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Email Collector

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Installation

Use the Module Management Tool to install the Email Collector. Information about how to do this can be found at: Module Management Tool Guide The Module Management Tool can be downloaded here.

Configuration

Mailbox and check interval configuration

Mailboxes and how often they are checked is configured in the email-collector.properties file. This file must be created by you in the extension directory {server_directory}/conf/alfresco/extension. This is an example properties file:

# A single sample mailbox configuration.
# Mailbox properties always start with 'mailbox'. The next term is some arbitrary name for the mailbox 
# in this case 'somebox'. The third term is the mailbox property name.
mailbox.somebox.host=pop3.strato.de
mailbox.somebox.protocol=pop3
mailbox.somebox.port=110
mailbox.somebox.folder=Inbox
mailbox.somebox.user=mail@mycompany.de
mailbox.somebox.password=mailpassword
mailbox.somebox.ssl=false

# the start delay of the Email Collector in milliseconds
emailCollector.startDelay=5000
# the mailbox check interval of the Email Collector in milliseconds
emailCollector.repeatInterval=300000

The upper part of the configuration is the mailbox configuration. The mailbox Properties configure the mailbox. Mailbox properties always start with mailbox. The next term is some arbitrary name for the mailbox in this case somebox. The third term is the mailbox property name. All available properties can be seen in the example above. The properties host, protocol, user and password are required. If no folder is given, Inbox will be taken as the default folder. If no port is given the default port for the selected protocol will be taken. If no ssl property value is given then ssl will be disabled.

Email Service Configuration

To store emails into Alfresco the Email Collector uses the Alfresco in-built Email Service. Check the Email Server Configuration on how to configure the Email Service. You can skip the Email Server configuration part and start reading at the chapter 'How Email Messages are Handled'.

Troubleshooting

If you experience problems that some of your Email Aliases do not work check this forum entry

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