Notification Triggers and Actions - Mail Trigger

Mariela Lopez

December 31, 2020 23:02

Monitors an email server for incoming mail and fires when email arrives.

Properties

Server

Sets the host name of the email server.

Polling Delay

Sets a time expression that specifies how long the mail trigger waits to poll the mail server for new email messages.

Port

Sets the mail server port.

Username & Password

Sets the credentials to access the mail server

Protocol

Sets the mail protocol used to communicate with the mail server. It can be either IMAP or POP3

Delete Processed Message

Sets whether a processed email is automatically deleted after control returns to the mail trigger. Note that when using the POP3 protocol, the JavaMail implementation does not appear to allow messages to be deleted.

IMAP Folder

Sets the name of the IMAP folder that is checked for email messages.

IMAP Folder Copy Destination

Sets the name of an IMAP folder, if any, to which a processed email is copied when the mail trigger fires.

Results

The Mail Trigger returns its results in the flow context variable "result". These results include information about the mail subject and its body, the addresses associated with the mail, and attachments for the mail. You can access the Mail Trigger results from the following fields:

Flow Context Variable

Field

Java Type

Description

Prescript / Postscript Example

RESULT

attachments

List<MailTrigger.MailAttachment>

The file attachments in the mail message.

See Using MailAttachments below for more information.

List attachments = flowContext.get("RESULT").attachments;
 
for (MailAttachment attachment : attachments) {
  byte[] attachBody = attachment.body;
  System.out.println(attachBody);
}

RESULT

body

String

The body of the mail message.

String body = flowContext.get("RESULT").body;
 
System.out.println("Message body: " + body);

RESULT

cc_addresses

List<String>

The carbon copy recipients of the mail message.

List cc_addresses = flowContext.get("RESULT").cc_addresses;
 
for (String cc_address : cc_addresses) {
  System.out.println("CC: " + cc_address);
}

RESULT

content_type

flux.notification.MailContentType

The content type of the mail message.

MailContentType contentType = flowContext.get("RESULT").content_type;
 
System.out.println("Content type: " + contentType);

RESULT

from_addresses

List<String>

The senders of the mail message.

List from_addresses = flowContext.get("RESULT").from_addresses;
 
for (String from_address : from_addresses) {
  System.out.println("From: " + from_address);
}

RESULT

reply_to_addresses

List<String>

The reply-to addresses of the mail message.

List reply_to_addresses = flowContext.get("RESULT").reply_to_addresses;
 
for (String reply_to_address : reply_to_addresses) {
  System.out.println("Reply to: " + reply_to_address);
}

RESULT

sent_date

Date

The date the mail message was sent.

Date sentDate = flowContext.get("RESULT").sent_date;
 
System.out.println("Sent date: " + sentDate);

RESULT

size

int

The size of the mail message.

int size = flowContext.get("RESULT").size;
 
System.out.println("Size: " + size);

RESULT

status_flags

javax.mail.Flags

Status flags for the email message.

Flags statusFlags = flowContext.get("RESULT").status_flags;
 
if (flags.getSystemFlags().contains(Flags.Flag.DELETED)) {
  System.out.println("Message was deleted");
}

RESULT

subject

String

The subject of the mail message.

String subject = flowContext.get("RESULT").subject;
 
System.out.println("Subject: " + subject);

RESULT

to_addresses

List<String>

The recipients of the mail message.

List to_addresses = flowContext.get("RESULT").to_addresses;
 
for (String to_address : to_addresses) {
  System.out.println("To: " + to_address);
}

Passing Results with a Runtime Data Map

You can use a Runtime Data Map to copy one of the result fields into a new variable (for future reference or to reuse the data later in the workflow).

To copy a result field, you can use a data map like:

Using MailAttachments

If a message picked up by a mail trigger contains attachments, they are returned as MailAttachment objects. These objects have two fields:

Field

Description

Prescript / Postscript Example

body

A byte[] containing the body (content) of the attachment.

List attachments = flowContext.get("RESULT").attachments;
 
for (MailAttachment attachment : attachments) {
  byte[] attachBody = attachment.body;
  System.out.println(attachBody);
}

filename

The filename of the attachment.

List attachments = flowContext.get("RESULT").attachments;
 
for (MailAttachment attachment : attachments) {
  String filename = attachment.filename;
  System.out.println(filename);
}

You can also access the attachments through runtime data mapping. For example, you could use the following data map to pass the attachments from the mail trigger into a for each collection element action:

Once the for each collection element action adds the next attachment to the flow context, you can access its fields with another data map:

Notification Triggers and Actions - Mail Trigger

Properties

Server

Polling Delay

Port

Username & Password

Protocol

Delete Processed Message

IMAP Folder

IMAP Folder Copy Destination

Results

Passing Results with a Runtime Data Map

Using MailAttachments

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