Creating Email Triggers
An email trigger initiates a new task whenever an email message matching a specified filter is received.
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Enter the settings required to access the incoming email server and account
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Enter mailbox credentials:
To select a credential from the credentials vault: Select From vault. Select a credential from the list.
Working with Microsoft Office 365 new authentication method?
You can set the Application ID and Tenant/Object ID directly into the Credentials Vault settings in the Nintex Admin.
Read more about Working with Microsoft 365 Exchange and Modern Authentication
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To add credentials manually: Select Manually. Enter the User name, the Password, and the Domain
For Microsoft Office 365 new authentication method: Insert the Tenant ID and Application ID of the Microsoft Exchange (retrieve from Microsoft Azure > Email application )
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Tenant ID (Objec tID) is a sensitive information and is encrypted
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Application ID is not sensitive information isn't encrypted
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Once IDs are entered, they cannot be removed - only edited. To remove the IDs, you need to delete the trigger and re-create it.
Read more about Working with Microsoft 365 Exchange and Modern Authentication
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(optional) If the mailbox is shared:
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Select Use Shared Mailbox
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Enter the shared mailbox name
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(Required) Enter the folder name of the folder that is monitored for incoming mail messages
NOTE: This is the folder on the email server that will be monitored for messages matching the other email filter requirements. Generally, the name of this folder is
Inbox
(or a translation ofInbox
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Set additional filters for the messages to be monitored:
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(Optional) From: The email address from which the message must be sent
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(Optional) To: The email address to which the message must be sent
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(Optional) Subject contains: A word or a phrase that the subject of the message must contain
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(Optional) Body contains: A word or a phrase that the body of the message must contain
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(Optional)Has attachments:
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When this box is checked, a message must include attachments in order to cause the trigger to initiate a new task
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If left unchecked, any message matching the other filter requirements (whether or not it includes attachments) will cause the trigger initiate a new task
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