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Use the Email Account form to configure the email account your flows use for sending and receiving email correspondence.

Optionally, at the top of the rule form, click Select Email Provider to select from a list of commonly used email providers. When you make a selection and click OK, some form fields, such as Host, Port, and Protocol, automatically populate. You can edit any information that automatically populates the fields. Be aware, however, that the edited information on the form may no longer accurately represent the provider.

Field

Description
Sender  
Full Name

Optional. Enter the full name of the sender.
From

Specify the email address associated with email sent from this email account.
Host (SMTP)

Enter the IP address or the host name of the Simple Mail Transport Protocol host.
Port

Enter an SMTP server port number for outgoing email connections. The default port is 25.
User ID

Identify the SMTP User ID for sending email from this host. If no value is specified, the value in the From field is used.
Password

Optional. Enter the password for User ID sending mail from this host. Click Set Password, then enter the sender password.
Reply To

Optional. Identify an email address that recipients of email messages sent from this account can reply to. Use a working, valid email address that is reviewed by a person or is processed.
Use SSL?

Click to use Secure Sockets Layer protocol to send email messages through this server.
Keystore Instance

SmartPromptOptional. If your application is to send digitally signed email message, identify a Keystore data instance. See About Keystore data instances.

For instructions on sending digitally signed email, see How to send digitally signed email.
Certificate Alias

SmartPromptOptional. Enter one or more characters that match all or part of a specific certificate within the keystore data instance. If blank, PRPC selects the first one it finds of the correct type.
Receiver  
Host

Enter the POP3 or IMAP mail server host name or IP address for receiving incoming email.
Port

Enter a POP3 or IMAP server port number for email connections. The default port is 143.
Protocol

Use the dropdown menu to specify the server email protocol, IMAP or POP3.
User ID

Enter the POP3 or IMAP server User ID (email address) for the email account receiving mail.
Password

Enter a password for the User ID receiving email on this host. Click Set Password, then enter the receiver password.
Use SSL

Click to use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) facilities when receiving email using this server.

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