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Get POP3 Mail Messages

Description​

This Activity gets the email messages configured with the POP3 protocol.

Properties​

Common​

  • Timeout (in MS) – It Specifies the amount of waiting time taken by the Activity to run before any error occurs. By default, it is only 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).

Credential​

  • Email – Enter the email account to get the message.
  • Password – Specify the email account's Password to get the message.
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  1. In the case of Gmail, follow the steps to create an App Password.
  2. In the case of Outlook, follow the steps to create an App Password.
  3. In the case of Yahoo, follow the steps to create an App Password.

Host​

  • Port – Specify the Port to get the email message.
  • Server – Specify the email server host.

Misc​

  • DisplayName – Add a display name to your Activity.
  • Private – By default, Activity will log the values of your properties inside your workflow. If private is selected, then it stops logging.

Optional​

  • Continue On Error – It Specifies whether the automation should continue even when the Activity throws an error. If True, the Activity continues without throwing any exceptions. If False, the Activity throws an exception. The default value is False.

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    Catches no error if this Activity is present inside the Try-Catch block and the value of this property is True.

  • Allow Untrusted Certificate - Specifies whether to allow untrusted certificates during connection.

Options​

  • Delete Messages – It depends on the Boolean function. If it's true, it deletes messages.
  • SSL – It depends on the Boolean function. If it's true, it enables SSL encryption for the connection.

Output​

  • Messages – It displays the retrieved messages as a collection of Mail Message objects.

Keep the security option for the Gmail account low as follows:

Email POP3

Here is the Google Mail screenshot:

Email POP3 output

Example​

Here is an example of how to use this Activity:

Download Example

Get Pop3 Mail Message