Mail authentication

Prerequisites

To create a connection, you need the following credentials:

• Server address - The email server host that is to be used.
• Port - The necessary port to access the email server for the respective protocol.
• Email - The email account to connect to.
• Password - The password of the email account used.

Add the Mail connection

1. Select Orchestrator from the product launcher.

2. Select a folder, and then navigate to the Connections tab.

3. Select Add connection.

4. To open the connection creation page, select the connector from the list. You can use the search bar to find the connector.

5. Select the authentication type: IMAP Username and Password, or SMTP & POP3 Username and Password.

6. Enter the required credentials. Additionally, configure the following fields:

   1. Ignore Certificate Revocation List - Specifies whether to ignore the Certificate Revocation List validation when connecting.
   2. Secure connection - Specifies the SSL and/or TLS encryption to be used for the connection.

7. Select Connect.

   For any secret-type field, you can select the menu next to the field and choose Use credential asset to reference an Orchestrator credential asset linked to an external vault instead of entering the value directly. For more information, see Use credential assets for connections.