Import POP3 content: Create the feed

You can use Sitefinity's publishing system to pull e-mails from a POP3 email account.

Set up POP3 import

To set up a new POP3 import, perform the following:

To create a new feed, perform the following:

1. Go to Sitefinity’s backend (http://<yoursite>/sitefinity).

2. In the main menu, click Administration » Feeds and Notifications.

3. Click Create a Feed. The following screen appears:

   

4. In the Title field, enter Competitors Newsletters.

Content to include is the content that goes in Sitefinity's publishing point. It can be content from your Sitefinity CMS website or an external ATOM, RSS, or POP3 feed. To configure the feed to pull information from POP3, perform the following:

1. Click Add another content type.

2. Select Mail Content radio button.

3. In the POP3 server field, enter pop.gmail.com or whichever email server you want to use.

4. In the Port field, enter 995.

5. Choose whether you want to use SSL connection. If you use Gmail, you must select the checkbox.

6. Enter your e-mail and password.

   

7. Click Done.

NOTE: In the dialog box above, the following message is displayed - All successfully retrieved mail messages will be deleted from the POP3 server. Refer to the documentation of your mail server since this is subject to configuration. For example, Gmail allows you to leave a copy of the retrieved messages in your inbox, so that you do not lose any of your emails. For more information, see Gmail POP3 configuration settings.

Once you create the POP3 import, you must configure how this information appears on your Sitefinity CMS website. To configure the publishing of the retrieved content, perform the following:

1. In Publish as section, click Add more...

2. Select Sitefinity CMS content.

3. In Import data as dropdown box select News.

4. Select Automatically publish imported data.

5. Click Done.

   

6. To save your work and create the feed, click Save changes.