Source - POP3 General Settings

These settings apply to the POP3 source type. For information about other source types, see the table in Add a Task Source.

About POP3 Sources

POP3 sources download email messages from a POP3 server. Each attachment in a message is considered a separate file. The body of a POP3 email message is not considered a file, so an email message that has no attachments is considered to have no files. For more information, see POP3 Sources.

To access POP3 General Settings:

For an existing task: Select TASKS. Click the task name. Click Step > Source. Or if the source is already defined, click its more options icon and select Edit.

For a new task: Click TASKS > Add Task > New Task. Click Step > Source. Add a POP3 source.

POP3 Source - General	Description
Ignore file(s)	Select and specify the files to ignore. Macros are allowed in this field. Special wildcard characters: Asterisk () matches zero or more characters in that position in the filename. Question mark (?) matches one character at that position in the filename. You can use multiple wildcard characters in a single mask. Examples: `x.rpt` matches `x.rpt`, x1`.rpt`, and `xyz.rpt`. It does not match `xyz.rp` or `zz.rpt` `a?rpt` matches `a1.rpt` and `aQ.rpt` It does not match `a.rpt` or `a1.rp` If you want the task to wait until all filetypes in the mask are available from the source, also select Retry if No Files Found.
Collect only new files	Selects only new files from the remote server.
Expand zip files	Uncompresses any files that end in the extension `.zip`.
Retry if no files found	Selected: If the previous directory listing was successful but resulted in no matching files, the task times out and retries the directory listing. The retry count and retry timeout are used. You can set this feature to wait for a file to appear during the running of a task, If the maximum number of retries is reached and no matching files are found, the task continues with the next step, with no error flagged. Not selected: A directory listing that returns no files is not retried, and no files are downloaded from the source.