This article is copied from Zennoposter reference, because these actions are identical in both programs. Original - Recieve e-mails.
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Table of contents
Description
Working with mail accounts without using a browser window. Allows you to find the desired letter and information in it. Suitable for mass processing of incoming correspondence.
How to add an action to a project?
Via the context menu Add action → Process e-mail → Receive e-mails
Or use smart search .
What is it used for?
Quick access to emails
Retrieving data from a letter
Activating accounts on sites
Removing the necessary letters from the mailbox
Delete downloaded emails
How to work with an action?
Before working with the action, make sure that the option to work through Imap is activated in your account.
Tab Main
Extended view
When you click on this button, the Email processing window will open.
Email address.
Password
Email password.
Connection settings
Settings auto-detect
When this setting is enabled, ZennoPoster will automatically select the parameters for connecting to the mail server.
Doesn't work with all email providers.
Server, Port, Username, Use SSL, Protocol
All these parameters must be specified in the documentation of the selected mail provider.
How to search mail
Imap folders
Here you can select the folders in the e-mail in which the message will be searched.
Using the button to the right of the field with the selected directories, you can refresh the list of folders.
Regex (Regular expression)
In this field, you must enter a regular expression, according to which the search for a letter in the mailbox will take place.
Intervals for downloading mail .. seconds
Letters from services may come with a delay, for this we indicate the time interval in seconds and the number of attempts to download the list of letters. The separator “;“ in the screenshot indicates the number of attempts. The first in 15 seconds, the second - 30 seconds, the third - 60 seconds.
Load from the catalog no more than .. e-mails
We indicate the number of letters that will be downloaded.
Delete found e-mails
If this setting is enabled, the found message will be deleted from the mailbox after processing.
Search text in the mail
You can save the result of several regular expressions at once!
For example, the letter contains an activation code, website address, phone number, first and last name - you can get all this in one action! It is enough to compose a regular expression for each element and add variables to which the result of the work will be saved.
Regular expression
Here you need to enter a regular expression to find the desired text.
Match N.
Often there can be several results for one regular expression. The serial number of the found element is displayed here (numbering from zero!).
It is not recommended to bind to the match number in your projects. Because today the letter has one structure and the required link is the second, tomorrow the text of the letter will change and the required link will be the 7th.
Try to select the regular expression in such a way that as a result of its work, only one match remains.
Save to variable
In this column, you must select an existing one or create a new variable, where the result of the regular work will be saved.
Save the error into variable
If an error occurs while the action is running, you can save its text by enabling this setting and selecting (or creating) a variable to which the text will be written.
Proxy Tab
Without proxy
The action works using the real ip of the computer \ server.
Active project proxy
The proxy installed in the project is used.
The format string
We indicate the proxy in the format (you can specify a variable):
a) With authorization - socks5://login:password@ip:port or http://login:password@ip:port
b) Without authorization - socks5://ip:port or http://ip:port
c) Without specifying the protocol (http:// will be used by default) - login:password@ip:port or ip:port
Other
Select if you need to specify detailed proxy settings. Proxy type, authorization data, address and port. Check with your service provider for information.
Variables can be used in all input fields.
If no proxy protocol is specified, then http:// will be used by default.
Usage example
After registering on the site, we need to confirm your account by going to the mail, get a link to activate your account and follow it to confirm your account.
We register on the site.
Add the Accept Mail action to the project and configure it.
We get the activation link from the desired letter.
Follow the link.
Our account has been activated.
With massive actions on sites, working without a browser saves time and resources. The project will not load the mail service site. Thus, the action will allow you to quickly process information in mailboxes.