How does the e-Mail Adapter connect?

The e-Mail Adapter takes advantage of widely used standard protocol.

• POP3 (Post Office Protocol) which can be thought of as a store and forward service. POP3 is used for retrieving e-mail from a mail account. POP3 requires the mail server name, the TCP/IP Port, the e-mail account name, and the e-mail account password.

• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used for sending e-mail to an account. SMTP, like POP3 requires the mail server name, the TCP/IP Port, the e-mail account name, and the e-mail account password. Some mail servers also require POP3 authentication to send messages.

• MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) protocol. Servers insert the MIME header at the beginning of any Web transmission. Clients use the header to select appropriate applications for the type of data the header indicates. Multipart MIME messages (alternate text/HTML) and multiple attachments (other than nested MIME objects) are supported.

The e-Mail Adapter provides a custom Object Type Definition OTD (MailClient) for managing e-mail content, and for sending and retrieving e-mail. The OTD allows dynamic configuration of the connection fields within a Collaboration (allowing properties to be changed “on the fly” from within an existing Collaboration).