The Mail Polling activity is used to ' listen ' for the arrival of any mails emails on the mail Server.
This feature is available in:
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Go to Services >Polling and then click Mail. The Manage Mail Polling screen is displayed (see Figure 585).
Figure 585: Manage Mail Polling Service
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Click the CreateNew link. The Create Mail Polling screen is displayed (see Figure 586).
Figure 586: Create Mail Polling Service
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server.
Perform the following steps to create a mail polling activity:
On the Develop tab, click Services > Polling > Mail.
Click Create New to view New Mail Polling screen.
for retrievingName Name of the new mail polling Description Description of the new mail polling Protocol Internet standard protocol to be used , from the dropdown list Protocol. You can select either the POP3for retrieving incoming mails the. The available options are POP3, IMAP4 or protocolMAPI the Port field.. Based on the selected protocol, the default port number for that protocol is displayed in Enter the address of the incoming mail server in the textbox Incoming Mail Server.
To access mails from Microsoft Exchange Server use MAPI in the Protocol dropdown listInfo Serverthe Port text box. MAPI option will appear for license version. To send an e-mail through Microsoft Exchange Server, select MAPI in Protocol drop down box. To connect Adeptia
theSuite with Microsoft Exchange Server, you need to buy a third party tool called J-Integra for Exchange. J-Integra for Exchange is a high performance middleware bridge that enables Java Exchange interoperability. If you want to retrieve mails from an Exchange Server using J-Integra, select MAPI in
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Server fielddrop-down list box:
- Enter name of the exchange server in Incoming Mail
Domain field- Server text box
- Enter the domain name in the
field- Domain text box
- Enter the name of the CDO host machine in CDO host machine
a Select any of the following filter criteria:- text box. CDOConfig.exe is
- Sender E-mail
- Mail Subject
- Mail Content
- File Attachment
- the tool that comes with the J-Integra for Exchange SDK and is used for configuring CDO. Host where CDO is configured is called CDO host machine.
- Select the Secure checkbox, if the specified incoming mail server is SSL enabled.
- The default port number of the selected protocol is displayed in the Port field. If you want to change this port number, enter the new port number in the Port field.
- Enter the user ID and password of mail server in the User ID and Password fields respectively. Then re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field.
- Enter the
Incoming Mail Server Incoming mail (SMTP) server address Security Type Protocol that provide data encryption and authentication between applications and servers in scenarios where that data is being sent across an insecure network. The available options are SSL, TLS, None. This implementation is specific, if and only if, POP3 and IMAP4 Protocol is selected in the Protocol drop-down list box Port Port number of the incoming mail server User Id Username of the mail server Password Password of the mail server Confirm Password Password to confirm Search based on following filter criteria Select any of the filter criteria: Sender E-mail, Mail Subject, Mail Content, File Attachment. You can select more than one filter criteria. andType either sender's email address of, email subject the textboxes Sender Email and Mail Subject respectively., or email content in To define search based on mail content, enter the required content in the textbox Mail Content.
Info You can also use asterisk and Wild Cards in the Mail Content field.
- Enter the name of the file attached with mail in the textbox File Attachment.
- Enter the time interval for Polling in the textbox Polling Frequency. Enter the digit in the Frequency field i.e. seconds, minutes or hours etc. from the dropdown list Duration.
the Sender E-mail, Subject, or Mail Content text boxes respectively. You can use asterisk and wild cards in the content of the mail Polling Frequency Time interval for polling. Type the value in the Frequency text box and select the unit of time Info Enter the expiry time in the Expiry Time field(seconds or minutes) from Duration. Recommended minimum Polling Frequency is 30 seconds. mail.Expiry Time Expiry time of the email. After expiry, time process flow does not poll for the To learnInfo email Field NameDescriptionto sectionFor information about Advanced Properties, refer
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Click Save.
Click the Save buttonInfo When a mail polling service is used in a process flow, it creates a Polling Status activity variable. For detailsmore information, refer to Polling Status section.
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