Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Appendix 13 Using Adapters
Email Adapter
Step 4
Click the Advanced tab to specify the reconnection settings to the appropriate email server (IMAP,
POP3) after a connection failure.
POP3) after a connection failure.
Step 5
Complete the appropriate information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click OK.
Defining the Email Account POP3 Target
Use the following steps to define an Email Account (POP3) target. This target will allow a process or
activity to execute against the an email account on an POP3 mail server.
activity to execute against the an email account on an POP3 mail server.
Step 1
Choose Definitions > Targets, right-click and choose New > Email Account (POP3).
Step 2
Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.
Step 3
Click the Connection tab to specify the following information:
Enable SSL
If checked, the connection to the Email server will run on the SSL port.
Note
You might also need to override the default IMAP port (143) to the
SSL port.
SSL port.
Enable server push
notifications
notifications
If checked, the email server will push the emails to the recipient’s email
address.
address.
Polling Interval
If there is an Email trigger running against this target, the Email adapter will
check the email account on the email server using this polling interval. Since
polling may take some time, the polling interval is defined as the time period
between the start point of next polling and the end point of the previous
polling. The default value is 10 seconds. To prevent busy polling, the
minimum polling interval is set to 5 seconds.
check the email account on the email server using this polling interval. Since
polling may take some time, the polling interval is defined as the time period
between the start point of next polling and the end point of the previous
polling. The default value is 10 seconds. To prevent busy polling, the
minimum polling interval is set to 5 seconds.
Field
Description
Reconnect to email server on
connection failure
connection failure
Check this check box to enable the reconnection settings for the target.
Reconnect every
____seconds
____seconds
Select this option and in the text field, enter the number of seconds the
target should take to reconnect to the server.
target should take to reconnect to the server.
Reconnect up to
In the text field, enter the maximum number of times the target should
attempt to reconnect to the server.
attempt to reconnect to the server.
Attempt to reconnect at the
following intervals (in
seconds)
following intervals (in
seconds)
Select this option and in the text field, enter the number of seconds the
target should wait before attempting to reconnect to the server.
target should wait before attempting to reconnect to the server.
Field
Description
Field
Description
Email server
Name of the email server that relays email to the mailbox
Protocol
Display-only field of the type of email protocol being used by the email
server (IMAP, POP3)
server (IMAP, POP3)