# Email

## Introduction

The Email library in Automate provides actions to automate email processes within workflows. This library consists of 4 main actions designed to interact with email servers and manage email-related tasks.

The purpose of the Email library is to streamline email automation tasks, such as receiving, moving, saving attachments, and sending emails, by providing easy-to-use actions.

## What is Email?

The Email component within Automate allows users to seamlessly integrate email functionalities into their automation workflows. It provides a set of actions to interact with email servers, retrieve, process, and send emails efficiently.

#### Key Features

* <mark style="color:orange;">**Get Mail**</mark><mark style="color:orange;">:</mark>
  * <mark style="color:orange;">Retrieve emails from specific mailboxes based on defined filters.</mark>
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Move Mail**</mark><mark style="color:orange;">:</mark>
  * <mark style="color:orange;">Move emails to designated folders within the mailbox.</mark>
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Save Attachments**</mark><mark style="color:orange;">:</mark>
  * <mark style="color:orange;">Save email attachments to specified locations.</mark>
* <mark style="color:orange;">**Send**</mark><mark style="color:orange;">:</mark>
  * <mark style="color:orange;">Compose and send emails to specified recipients.</mark>

## How To Use Action

### Get Mail

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**Description:** The **Get Mail** action retrieves emails from a specific mailbox based on defined filters.

**Usage:**

1. **Connection Method:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Select either POP or IMAP.</mark>
2. **Secure Connection (SSL/TLS):**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Check this option if the connection is secure.</mark>
3. **Host Address and Port:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the host address and connection port.</mark>
4. **Mailbox Credentials:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the mail address and password.</mark>
5. **Filters (Optional):**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Define filters such as "From Address," "CC," "Email Subject," and "Email Description" if needed.</mark>
6. **Action After Retrieval:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Choose the action after retrieving mail (e.g., delete, mark as read).</mark>
7. **Assign Output:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Select an array variable to store the retrieved mails.</mark>

### Move Mail

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**Description:** The **Move Mail** action moves emails to a specified destination folder.

**Usage:**

1. **Destination Folder:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the folder where the mail will be moved.</mark>
2. **Mail to Move:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Specify the mail to be moved using its ID.</mark>

### Save Attachments

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**Description:** The **Save Attachments** action saves mail attachments to a specified location.

**Usage:**

1. **Attachment Source:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the source of the attachment.</mark>
2. **Destination Folder:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the folder where the attachments will be saved.</mark>

### Send Mail

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**Description:** The **Send** action sends an email to specific recipients.

**Usage:**

1. **Connection Details:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the host address and connection port.</mark>
2. **Mailbox Credentials:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter or select the mail address and password.</mark>
3. **Sender and Recipient Information:**
   * <mark style="color:green;">Enter the sender's mail address (From) and recipient's mail address (To).</mark>
4. **Email Details:**
   * **Subject:** <mark style="color:green;">Enter the email subject.</mark>
   * **Attachments:** <mark style="color:green;">Browse or select attachments.</mark>
   * **Body:** <mark style="color:green;">Enter the email body content.</mark>

{% hint style="info" %}
To add more than one email addresses, user needs to press enter after fill the to field on the Action Control Center.
{% endhint %}

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## Additional Tips

### [**Use Cases**](/userguide/use-cases.md)

### [FAQ](/userguide/faq.md)


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