Email Connections
Email connections enable users to seamlessly ingest data sent over emails as attachments, directly into Amorphic Datasets.
How to create an Email Connection?
An email connection can be created using an email address as follows:
Here is a description of all the fields required for creating an Email Connection:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Connection Name | Give your connection a unique name. |
| Connection Type | Type of connection, in this case, it is Email. |
| Description | You can describe the connection purpose and important information about the connection. |
| Email Address | Email Address of the recipient. |
| Enable Scan | Enable/Disable this option to scan incoming emails for spam and viruses. This option is disabled by default. |
| Enable TLS | Enable/Disable this option to reject any incoming emails that aren't sent over a secure connection. This option is disabled by default. |
Enable Scan, Enable TLS and Description are the only attributes that are editable after connection creation.
After the successful creation of an email connection, the user will receive a confirmation email from SES at the provided email address. Furthermore, the necessary DNS records will be available on the connections page.
These records are essential for updating the DNS configuration, enabling the redirection of incoming emails to the specified email address.
Multiple email connections cannot be created using the same email address.
Test Connection
This functionality allows users to quickly verify the correctness of the provided email address. By initiating this test, users can confirm whether the email address provided is correct and the DNS configurations made are functional, ensuring seamless redirection of the emails.
Data migration to Amorphic
To migrate data to Amorphic, users must create a new Dataset. They should select the Connection Type as 'Email' and subsequently choose the Email connection from the provided drop-down list. During dataset creation, users are restricted to choose FileType as 'others' and target location as 'S3'.
Moreover, additional parameters can be provided if required. The allowed parameters are:
- EnableBodyExtraction: Enables or disables the extraction of email body content. It accepts 'yes' to enable or 'no' to disable. This functionality exclusively extracts text content from the body of the email and does not include elements such as inline images, embedded videos, formatted text styles, etc.
- BodyFileType: Specify the file type for the extracted email body. Users are provided with the option to select from JSON, TXT, or PDF formats. In cases where no file type is explicitly provided, the default setting will use JSON format.
- AllowEmailsFrom: Filter to allow emails only from specified email addresses.
- ExcludeEmailsFrom: Filter to exclude emails from specified email addresses.
- AllowEmailDomains: Filter to allow emails only from specified domains.
- ExcludeEmailDomains: Filter to exclude emails from specified domains.
- AllowFileTypes: Filter to allow only specific file types for the dataset.
- ExcludeFileTypes: Filter to exclude specific file types for the dataset.
Additional Parameters can be modified or removed while editing the dataset.
After successful dataset creation, the user can send emails to the email address and the attachments would be ingested to the dataset.