Use an IMAP trigger

IMAP trigger events are generated from the connected email account. The IMAP event triggers a workflow when an email arrives to the connected mailbox or mailbox folder and meets all trigger conditions.

Important to know

• If you're using Gmail, the password is the app password for the account.

How to use

1. Go to Integrations > Triggers, locate, and click the IMAP card.
   
2. Click Add.
3. Enter a meaningful name such as gmail-security or 365-phishing.
4. Enter the email service's server and port in the format server:port. For example, imap.gmail.com:993.
5. Enter the username for the email account
6. Enter the password for the email account. If you're using Gmail, the password is the app password for the account.
7. Set the fetch interval (how often the mailbox/folder is checked for new emails).
8. Set the folder to retrieve emails from, such as INBOX.

Create a test workflow

We recommend that you create a basic workflow to verify that the IMAP integration is ingesting events as expected.

1. Go to Workflows > Create workflow.
2. Select the IMAP integration you created.
3. Send an email to the account you used to create the IMAP integration.
4. Wait for the amount of time you set for the fetch interval and check the IMAP event log.