Email Trigger (IMAP)

Use the IMAP Email node to receive emails using an IMAP email server. This node is a trigger node.

Operations

• Receive an email

Node parameters

Configure the node using the following parameters.

Credential to connect with

Select or create an IMAP credential to connect to the server with.

Mailbox Name

Enter the mailbox from which you want to receive emails.

Action

Choose whether you want an email marked as read when n8n receives it. None will leave it marked unread. Mark as Read will mark it as read.

Download Attachments

This toggle controls whether to download email attachments (turned on) or not (turned off). Only set this if necessary, since it increases processing.

Format

Choose the format to return the message in from these options:

• RAW: This format returns the full email message data with body content in the raw field as a base64url encoded string. It doesn't use the payload field.
• Resolved: This format returns the full email with all data resolved and attachments saved as binary data.
• Simple: This format returns the full email. Don't use it if you want to gather inline attachments.

Node options

You can further configure the node using these Options.

Custom Email Rules

Enter custom email fetching rules to determine which emails the node fetches.

Refer to node-imap's search function criteria for more information.

Force Reconnect Every Minutes

Set an interval in minutes to force reconnection.

Templates and examples

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