The Email Account is an object which contains a configuration which is used by the PhixFlow during fetching and sending emails.
This page covers, in detail, all configuration options. However, if you are setting up a service to poll an email account for incoming messages, a good starting place is the article How To: Read data from an email account, which covers a number of common examples.
Form: Email Account Details
The following fields are configured on the Details tab:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | The host address of the configured email account. |
| Enabled | If checked, this Email Account is active. 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. |
| Port | The port number of the configured email account. |
| Host | The address of the email server. |
| Protocol | The protocol used during the email fetching. (Visible only if this is an inbound account) |
| Login Name | The username used to log in onto the configured email account. |
| Password | The password used to log in onto the configured email account. |
| Folder | 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) (Collected emails are saved to FileUploadDirectory\default\in\YYYYMMDD\FolderName, where FileUploadDirectory is the value specified in System Configuration Screen, YYYYMMDD is a folder created by the system for each day and FolderName is a system generated folder for each new message) |
| Properties | The 'key=value' list of the configured email account properties. Each pair should appear on a new line. |
| Outbound | If checked, this is an outbound email account, used to send emails. There can only be one active outbound account at any one time. If not checked, this in an inbound account, and is used to receive (download) emails. |
| Test To: | The address to which test emails will be sent. (Visible only if this is an outbound account) |
| Polling Interval (sec) | The interval (sec) 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 from the mail server after they are downloaded. |
| Delete After Days | If Delete Read Messages is checked, messages are delete from the server after this many days. If left empty or set to 0 messages are deleted immediately after they are downloaded |
| Description | |
| Description | Description of the email account |
The Test Configuration button allows the user to test if the provided email configuration is correct.
Warning: The system will test values currently appearing on the screen. Remember to save the configuration after the test is successful.
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