Creating an email account

You can create an email account by doing the following steps.

  1. In the header of Dev Studio, click Configure > Integration > Email > Email Accounts.
  2. Click Create.
  3. In the Details section, complete the following fields:
    1. In the Account ID field, enter a unique identifier for the email account.
    2. In the Account Name field, enter a name for the email account.
  4. In the Email provider list, select the email provider for the email account.
  5. In the Sender section, in the Identity section, complete the following fields:
    1. In the Email address field, enter the email address for the email account.
    2. In the Display name name field, enter the name of the sender.
    3. In the User ID field, enter the SMTP user ID that sends email from this host.
    4. In the Password field, enter the sender password.
    5. In the Reply to field, enter the email address that recipients of emails that are sent emails from this account can reply to.
  6. In the Sender section, in the Connection section, complete the following fields:
    1. In the SMTP host field, enter the SMTP user ID for sending email.
    2. In the Port field, enter the SMTP server port number for outgoing email connections.
    3. Select the Use SMTPS check box to use SSL to send email messages through this server.
  7. In the Sender section, in the Message signing section, complete the following fields:
    1. To support email secutity, in the Keystore instance field, select a keystore. If you have not already created a keystore instance, click the icon next to the field. For information about creating a keystore, see Creating a keystore.
    2. In the Alias field, enter an alias for your keystore instance.
  8. In the Receiver section, in the Identity section, complete the following fields:
    • If the email account and password for the sender and receiver are the same, select the Use sender's ID and password check box.
    • If the email account and password for the sender and receiver are different, clear the Use sender's ID and password check box and enter the following information.
      • In the User ID field, enter the email address to be used to receive email.
      • In the Password field, enter the password for the receiving email address.
  9. In the Receiver section in the Connection section, complete the following fields:
    1. In the Host field, enter the POP3 or IMAP mail server host name or IP address to be used to receive incoming email.
    2. In the Port field, enter the POP3 or IMAP mail server port number for email connections. The options for these mail server port numbers are:
      • 143 – IMAP unsecured
      • 993 – IMAP secured with SSL
      • 110 – POP3 unsecured
      • 995 – IMAP secured with SSL
      Note: If you do not enter a port, a default port is assigned based on the protocol that you select.
    3. In the Protocol list, select the server email protocol (IMAP or POP3).
    4. Select the Use SSL/TLS check box to use SSL or TLS when receiving email from this server.
  10. To override the default settings that are used by the email receiver, expand the Advanced section. Specify the key and value for valid JavaMail API IMAP and POP3 protocol provider properties as defined in the Java packages com.sun.mail.imap and com.sun.mail.pop3, respectively.
    Note: Customizing the email receiver with these settings must be done with care and may result in an unproven, unsupported configuration.
  11. Click Submit.