Inbound E-mail component

The Inbound E-mail component can be used to retrieve e-mail messages or attachments from an inbox. After retrieving such messages or attachments, they are sent to the next component in the flow.

Each attachment is sent as a single message. The original file name of an attachment is stored in the header named CamelFileName.

Configuration

The Inbound E-mail component has the following configuration options:

Property	Description
Protocol	The protocol that is used to connect to the e-mail server
Host	The hostname of the e-mail server
Port	The port of the e-mail server
Username	The username used to log onto the e-mail server
Password	The password used to log onto the e-mail server
Content	Indicates whether message bodies or attachment should be retrieved
Unseen	Indicates whether only unread messages should be retrieved
Polling Interval	The number of milliseconds between each check for new e-mail messages
Search Subject	An optional string that should occur in the subject of e-mails
Search Body	An optional string that should occur in the body of e-mails
Search From	An optional pattern describing the recipients of e-mails
Search To	An optional pattern describing the sender of e-mails

The JavaMail API is used to search for e-mail messages. According to its documentation, the search capabilities depend on the protocol, provider, and server in use. In general, all of the string patterns supported by search terms are just simple strings; no regular expressions are supported.

Remarks

• The Unseen option only applies for the IMAP and IMAPS protocol.

Custom SSL Certificates

It can be the case that the mailbox you are trying to reach uses an SSL Certificate (IMAPS / POP3S), this is not a problem for Dovetail as long as it is signed by a default trusted certificate authority. When the mailbox uses a self-signed certificate, or a certificate not signed by a default trusted certificate authority, the certificate should be retrieved and imported into Dovetail. Unfortunately to date, this has to be done manually by the support staff of Dovetail, please contact your Dovetail provider when necessary.