, RecommendationIf you do not provide a user/shared mailbox, the mailbox associated with the user account of the OAuth2 User account (signed in user) is considered. However, if you use an OAuth2 Application account, you must select a User/Shared Mailbox to retrieve the mailboxes associated with the user.
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Email Folder*
Default Value: Inbox | String/Expression | Enter the name of the email folder. | |
Filter Conditions | Use this fieldset to specify the email filter conditions you want to include. Click + to add a row. | ||
Email Field
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the email field’s name upon which to apply the filter. Available options are as follows:
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Operator
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify a conditional operator. Available options are as follows:
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Email Field Value
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify a value for the email field to add a condition. | |
Fetch only focused emails
Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select to retrieve the emails which are marked as Focused. This is applicable only in the inbox folder. | |
Fetch only unread emails
Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select to retrieve the mails to retrieve only unread emails. | |
Older messages on top
Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select to sort the older messages by date. | |
Download attachments
Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select to download attachments into binary output view. If not selected attachments will not be downloaded. | |
Mark email as read
Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select to mark the email as read. | |
Number of Messages to Fetch
Default Value: N/A
| Integer/Expression | Enter the maximum number of messages to be retrieved. If left blank, then it fetches all messages. | |
Snap Execution
Default Value: Validate & Execute | Dropdown list | Select one of the three following modes in which the Snap executes:
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