Email accounts
This section lists email accounts set up for the email trigger functionality. Use this section to add new accounts and delete accounts that you no longer need.
At the top of the "Email accounts" section, in the Projects drop-down list, select the project with email accounts to display. You can change the way the information for each email account is presented as follows:
- Select the table columns to display for an email account using the menu icon on the right.
- Refresh the displayed information by clicking the refresh icon on the right.
- Reset the custom column settings by clicking the reset icon on the right.
- Select the number of items to display per page and navigate among pages by using the navigation menu in the bottom right corner.
By default, the following information is displayed for each email trigger.
Column | Description |
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Name | Name of the email trigger. |
Description | Description of the account. |
Project name | Project linked to the email account. |
Add Email Account
- To add a new email account, click the plus sign in the upper left corner.
The "Create new email account" dialog box.
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Select an account type and specify the following properties.
- Google Gmail and Microsoft 365 account properties
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Property
Description
Name
Specify a name for the account.
Description
Specify the account description.
Assign to project
Select a Kofax RPA project for the email account.
Email
Specify the account login name.
Password
Specify the account login password.1
- IMAP account
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Property
Description
Name
Specify a name for the account.
Description
Specify the account description.
Assign to project
Select a project for the email account.
SSL/TLS encryption
Select this option if the email account provider requires to use the SSL/TLS protocol.
Host
Specify the IMAP host name.
Port
Enter the port number for the selected IMAP host.
Protocol
Select the protocol to use either IMAPS (IMAP over SSL) or IMAP.
User name
Specify the account login name (usually the email address).
Password
Enter the password for the specified email address.
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Click Test to test the connection. After the test connection has been executed, Management Console shows a message with an execution state (success or failure with a description).
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Click Save for the changes to take effect.
To delete an account from the list, select it and click the bin icon in the upper left corner. You are prompted to confirm the deletion.