Mailbox POP3
The Mailbox POP3 connector lets you fetch emails and email content, such as attachments, from any mailbox that uses the POP3 email protocol.
For mailboxes that use the IMAP email protocol, see Mailbox IMAP.
Supported offerings
- Qlik Sense Desktop
- Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows
- QlikView
This connector must be installed separately.
Ways to access your data
To access your POP3 mailbox data, you need to authenticate the connector with your mailbox server details. After you create a new connection and select Mailbox POP3 as your data source, you need to enter the server address and the port number for the mailbox you want to connect to, along with your username and password.
Configuring email clients
You need to enable POP3 access for your account, through your mailbox client. The configurations for some of the most common email clients are described below.
Gmail
To download email data from Gmail, you must first ensure that POP3 access is enabled in your Gmail settings.
Do the following:
- Enter pop.gmail.com in the server field.
- Set the port number to 995.
- Select Use SSL.
- Enter the username and password.
Microsoft Exchange
From privately administered Exchange servers:
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Enable POP3 from your Exchange server.
From Office 365 or Microsoft Exchange accounts:
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Enable POP3 from your Exchange account.
From shared Microsoft Exchange mailboxes:
- To access shared mailboxes that are not associated with a specific user account, use one of the following formats for your username:
- my@emailaddress.com/sharedmailboxname
- domain\myusername\sharedmailboxname
Loading data from tables
| Table | Description |
|---|---|
| POP3Messages | Use this table to fetch the list of messages in your mailbox. |
| POP3MessageAttachments |
Use this table to fetch the information about specific message attachments. The POP3 Message ID is the id value from the POP3Messages table. |
Troubleshooting
Your Gmail username and password are not accepted when creating a connection
Possible cause
Your Gmail has 2-factor authentication enabled, which is preventing the Mailbox POP3 connector from establishing a connection using your normal credentials. You will see an error message pointing that your username and password are not accepted.
Proposed action
Create an app-specific password, then use this password to configure your Mailbox POP3 connector.
Google blocks your Gmail sign-in attempt from the Qlik Web Connectors
Possible cause
Google sometimes blocks third-party apps trying to connect to Gmail through POP3, even on accounts that do not have 2-factor authentication enabled. You may see an error message pointing out that your username and password are not accepted, or that you need to log in from a browser.
Proposed action
Enable less secure apps to connect to your Gmail account through POP3.
You cannot connect to the POP3 server
Possible cause
POP3 access is not enabled.
Proposed action
Verify that the email account you want to connect to has POP3 enabled.