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The Mail Polling activity is used to ' listen ' for the arrival of any mails emails on the mail Server.
This feature is available in:

Enterprise

Premier

Professional

Express

 

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Go to Services >Polling and then click Mail. The Manage Mail Polling screen is displayed (see Figure 585).

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Figure 585: Manage Mail Polling Service

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Click the CreateNew link. The Create Mail Polling screen is displayed (see Figure 586).

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Figure 586: Create Mail Polling Service

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server. 

Perform the following steps to create a mail polling activity:

  1. On the Develop tab, click Services Polling Mail.

  2. Click Create New to view New Mail Polling screen.

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    NameName of the new mail polling
    DescriptionDescription of the new mail polling
    ProtocolInternet standard protocol to be used
    for retrieving
    for retrieving incoming mails
    , from the dropdown list Protocol. You can select either the POP3
    . The available options are POP3, IMAP4 or
    the
    MAPI
    protocol
    . Based on the selected protocol, the default port number for that protocol is displayed in
    the Port field.

    Enter the address of the incoming mail server in the textbox Incoming Mail Server.

    InfoTo access mails from Microsoft Exchange Server use MAPI in the Protocol dropdown list
    the 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

    Server

    Suite 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

    the

    the Protocol

    dropdown

     drop-down list box.


     

    If


    If MAPI

    is

     is selected in

    the

    the Protocol

    dropdown

     drop-down list box:

    • Enter name of the exchange server in Incoming Mail
    Server field
    • Server text box
    • Enter the domain name in the 
    Domain field
    • Domain text box
    • Enter the name of the CDO host machine in CDO host machine
     field
    •  text box. CDOConfig.exe is
    a Select any of the following filter criteria:
     
    • Sender E-mail
    • Mail Subject
    • Mail Content
    • File Attachment
     You may
    • 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. 
  3. Select the Secure checkbox, if the specified incoming mail server is SSL enabled.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Incoming Mail ServerIncoming mail (SMTP) server address
    Security TypeProtocol 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 SSLTLSNone. This implementation is specific, if and only if, POP3 and IMAP4 Protocol is selected in the Protocol drop-down list box
    PortPort number of the incoming mail server
    User IdUsername of the mail server
    PasswordPassword of the mail server
    Confirm PasswordPassword to confirm
    Search based on following filter criteriaSelect any of the filter criteria: Sender E-mail, Mail Subject, Mail Content, File Attachment. You can select more than one filter criteria.
    Enter the
     Type either sender's email address
    and
    , email subject
    of
    , or email content in
    the textboxes Sender Email and Mail Subject respectively.
  7. 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.

  8. Enter the name of the file attached with mail in the textbox File Attachment.
  9. Enter the time interval for Polling in the textbox Polling Frequency. Enter the digit in the Frequency field
    the Sender E-mailSubject, or Mail Content text boxes respectively. You can use asterisk and wild cards in the content of the mail
    Polling FrequencyTime interval for polling. Type the value in the Frequency text box and select the unit of time
    i.e. seconds, minutes or hours etc. from the dropdown list Duration. Info
    (seconds or minutes) from Duration. Recommended minimum Polling Frequency is 30 seconds.
    Enter the expiry time in the Expiry Time field
    Expiry TimeExpiry time of the email. After expiry, time process flow does not poll for the
    mail. InfoTo learn
    email
    Field Name
    Description
     

    For information about Advanced Properties, refer

    to section

    .

  10. Click Save.

    Info

    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.

    Click the Save button

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