Managing the SMTP Sender/Receiver Components

The next step to emulating the email sending/receiving activity in an target mail service environment is to manage the SMTP Mail Sender and Mail Receiver components, and assign an external agent to each component.

For this, follow the steps below:

1. Login to the eG admin interface.

2. Follow the Infrastructure -> Components -> Add/Modify menu sequence.

3. First, let us add the SMTP Mail Sender component. Using this component, you can emulate the mail sending activity. To add such a component, in the page that appears next, select SMTP Mail Sender as the Component type, and then click the Add New Component button.

4. Figure 1 will then appear.

   

   Figure 1 : Adding an SMTP Mail Sender

5. Specify the Host IP/Name of target component. Below are the IMAP addresses of some of the key mail service providers:

   Email Provider	SMTP Address	Send Port
   Gmail	smtp.gmail.com	465
   Yahoo	smtp.mail.yahoo.com	465
   Exchange Online	Outlook.office365.com	587
   Exchange on premises	<<Exchange server IP>>	465

6. Provide a unique Nick name for the component.

7. Then, assign an external agent to the SMTP Mail Sender component, by selecting an option from the External agents list box inFigure 1.

8. Finally, click the Add button to add the component.

9. Once you return to the Add Components page, proceed to add the Mail Receiver component. Using this component, you can simulate the email receiving process. To add such a component, in the Add Components page, select Mail Receiver as the Component type, and then click the Add New Component button.

10. Figure 2 will then appear.

    

    Figure 2 : Adding a Mail Receiver

11. Specify the Host IP/Name of target component. Below are some of the key IMAP and POP3 providers:

    Email Provider	IMAP Address	Receive Port
    Gmail	imap.gmail.com	993
    Yahoo	imap.mail.yahoo.com	993
    Exchange Online	Outlook.office365.com	993

    Email Provider	POP3 Address	Receive Port
    Gmail	pop.gmail.com	995
    Yahoo	pop.mail.yahoo.com	995
    Exchange Online	Outlook.office365.com	995

12. Provide a unique Nick name for the component.

13. Then, assign an external agent to the Mail Receiver component, by selecting an option from the External agents list box in Figure 2.

14. Note:

    If the sender and receiver are in the same location, then you can assign the same external agent to the Sender and Receiver components. On the other hand, if the sender and receiver are in different locations, it will make sense to assign a different external agent to the Sender and Receiver components.

15. Finally, click the Add button to add the component.