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The Connect to Mailbox activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:
Authentication:
- Host (text box editor type) (type: string): the mailbox host IP. For example, if properly configured, the Exchange Server's IP can be used (for Exchange, POP3 and IMAP4 options need to be enabled on the mail server).
- Password (password box editor type) (type: string): the mailbox username's password.
- Password Binding (text box editor type) (type: string): bind to a variable containing the encrypted password. (This parameter is used only when the user wants to send an encripted password from outside the task, for example Flowster Portal).
- Port (text box editor type) (type: string): the mailbox port number.
- Use SSL (combo box type) (type string): specify whether to use SSL or not
- Username (text box editor type) (type: string): the username for mailbox authentication. If left empty, windows session credentials are used.
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Execution: the activity will create a connection to the given server, using the provided IP, Port and credentials.
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Disconnect from Mailbox
This activity disconnects the specified Mailbox.
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- Connection (text box editor type) (type: object): the output from the Connect to Mailbox activity.
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Get Emails
This activity gets all the emails by the specified filters.
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- Output (type: collection<dictionary<string,string>>): outputs a collection of mails and their properties.To use the elements of the collection, use Get Element From Collection activity.
- Output Rows Count (type: int32): outputs the number of unread mails found on the specified Mailbox.
Execution: depending on the given input parameters, the activity will check the mailbox and will retrieve all e-mails that match the conditions. In our example, the activity will search for:
- e-mails between 01.01.2016 and 29.02.2016
- e-mails in the Inbox folder
- e-mails with the "Manual Shutdown - STATUS" subject
- e-mails sent to demo@fmrp,intern
- e-mails with status Unread
- e-mails with or without attachments
- e-mails will not be marked as Read
A full example of using this activity with all fields can be seen below:
Send Email
This activity sends an email according to certain specifications.
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