Email Listener
Overview
The Email Listener Snap monitors the mailbox for new or updated emails.
- This is a Read-type Snap.
Works in Ultra Tasks when the Batch size is set to 1.
Supported Accounts
Prerequisites
- Valid Exchange Online tenant.
- Valid OAuth2 application in Azure Active Directory with all the required API permissions.
Limitations
- Probability of Snap failing with short polling interval is high.
- Best practice is to add retry configured in Snap settings.
- Value less than 5 is error prone.
- For more information, see Outlook service limits.
Snap views
| Type | Description | Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps |
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| Input |
This Snap has at most one document input view. Requires the Email folder and the Polling Interval set to alert or poll for receiving a new email. |
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| Output |
This Snap has at most one document output view. Record of emails received. |
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Snap settings
| Field/Field set | Description |
|---|---|
Label*
String |
Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if more than one of the same Snaps is in the pipeline. Default value: Email Listener |
User/Shared MailBox
String/Expression |
Specify the mailbox from which you want to configure auto reply for emails received. If not provided, then the mailbox specified in the account settings is used. Default value: N/A Example: [email protected] |
Email Folder*
String/Expression |
Specify the Email Folder to read. Default value: Inbox Example: Starred |
Alert Only For New Emails
Checkbox |
Select if you want to receive notification only for a new email. Default value: Selected |
Polling Interval (minutes)*
String/Expression |
Specify a time interval, in minutes, to poll for a new email. Default value: 5 Example: 3 Minimum Value: 1 Maximum Value: 1400 |
Number Of Retries
Integer/Expression |
Specify the maximum number of attempts to be made to receive a response. The request is terminated if the attempts do not result in a response. Default value: 0 Example: 4 |
Retry Intervals (seconds)
Integer/Expression |
Specify the time interval between retry requests. A retry happens only when the previous attempt results in an exception. Default value: 1 Example: 21 |
Snap execution
Dropdown list |
Choose one of the three modes in
which the Snap executes. Available options are:
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