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ianbush
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Hi,

Is there a way to trigger a file download of a link received in an email ? 

 

Ian

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ianbush
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Re: After receiving an email download from the link in the email

Hey Guys, Is this possible ? 

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Re: After receiving an email download from the link in the email

Hello there Ian,

The task that you are trying to automate here is a bit tricky. The reason for that is that WinAutomation does not have a POP3 action as of yet. However, since I have come up with this problem multiple times in the past, I can tell you that there is a work around that you may use. Below are the details:

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Is there a way to trigger a file download of a link received in an email ?

There is no way to trigger a file download based on a link received through email, but you can have a job that will be executed every couple of minutes and check your email's inbox for a mail from a specific recipient. Or even parse all your email for a link that has a specific format.

Since there is no POP3 action, you will have to use a command line application to download and parse the emails. However, since the command line applications that are available have specific features only, I would like to know what kind of email you are intending to use. For example, gmail accounts require secure connections which is not a feature that you can find easily. If you have a sample/test email account, you can drop me a private message through the forum with the information of the account so that I will be able to create and test the job for you. Some more specific information regarding the kind of URLs that you are expecting would be good.

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ianbush
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Re: After receiving an email download from the link in the email

I finally acheived this by using gmail and the image recognition features, It works a dream and my whole system is now working great.

Thanks for your help !

Ian

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