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Importing Email

Downloading, visualising and searching email

Omniscope version 2.5 and beyond include a connector that can import e-mail from any online email account supporting either the IMAP or POP-3 email management protocols. Most modern web-based email accounts support at least one of these protocols.

 

To import email data into Omniscope, select File > Open online source > Email. The Account details dialog will be displayed:

 

 Mail server - Select your email server. If your email server does not appear in this list you should select the 'Custom' option.
Accounttype -This option is only enabled if you select the 'Custom' mailserver. Select the type of email account (either POP-3 or IMAP).
Incomingmail server URL - This option is only enabled if you select the 'Custom'mail server. Select the address of the mail server.
Incoming mail server port - This option is only enabled if you select the 'Custom' mail server. Enter the mail server port.
UseSSL Encryption - This option is only enabled if you select the 'Custom'mail server. Check this box if your email server uses Secure SocketsLayer encryption.
Username - Enter the username you use to log-in to your email account.
Password - Enter the password you use to log-in to your email account.
Maxmessages - Determines the maximum number of email messages that will bedownloaded. A value of '10' means the 10 most recent messages will bedownloaded.
Download content - Check this box if you want todownload the message content. This will enable you to read messageswithin Omniscope but will also increase the size and amount of datadownloaded.
Download attachments - Check this box if you want todownload message attachments. If this option is selected, then you mustalso specify a valid attachment directory.
Attachment directory - This determines the folder attachments are moved to after they have been downloaded.

 

Once you have entered the relevant information click the 'OK' button to start downloading the message data. A status dialog will be displayed to show you how many messages have been downloaded and how many are still to come:

 

 

 

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