Sometimes it is necessary to read data into PhixFlow streams from an email account. For example if orders are always sent to a specified email address in the same format, it can be an easy way to automate their entry into a database or process them.
Example : Polling an inbox using POP3 and processing data files
Step-by-step guide
- Click on Admin->Manage Email Accounts and add a new inbound account (The example below show an example setup using POP3 and TLS and will poll the default inbox every 1 minute)
- Click Test Configuration to ensure the settings are correct and then check the Enabled check-box save any changes.
- Click on Admin->System Configuration->System Directories and make a note of the location of the Import file location e.g C:\opt\phixflow\data\import. Collected email message will appear in folders beneath this directory.
- Send a test email to the account with a data file attached. (Note: If you want to process the message body then sending plain text rather than HTML messages is easier)
- Navigate to the folder named "in" within the Import directory and then open the folder that is named with today's date
- Within this folder here will be a folder for each message, named with a GUID. Open this folder to view the attachment
Example Inbound Email Configuration
Example location of attachments
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