IMAP, POP3, and SMTP Accounts
You can use the account type to connect Email Snaps with data sources that use IMAP, POP3, and SMTP accounts. The different account types and the supported Email Snaps are listed below:
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IMAP- Email Reader, Email Delete, and Email Archive Snaps.
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POP3- Email Reader and Email Delete.
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SMTP - Email Sender.
Limitations
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If using Gmail, you might need to turn on the option to allow less secure apps to access your account within Gmail. Learn more: Less secure apps & your Google Account - Google Account Help.
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Due to the anti-email-hijacking policies of webmail servers, the Email Snaps often fail to perform as expected.
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It is a trend for webmail servers, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and so on to enforce their security policy increasingly against all email client applications which access email accounts through email API (SMTP, IMAP), other than web browsers, if the client applications access from a geographical location far from usual locations of the web browser logins. The Email Snaps are often classified as suspicious email hijacker since the Snaps try to access the email server from AWS, a location different from usual web browser logins of users. Sometimes, users can find additional information in the emails from the mail servers or in the security page of the account. The Email Snaps function well as expected if their accounts are not from webmail servers.
Account settings
- Expression icon (
): Allows using
JavaScript syntax to access SnapLogic Expressions to set field values dynamically (if
enabled). If disabled, you can provide a static value. Learn more. - SnapGPT (
): Generates SnapLogic Expressions
based on natural language using SnapGPT. Learn
more. - Suggestion icon (
): Populates a
list of values dynamically based on your Snap configuration. You can select only one
attribute at a time using the icon. Type into the field if it supports a comma-separated
list of values. - Upload
: Uploads files. Learn more.
| Field / Field set | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Label | String |
Required. Specify a unique label for the account. Default value: None. Example: IMAP Account |
| Email ID | String | Specify the email ID to use for this account. Example: [email protected] |
| Password | String | Specify the the password for the account. Default value: None. Example: o8jkll0# |
| Server domain | String |
Required. Specify the name of the server domain. Note: Configure this field with outlook.office365.com when using the
Outlook IMAP Email account.
Default value: None. Example: imap.example.com |
| Port | Integer | Required. Specify the port number of the email server. This will vary depending on your mail provider and the Secure connection selected. The default port for IMAP is 993. Default value: None. Example: 993 |
| Secure connection | Dropdown list | Required.
Select how the secure connection to the email server should be initiated. Options available include:
Default value: None. Example: SSL |
| Attachment password | String | Specify the password for attachment URL. Default value: None. Example: o8jkll0# |
| Connection timeout | Integer | Specify the time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a
connection error, after which the server will not try reconnecting.
Default value: 60000 Example: 50000 |
| Read timeout | Integer | Specify the time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a read
error, after which the server will not try to read the data. Default value: 60000 Example: 50000 |
| Write timeout | Integer | Specify the time duration in milliseconds, in the event of a
write error, after which the server will not try to write the data.
Default value: 60000 Example: 50000 |
| Mail properties | Use this field set to configure advanced parameters that you want to include in the request. | |
| Mail property name | String | Specify the name of the mail property. Default value: None. Example: mail.imaps.auth.plain.disable |
| Mail property value | String | Specify the mail property value associated with the mail property
name. Default value: None. Example: true |