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title: Email
description: Learn how to connect and configure Email connections in Infoveave to retrieve emails from a server for automation and data processing.
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import { Steps } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

# Email

Email connection enables Infoveave to retrieve emails from your email server so you can process, extract, or automate actions based on incoming emails.

## Adding an Email Connection

To create a new Email connection:

<Steps>
1. Go to **Administration** > **Connections**
2. Click **New Connection** and select **Email** from the available connectors
3. In the **New Email Connection** form, provide the required configuration details
</Steps>

## Connection Parameters

When setting up an Email connection, provide the following details:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **Name** | A unique name to identify your Email connection |
| **Read type** | The protocol used to read emails (e.g., **IMAP**) |
| **Use SSL** | Enable this to use a secure SSL connection when accessing the server |
| **Server** | The email server host address (e.g., *imap.gmail.com*) |
| **Port** | The port number for the selected protocol (e.g., 993 for IMAP with SSL) |
| **Requires authentication** | Enable if your server requires login credentials |
| **Username** | The email account username used for authentication |
| **Password** | The email account password used for authentication |

## Steps to Validate and Save

<Steps>
1. After filling in your Email connection details, click **Validate** to verify the configuration
2. If validation succeeds, click **Save** to store the connection
3. Your Email connection is now ready to use for workflows and automation tasks
</Steps>

## Example Use Cases

With an Email connection configured, you can:

- Retrieve incoming emails for processing
- Extract attachments and load them into Infoveave
- Trigger workflows based on new emails
- Monitor mailboxes for automated actions
- Collect structured or semi-structured data sent via email
- Build workflows that parse content from incoming messages
- Use email-driven ingestion for operational reporting
- Automate exception handling using email alerts
- Capture customer requests sent via email
- Process invoice or order files shared over email