SPSMailToList is the new webpart from SPSProfessional, this new webpart is designed to fetch the content of a POP3 mail account into a SharePoint List.
You can view a demo video HERE
Installation requirements
- The SPSProfessional SPSMailToList webpart works in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007
- Both WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 require SP1 (Service Pack 1)
- SharePoint Administrator Account to install and activate the Feature
- Site Administrator Account to configure
Installation
See: Install SPSProfessional Solutions
Usage
After deploy the solution you has a new feature that you can activate in any site collection, this feature add a new list template in your webs, to store the mails.
When the feature is activated you should have a new list template called “SPSProfessional Mail Store”, in order to store the mails you need create a new list based in this template.
To retrieve the POP3 mail you need add a webpart in your page, the webpart is called “SPSMailToList”, in the properties you should fill the name, password, pop3 mail server, and the list where the messages are stored.
Properties
Login: the pop3 user login account
Password: the pop3 password
Mail Server: the server address
Mail Port: port used by the server, default is 110
Use SSL: check if your pop3 server require an SSL connection
List to store Messages: The list based in the Mail template used to store the mail
Get Mail Manually: If checked the button to fetch mail is displayed if unchecked the webpart should fetch the mail on each load.
The webpart has only a button that is used to get mail. When pressed the mail is retrieved from the pop3 server and are stored in the specified list.
As you can see in the image below, MIME and RTF text format is conserved and the attachment remains as list attachments.
You can configure alerts in the list in order to communicate to the users’ new mails and so on.
Version 1.0
Initial Release
Version 1.5
- Fixed: Message importance
- Added: SPSMail Store Content Type
- New free Outlook addin (beta)