POP3 Email Notification Driver

[wuench]

POP3 Email Notification Driver
Version 1.7

POP3 is a simple protocol used to retrieve email. This driver will use the POP3 protocol to download the current number of emails in your inbox, as well as the email headers (Date, Sender, Subject). The primary purpose of this driver is to notify you of the emails in your inbox, it does not actually download the entire message.

The driver also has the ability to search the email message for tokens you define that can be used to trigger events in CQC.

Release Info

Version 1.0 - Original Version

Version 1.1

• Configurable date/time formats
• Configurable line formats
• Read/Write Fields

Version 1.2

• Custom Fields (Email field updates)
• GetMail Field (manual mail download)

Version 1.3 - Fixed blank subject exception

Version 1.4

• Fixed bug to allow multiple custom fields
• Removed unique Stringlist requirements for headers etc.
• Debug Mode, logging updates

Version 1.5 - Fixed String Exception

Version 1.6 - Lowered logging level for ConvertDate Error

Version 1.7 - Configurable Timeout

See Attached HTML file for instructions...

Available in CQC 4.3.901+

[robertmee]

Originally Posted by wuench

POP3 Email Notification Driver
Version 1.0

I put together this little driver to download email counts and headers via POP3. It will reach out at the configured interval, login to your POP3 server and download the From, Date, and Subject lines into stringlists. Messages are not deleted from the inbox.

Authentication
At this time only plaintext authentication is supported. POP3 Secure Authentication/APOP and SSL (i.e. GMAIL) are not supported.

Field Descriptions
All fields are read only.

Hostname: Hostname of the POP3 Server (String)
HostAddress: IP and Port of POP3 Server (String)
Username: Username used for authentication (String)
MessageCount: Number of email messages in inbox (Card4)
Interval: Polling Interval in Minutes (Card4)
LastUpdatedTime: Time of last update (Time)
LastUpdated: Time of last update (String)
LastStatus: Status of last update (Enum/String)
DateList: Date lines in message headers (StringList)
FromList: From lines in message headers (StringList)
SubjectList: Subject lines in message headers (StringList)

Entries in the stringlist fields have a message number prepended to them to make the entries unique.

Hey, that's cool...No problem with installing multiple instances of these for multiple accounts, right?

[wuench]

Originally Posted by robertmee

Hey, that's cool...No problem with installing multiple instances of these for multiple accounts, right?

You should be able to do that, no problem.

[Squintz]

That is pretty cool. Does it not download the contents of the message?

I won't get much use out of it since I use GMAIL but I could think of a million uses for it otherwise. OnForce.com notifications is one. Vonage voice mail notifications is another.

[wuench]

It does not download messages. I have thought about it, but it get's a little complicated with MIME, HTTP, multipart messages, and attachments. Also, dealing with deleting the emails or not and determining if they are new adds more complications. I am not sure turning CQC into a full on email client would be better than just having the IV launch a Web Widget or a real email client that has more functionality and security.

Unfortunately GMAIL uses SSL tunneling and Dean doesn't have SSL code in CQC yet to deal with it. So until then it won't be possible. Secure POP Authentication, though, would be easy to add, if I just had a secure server to test against or someone willing to test for me. That is just a MD5 password hash which CQC has an object for.

[Dean Roddey]

BTW, I'm currenty adding support for SMTP outgoing e-mails. I got most of it done yesterday and will complete it today. It only supports SMTP and it won't support accounts that require POP3 login before sending outgoing.

[zaccari]

Originally Posted by wuench

Unfortunately GMAIL uses SSL tunneling and Dean doesn't have SSL code in CQC yet to deal with it. So until then it won't be possible. Secure POP Authentication, though, would be easy to add, if I just had a secure server to test against or someone willing to test for me. That is just a MD5 password hash which CQC has an object for.

Catch me in #cqc sometime over the next few days. We can probably work something out to get you what you need.

Russ...

[wuench]

Originally Posted by Dean Roddey

BTW, I'm currenty adding support for SMTP outgoing e-mails. I got most of it done yesterday and will complete it today. It only supports SMTP and it won't support accounts that require POP3 login before sending outgoing.

I noticed that in your blog. Maybe with a little more work we can replace MSExchange with CQC...

[wuench]

Originally Posted by zaccari

Catch me in #cqc sometime over the next few days. We can probably work something out to get you what you need.

Russ...

Thanks Russ. #CQC, is that the chat on CQC Users??

[znelbok]

Can you use the event trigger with this dirver.

So if I send an e-mail home the server will see it and then do something based on the text in the subject field? Not sure what yet, just thinking out loud

Mick