The Email Account properties contains the This page is for administrators who are creating system and user email accounts. It explains the email configuration that PhixFlow uses when fetching and sending emails.This page covers, in detail, all configuration options. However, if
Overview
When setting up users, you must also configure Email Accounts so that users can send and/or receive emails.
We also recommend you use the System Configuration options to configure the following emails to go to your support or administration team.
- a Feedback Email Address so users can email any issues via the
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a System Email Address so PhixFlow can email system requests. For example, PhixFlow uses this address to send user password reset requests; see Password Reset.
Note It is important to set a system email address as the registered owner of the email account. This is because some email services reject emails that are not from the registered owner of the email account.
If you are setting up a service to poll an email account for incoming messages,
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we recommend you read the article Reading Data From an Email Account, which covers a number of common examples.
Properties
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Once you have set up an account, use the toolbar 
Test Configuration button to check you have configured the email account correctly.
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Basic Settings
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| Outbound | If checked, this is
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| Enabled | If checked, this Email Account is
If this is an outbound account, it will be used to send emails whenever required. If this is an inbound account, PhixFlow will connect to the server periodically (at the defined polling interval) and download new messages. | |||||||||||||||||
| Name | The Enter the name of the configured email account. | |||||||||||||||||
| Host | The Enter the host address of the configured email account. | |||||||||||||||||
| Protocol | The Available for inbound accounts (Outbound is not selected). Select the protocol used during the email fetching . (Visible only if this is an inbound account) | |||||||||||||||||
| Encryption | The Select the encryption used during the sending or receiving of emails. | |||||||||||||||||
| Use Default Port | If checked, the port will be calculated automatically
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| Default Port | TheEnter the default port number. | |||||||||||||||||
| Port | Available when Use Default Port is not selected. Enter the port number of the configured email account. (Visible only if not using the default port) | |||||||||||||||||
| Authorisation Required | If checked, the email account requires a
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| Login Name | The Available when Authorisation Required is selected. Enter the username used to log in onto the configured email account. (Visible only if authorisation is required) | |||||||||||||||||
| Password | TheAvailable when Authorisation Required is selected. Enter the password used to log in onto the configured email account. (Visible only if authorisation is required) | Folder | The | |||||||||||||||
| Folder | Available for inbound accounts (Outbound is not selected). Enter the folder which the emails will be fetched from. If left blank, the default inbox folder will be used. (Visible only if this is an inbound account)( Collectedemailsare saved to FileUploadDirectory\default\in\YYYYMMDD\FolderName, where :
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| Properties | The Enter the 'key=value' list of the configured email account properties. Each pair should appear on a new line. | |||||||||||||||||
| Test To: | The Available when Outbound is selected. Enter the address to which test emails will be sent. (Visible only if this is an outbound account) | |||||||||||||||||
| Polling Interval (sec) | The interval (sec) Available for inbound accounts (Outbound is not selected). Enter the interval, in seconds, of the email fetching from the account. If left blank, the value configured in the server.properties file will be used. (Visible only if this is an inbound account) | |||||||||||||||||
| Delete Read Messages | If checked, emails will be deleted
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| Delete After Days | If Available when Delete Read Messages is checked, messages are deleteselected. Enter the number of days for which messages are kept before they are deleted from the server after this many days. If left empty or set to 0 messages are deleted immediately after they are downloaded. | |||||||||||||||||
| Debug | If checked, will
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| Description | Description of the email account | |||||||||||||||||
The Test Configuration button allows the user to test if the provided email configuration is correct.
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