Elephant allows sending direct emails through the Mail API. This method is used, for instance, when sending activity emails from BrightSide Dossiers module.

Intercepting responses to direct emails

The Elephant Mail API defines a way for intercepting responses to direct emails. The method requires to declare a MailReader. The usual form to declare a MailReader is in the elephant_[module].xml file.

Processed messages will be flagged as configured in MailReader. The rest will be left as they were.

The xml element for MailReader

The xml element for MailReaders is a <impl interface java-class/> using org.turro.mail.reader.MailReader. The attributes are:

Example for IMAP protocol on Gmail

<impl interface="IMailReader_Dossier" java-class="org.turro.mail.reader.MailReader">
  <attrib name="mailhost" value="imap.gmail.com"/>
  <attrib name="type" value="imaps"/>
  <attrib name="count" value="10"/>
  <attrib name="user" value="user@gmail.com"/>
  <attrib name="cryptpass" value="xxxxxxx"/>
  <attrib name="port" value="993"/>
  <attrib name="ssl" value="true"/>
  <attrib name="tls" value="false"/>
</impl>

Example for POP3 protocol on Gmail

<impl interface="IMailReader_Dossier" java-class="org.turro.mail.reader.MailReader">
  <attrib name="mailhost" value="pop.gmail.com"/>
  <attrib name="type" value="pop3s"/>
  <attrib name="count" value="10"/>
  <attrib name="user" value="user@gmail.com"/>
  <attrib name="cryptpass" value="xxxxxxx"/>
  <attrib name="port" value="995"/>
  <attrib name="ssl" value="true"/>
  <attrib name="tls" value="false"/>
</impl>