This step allows you to retrieve messages and their attachments from a mail server using the POP3, IMAP or MBOX standard protocols.
On this tab you will find the general mail server connection settings:
Option |
Description |
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Source host |
The mail server host |
Use SSL? |
Check this option if your server needs an SSL connection |
Username |
The username of the mailbox to connect to |
Password |
The password to use |
Use proxy? |
Check this option if you want to connect through a proxy. |
Proxy username |
The username to connect to the proxy with |
Fetch in batches? |
Enable this option if you want to retrieve larger volumes of mails in batches |
Ignore errors reading fields |
Sometimes a server doesn't support the retrieval of a particular piece of information. |
Protocol |
Specify either standard protocol POP3, IMAP or MBOX to retrieve the mails |
Test Connection button |
This will simply try to connect to the mail server with the specified settings. |
The following are POP3 specific settings:
Option |
Description |
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Retrieve |
Specify either "All emails" or "Retrieve first... emails" |
Retrieve the ... first emails |
Allows you to specify how many mails you want to retrieve at most in one go |
These are the IMAP specific settings:
Option |
Description |
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Get folder from field |
Enable this option to allow the IMAP folder name to be present in an input field of this step. |
Folder field |
The folder field in case the option above is enabled. |
IMAP folder |
The IMAP folder to retrieve mails from |
Test folder... button |
Use this to test if the folder is valid |
Open button |
use this to select the IMAP folder |
Include subfolders |
Check this option to also retrieve mails from sub-folders |
Retrieve |
Specify which mails to retrieve: Get all, new, old, read, unread, flagged, not flagged, draft, not draft, answered or not answered messages. |
Retrieve the first ... emails |
Specify how many emails to retrieve at most |
Batch settings
Option |
Description |
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Batch size |
Number of emails to retrieve at once in one batch |
Start at message number |
The first message number to start retrieving at |
End at message number |
The last message number to end retrieving with |
These are the filters you can set on the header of the mail message. Mail for which the header matches your filter will be retrieved, the rest is ignored.
Option |
Description |
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Sender (FROM) |
Only retrieve |