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How to upload file to alfresco by email?

vikash_patel — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:23:45 GMT

I wanted to upload files via email in Alfresco. I am using alfresco community 5.2 I have added inbound email properties in alfresco-global.properties file and i have followed all the steps and I sent an email as explained in below links But I am not able to receive any files in my alfrescoI have ref

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

angelborroy — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:28:49 GMT

Try using telnet: http://alfrescoblog.com/2014/08/07/alfresco-inbound-tutorial-and-telnet-instructions/

If it works, you need to configure your MX record for that server

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

vikash_patel — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 06:23:06 GMT

Thanks Angel,
Yes using telnet its working.

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

vikash_patel — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:06:23 GMT

using telnet i am able to receive file in alfresco.
but i am not able to receive file by gmail's email.

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

angelborroy — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:31:28 GMT

So you need to configure your MX record.

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

vikash_patel — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:36:21 GMT

I tried to configure MX record using Postmark. But it was not working.

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

vikash_patel — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:51:57 GMT

Thanks Angel,

It would be more helpful if you
Can explain all the steps of this for how to configure it with alfresco?

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

cesarista — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:13:15 GMT

Hi:

Maybe this helps:

- If you want to send from gmail (from example a user neo@gmail.com) , you need to have an Alfresco user with this email inside EMAIL_CONTRIBUTORS group ? Do you ?

- For sending from gmail to vikash-laptop.com you need to have your Alfresco instance in a public Internet domain (besides of the MX settings commented)

Regards.

--C.

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

vikash_patel — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:12:07 GMT

Yes
First I created a test user and saved his email id as patelvikash09@gmail.com.
and added that user to EMAIL_CONTRIBUTORS group.
But when I am sending an email to patelvikash09@gmail.com then it is storing my mail on GMail server not in my alfresco.So,After that I tried with vikash-laptop.com which I have defined in my hosts file.

Re: How to upload file to alfresco by email?

cesarista — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:11:04 GMT

Hi again:

The direction is not correct.

Once, your user is set in EMAIL_CONTRIBUTORS with the gmail address, you have to add aspect "Alias emailable" in a given folder and add the property (i.e invoices). So, you virtually create an inbox for invoices with the address invoices@alfrescoserver.publicdomain.com (this your alfresco server instance, that now it is an email server with MX...).

And then you can send emails (with attachments) from patelvikash09@gmail.com to invoices@alfrescoserver.publicdomain.com

Regards.

--C.