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Email account is the set of options that is responsible for the configuration of email processing. It can be a pre-configured account with the SMTP protocol (for sending emails), POP3 protocol (for receiving emails), and IMAP protocol (for sending and receiving emails).

The email account configuration includes the following steps:

  1. Creating an email account.
  2. Testing the connection (optional).
  3. Configuring default settings.

Creating an email account 
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creating an email account


To create an email account, please complete the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the System Mailboxes → Email Accounts.
  2. Click New and fill in the fields.
  3. Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.

Email accounts form fields

FieldMandatoryDescription
NameYDisplayed account name.
TypeY

Account type, based on a specific protocol. Available options:

  • SMTP
  • IMAP
  • POP3.
ServerYThe hostname of the server used for the mail processing.
User NameYServer user login.
PasswordYServer user password.
Email User LabelNDescriptive user label.
ActiveNSelect this checkbox to activate the account.
Enable DebugNSelect this checkbox to have more extended logs. This will help to indicate issues while configuring email settings.
FromYSender address to be displayed in the From field of the message. This field appears when the SMTP option is selected in the Type field.
PortYSpecify the port that the server will be running on.
Enable SSLNSelect this checkbox to enable SSL encryption.
Enable TLSNSelect this checkbox to enable TLS encryption.
Disable Certificate ValidationN

Select this checkbox to allow connecting to the email server without checking the certificate. The checkbox Disable Certificate Validation is unselected by default.

Tip

Disabling the validation is helpful when a self-signed certificate is used.


Test Connection 
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test connection


When you finish configuring the email account.

To test the connection, please follow these steps:

  • Select the Enable Debug checkbox and click Save.
  • Scroll down to the Related Links area (above the Related Lists area).
  • Click the Test Connection link.
  • If the connection is set, make the created account default.

In the Log (sys_log) table, you can track the operation processing:

  1. Navigate to System Logs → Main Log.
  2. Apply this filter: Source is Email Logger.
  3. Open a record if needed.

Main log field description

Field

Mandatory

Description

SourceYThe source from where the message was produced (IMAP Authorization, SMTP Authorization, Incoming mail, and others).
LevelY

Message category:

  • Debug – debug message
  • Info – information message
  • Warning – warning message
  • Error – error message.
MessageNThe message containing information about the 
UsernameNThe name of a user who created the log or the system if it was created automatically.
Created byY

Information about who has created the record.

Created atYThis field stores information about the date and time of record creation.

In our example, we set up an IMAP email account. In the screenshot below:

  1. IMAP authorization session has been set up.
  2. After the successful authorization, the list of email IDs was called from the server.
  3. The call was processed, and the list was received.


If connection fails, a warning message appears:

In this case, check logs to find the error cause. To perform this, navigate to System Logs → Main Log and make a log selection based on the criteria below:

  • Source = Email Logger

AND

  • Level = Error

Use Condition Builder to build an appropriate filter. An example of the error record is given below:

Default email account
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default email account


To start using the created email account, set your email accounts as default ones. The system will insert them automatically into every letter, incoming or outgoing.

To do this, complete the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the System Mailboxes → Email Accounts.
  2. Open the record you need.
  3. Find the email account ID in the address bar (it is a long number sequence), and copy it to the clipboard. 

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  4. Navigate to the System Properties → System Properties.
  5. Find the default.email.account.send using the search box.
  6. Paste the email account ID from the clipboard in the Value field.

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