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Configure IMAP or IMAP using Limilabs as input source

You can create an IMAP input source configuration to use with ReadSoft Collector (used for both IMAP using Limilabs and IMAP).

IMAP using Limilabs is the preferred/recommended alternative.

  1. Open ReadSoft Collector General settings dialog box.
  2. Select the Input tab.
  3. Click .
  4. In the dialog box that is displayed, select IMAP using Limilabs or IMAP on the Type list.
  5. In the Display name box, type a name that helps you remember what the input source configuration is used for. When the input source configuration is complete, what you enter here is displayed in the Display name column of the Input dialog box.
  6. Add any additional relevant information in the Description box.
  7. Click Next.
  8. In the Mail server box, specify the computer that hosts the IMAP mail server.

    Optional: If your mail system does not use the default port (143), specify the port used in the Port on the IMAP server box.

    Optional: Use SSL only if your IMAP server requires that mail traffic between your mail server and clients to be encrypted (do not confuse this to encrypted or signed mail). You can also specify which port to use if it is something other than the default port (993). Also, be aware that certificate errors can occur when using IMAP using Limilabs in connection with Office365.

    The security level can be reduced automatically using the IgnoreCertificateErrors in the [General] section of Collector.ini.

  9. In the User and Password fields, specify the name of the account and the corresponding password that will be used to access the mail server.
  10. Click Connect to make sure it works.
  11. You can use the Start folder box to filter which folders are displayed in the dialog boxes. For example, if a lot of folders are accessible from your email account, and you use * only, it may take a considerable amount of time to display the next configuration dialog box since the program looks for all folders that are accessible from the account specified (including all public/global folders available). It goes much faster if you use a filter to limit the number of folders that need to be displayed. Consider the following suggestions:

    • In connection with specific paths, forward slashes (/) should be used (for example Inbox/Collector).

      Some mail servers use a different delimiter (backward slash(\), for example). You will need to test this to find out which delimiter applies.

    • Using an asterisk (*) is recommended in connection with folder names.

      • Specifying Inbox/* would display all sub-folders to the Inbox root folder for the specified account only (eliminating the need to browse through all public/global folders that may be accessible from this account).

      • Specifying Inbox/Collector/* would narrow the search even more to only those folders (and their sub-folders) under the ReadSoft Collector folder that is under Inbox.

        Using the /* characters at the end ensures that any additional sub-folders to sub-folders are also displayed.

  12. Click Next.

    The folders that already exist for the user account specified are displayed. Select the folder where you want ReadSoft Collector to get the source files.

  13. Click Next.

    • Click an item in the folder list to access any potential sub-folders (a + sign is added to the list entry if sub-folders are present).

    • Click the plus sign (+) next to a folder in the list to display sub-folders.

    • To create new folder, right-click a folder in the list and select Create folder.

  14. If asked, specify the working folder where files are put internally for safer processing.
  15. Specify the destination folder where you want to put processed emails. For more information, see the note above.
  16. Click Next.
  17. Specify the folder where you want to put emails that contain errors after processing.
  18. Click Next.
  19. Click Finish.

    A ReadSoft Invoices Interpret job that is configured to process email using ReadSoft Collector can handle both image and XML-based invoices that are included as attachments, but not in the same email. That is, you can have emails with XML attachments, or you can have emails with image file attachments, but you cannot have both XML and image files in the same email.

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