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Note: If you use Email Input tasks to capture data encoded using a Double-Byte character set
(such as those used for Japanese or Chinese, for instance), it is preferable to use attachments
rather than the email body to carry the data from its source to the input task, as data corruption is
less likely to occur using this method.
Task properties
General Tab
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Data Location group
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Message body: Select to use the data found in the body of the email.
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Attached file: Select to use the data found in the email’s attachment. If both the Message
body and Attached files options are selected, the message’s body and the message’s
attachment are treated as separate data files and processed one after the other.
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Unzip attached file: Select to unzip the attached files.
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Zip password: Enter the password required to unzip the attached files (if any). Note
that you can use variables and data selections.
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Conditions group
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“Subject” contains: Select to limit those messages used by this task to those with a spe-
cific subject. The subject you enter in the box below can include variables.
Note: Since characters '?' and '*' are considered valid to define the subject of an
email, their use as wildcards is not supported .
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Nothing: Select to limit those messages used by this task to those that do not specify any
subject.
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“From” contains: Select to limit those messages used by this task to those that are sent
from a specific address. The address you enter in the box below can include variables.
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“To” contains: Select to limit those messages used by this task to those that are sent to a
specific address. The address you enter in the box below can include variables.
Login Tab
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Use Microsoft Outlook: Select to use the Microsoft Outlook email account of the current user to
receive emails. The current user is the one defined in PlanetPress Workflow Service Logon.
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Move message after processing to folder: Enter the name of an Outlook Folder to keep
copies of the emails taken by this email input task. You should enter only the name of the
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