Email connector
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Send SMS properties
Check Start SMTP Server to start the SMTP server on the requested port. Check Get email from a POP server when you want to get the email messages from an external POP server instead.
By default, the new SMTP Server will start on port 25. You can change the SMTP port number if it interferes with an existing SMTP server. It is also possible to change the message template, the parts of the e-mail messages that are converted to SMS.
The to address of the mail message is converted into the number and an optional message type, e.g.:
+44xxxxxxxxx@sms.com |
is sent to number +44xxxxxxxxx. |
p44xxxxxxxxx@sms.com |
is also sent to number +44xxxxxxxxx. |
+44xxxxxxxxx.sms.text@sms.com |
is sent to number +44xxxxxxxxx with message type sms.text. |
Some email environments might have trouble with a plus sign in the e-mail address, to overcome this problem you can use a p character instead.
The Email connector can retrieve e-mail from a POP box and convert the mail to an SMS message. After installing the connector, the e-mail is forwarded to the GSM number (list) you entered. You can change the message template and add the option to extract the GSM number (list) from the mail subject or body. If Extract from Subject or Body is enabled the Email connector will try to find the GSM numbers in the e-mail subject or body. If multiple numbers are detected in the subject or mail body the message will be sent to all those numbers. If no number is found the default number (list) is used. A number can only be detected in the subject or message body if it starts with a plus character and contains only digits (e.g. +4400000000).
All retrieved messages from the POP server are deleted after retrieval.
The message template defines what part(s) of the e-mail message is forwarded to the SMS message. You can insert fields from the mail message in the template and limit the amount of characters of the message.
Receive SMS properties
Enable the Forward received SMS messages to e-mail option to convert received SMS messages to one or more e-mail messages. If Extract from SMS message is enabled the Email connector tries to find a valid e-mail address in the SMS message text. If no e-mail address is found the default address (list) is used.
When Reply to e-mail is selected the e-mail connector looks if there was a previous e-mail message forwarded to the mobile phone number. If there is a GSM number match, the message is sent as an e-mail reply to the sender of the original e-mail. If there is no match, the message is sent to the default address (list).
If Reply to e-mail is selected in combination with the Extract from SMS message option, the procedure to forward the SMS message to e-mail is as follows:
•If an e-mail address is found in the SMS message, the e-mail is sent to this e-mail address.
•If no e-mail address is found in the SMS message and there is a GSM number match from a previous e-mail message, the e-mail is sent as a reply to the original e-mail message.
•If no e-mail address is found in the SMS message and there is no GSM number match, the e-mail is sent to the default address list.
The email template defines the layout of the e-mail message. For each e-mail field you can use one or more parts of the received SMS message.
This template is only used if the e-mail is a reply to a previously sent e-mail message. It supports a number of fields from the original e-mail message, like the To name, To address and the e-mail Subject.
E-mail client properties
To enable outgoing e-mail messages you have to specify an SMTP server. This server is used to forward SMS messages to e-mail and to send a reply when sending the SMS message failed or was successful.
Check the Reply when send SMS failed if you want to send a reply when the SMS message could not be sent. If you also want to send a reply when the SMS messages was sent you can check Reply when SMS is sent.
Advanced properties
MaximumBatchSize
The maximum number of messages this connector will process in one batch. If this value is higher than one and a number of messages are sent at the same time, the connector loads multiple messages concurrently. This increases the speed in which the messages are processed.
EmailWhiteList
List of allowed email addresses, messages from other email addresses are blocked. Leave empty to allow all sender addresses.
POP3CheckMailInterval
The interval time, in minutes, to check the POP server for new mail.
POP3UseSSLConnection
Use a secured SSL connection to the POP server.
SMTPServerIPBinding
local IP address where the SMTP Server should bind to. If this value is empty the SMTP server binds to all available IP addresses.
SMTPServerIPWhiteList
List of allowed IP numbers, messages from other IP numbers are blocked. Leave empty to allow all IP numbers.
SMTPServerMaximumConnections
The maximum number of concurrent connections to the SMTP server.
SMTPServerMaximumTransactions
The maximum number of e-mail transactions (messages) per connection to the SMTP server.
SMTPClientSendAttempts
Maximum number of times the SMTP Client tries to deliver a received message.
2nd attempt after at least 30 seconds
3rd attempt after at least 5 minutes
4th attempt after at least 30 minutes
5th attempt after at least 1 hour
6th and further attempts after at least 12 hour
SMTPClientUseSSLConnection
Use a secured SSL connection to the external SMTP server.