Email Actions

Send Email via Blink

Send Email via an SMTP Server

List Email Messages via IMAP

Send an Email via Gmail

The Blink platform enables you to trigger a workflow on every new email message using an IMAP server.

On New Message

When configuring email actions, you can choose to write the content using either Markdown or HTML syntax.

Using Markdown (md):
- Set the Content Field Type parameter to rich text.
- This enables a rich text editor that supports Markdown formatting.
Using HTML:
- Set the Content Field Type parameter to regular text.
- Additionally, set the Content Type parameter to "text/html".
- This allows you to write content using HTML syntax.

Ensure you configure these parameters correctly based on your preferred formatting style.

SMTP Email

Creating an SMTP Email Server connection

To create the connection you need:

A username
A password
An SMTP host
An SMTP port

Creating your connection

In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
Select the SMTP Email Server icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appear.
(Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
Select SMTP Email Server as the method to make the connection.
Fill in the parameters:
- A username
- The password
- The SMTP host
- The SMTP port
(Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.

Actions

Send Email via an SMTP Server

Send an e-mail using an SMTP server.

Parameter	Description
From	The email address used to deliver the message. This address should be a verified sender in your SMTP server.
To	List of addresses - each one on a different line - to send the email to.
Subject	This is the subject of the mail.
Content	The body of the mail, write up your mail to send as you wish.
Sender Display Name	The sender’s name to be displayed to the recipient (if not specified, defaults to the email’s domain name).
Content Type	Representation of the Content-Type in the email body content.
Custom Headers	The custom headers to add to the email. For Example: Header1:Value1 Header2:Value2 …
Attachment Name	The name of the attachment.
Attachment Files	A comma-separated list of file identifiers for the attachment.
Attachment Body	The body of the attachment.

IMAP Email

Creating an IMAP Email Server connection

To create the connection you need:

A username
A password
An IMAP host
An IMAP port

Creating your connection

In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
Select the IMAP Email Server icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appear.
(Optional) Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name.
Select IMAP Email Server as the method to make the connection.
Fill in the parameters:
- A username
- The password
- The IMAP host
- The IMAP port
(Optional) Click Test Connection to test it.
Click Create connection. The new connection appears on the Connections page.

Actions

List Email Messages via IMAP

List email messages for specific email address.

Parameter	Description
Filter Since Date	Filters emails sent from the specified date onward.
Include Seen Emails	When checked, all emails including those already seen will be displayed. If unchecked, only unseen email messages will be displayed.
Limit	The maximum number of email messages returned.

Triggers

On New Message

Triggers a workflow on every new message.

Sample Event

{
  "date": "2022-12-20T11:22:45+02:00",
  "subject": "test",
  "from": [
    {
      "PersonalName": "John Doe",
      "AtDomainList": "",
      "MailboxName": "John",
      "HostName": "john@test.com"
    }
  ],
  "sender": [
    {
      "PersonalName": "John Doe",
      "AtDomainList": "",
      "MailboxName": "John",
      "HostName": "john@test.com"
    }
  ],
  "reply_to": [
    {
      "PersonalName": "John Doe",
      "AtDomainList": "",
      "MailboxName": "John",
      "HostName": "john@test.com"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    {
      "PersonalName": "Bar Foo",
      "AtDomainList": "",
      "MailboxName": "foo",
      "HostName": "foo@test.com"
    }
  ],
  "cc": null,
  "bcc": null,
  "in_reply_to": "",
  "message_id": "<CAGRyKpNGHkvieaAoAPPUP=wSshQdSzaavp1_qW_ieMGAMaS88Q@mail.gmail.com>",
  "body": "this is a test body"
}

Blink Email

Actions

Send Email via Blink

Send an e-mail on behalf of Blink.

Parameter	Description
Recipient	The email address of the recipient.
Subject	The subject of the email.
Content Field Type	The type of content to send: • `Regular Text` - Send a plain text message. • `Rich Text` - Send an HTML-formatted message with styling and structure.
Content	The body of the email as plain text (for Regular Text) / The HTML body of the email (for Rich Text). For Rich Text example: `<h1>Your Weekly Update</h1> <p>This is the update content.</p>`
Carbon Copy (CC)	A list of email addresses to receive a copy of the email, separated by new lines. For example: `bob@example.com jane@example.com` These recipients will be visible to all other recipients.
Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)	A list of email addresses to receive a blind copy of the email, separated by new lines. For example: `bob@example.com jane@example.com` These recipients will not be visible to other recipients.
Content Type	The representation of the `Content-Type` header in the email body content. Important: Make sure to select the `text/html` when using `Rich Text`.
Custom Headers	A list of custom headers to add to the email. For example: `Header1:Value1 Header2:Value2`
Attachment Files	A comma-separated list of file identifiers to attach to the email.
Custom Attachment Name	The name for a custom attachment file.
Custom Attachment Body	The content for a custom attachment file.

Send Email Via Gmail

Create the connection by using one of the following methods:

** Ensure the relevant APIs from the following list are enabled: **

Gmail API

Creating your connection

In the Blink platform, navigate to the Connections page > Add connection. A New Connection dialog box opens displaying icons of external service providers available.
Select the Gmail icon. A dialog box with name of the connection and connection methods appear.
Edit the name of the connection. At a later stage you cannot edit the name. (Optional)
Click Gmail to authenticate using OAuth.
Sign in using your credentials.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Attachment Files	A comma-separated list of file identifiers for the attachment.
Bcc	A comma-separated list of emails for BCC recipients of the message.
CC	A comma-separated list of email for CC recipients of the message.
Content	The body of the mail.
From User ID	The email of the user from which to send the email. The special value ‘me’ can be used if the connection is OAuth to identify as the authenticated user.
Subject	This is the subject of the mail.
To	A comma-separated list of email recipients for the message.

Example Output

{
  "id": "1879ef5cc8e70395",
  "threadId": "1879ef5cc8e70395",
  "labelIds": ["UNREAD", "SENT", "INBOX"]
}

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Send Email via Blink

Send Email via an SMTP Server

List Email Messages via IMAP

Send an Email via Gmail

On New Message

SMTP Email

Creating an SMTP Email Server connection

Creating your connection

Actions

Send Email via an SMTP Server

IMAP Email

Creating an IMAP Email Server connection

Creating your connection

Actions

List Email Messages via IMAP

Triggers

On New Message

Sample Event

Blink Email

Actions

Send Email via Blink

Send Email Via Gmail

Creating your connection

Parameters

Example Output

Send Email via Blink

Send Email via an SMTP Server

List Email Messages via IMAP

Send an Email via Gmail

On New Message

​SMTP Email

​Creating an SMTP Email Server connection

​Creating your connection

​Actions

​Send Email via an SMTP Server

​IMAP Email

​Creating an IMAP Email Server connection

​Creating your connection

​Actions

​List Email Messages via IMAP

​Triggers

​On New Message

Sample Event

​Blink Email

​Actions

​Send Email via Blink

​Send Email Via Gmail

​Creating your connection

​Parameters

​Example Output

SMTP Email

Creating an SMTP Email Server connection

Creating your connection

Actions

Send Email via an SMTP Server

IMAP Email

Creating an IMAP Email Server connection

Creating your connection

Actions

List Email Messages via IMAP

Triggers

On New Message

Blink Email

Actions

Send Email via Blink

Send Email Via Gmail

Creating your connection

Parameters

Example Output