Email Channel Configuration

Email Channel Configuration

How to setup your email as a shared inbox for the first time
Last Updated December 18, 2022
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Email channel is used to connect your current email you use for customer service to Tactful AI shared inbox, using IMAP & SMTP. Once you create and configure your email channel, new emails will be shown inside Agent desktop for agents to handle.

Creating new email channel

  • On your Workspace left menu, navigate to Configurations > Channels.
  • Click the Connect Email Channel button.
  • Type the Brand and Tag fields, then click Create Channel.

Configuring Incoming & Outgoing Email Servers “IMAP & SMTP”

  • Check with your email provider and find the IMAP & SMTP server address, port & email.
  • It’s recommended to use the SSL/TLS setup.
  • Go to your email channel in your Tactful Account then access Platform Settings tab.
  • Fill in the your email provider settings.
  • Test your IMAP & SMTP configurations before saving.

ℹ️ If testing the IMAP/SMTP failed, make sure you’re using an App Password. Check this Gmail help article as an example.

  • Click Save Changes

ℹ️ Connecting Email for the 1st time will retrieve the last 50 emails only.
ℹ️ Spam messages will not appear in the dashboard.

List of IMAP & SMTP configurations from major email providers

Attachments

  • The limit of attachments is 30 MB per message.
  • You can attach more than one file but the total size should be less than 30 MB.
  • Supported file type: all file types, for more details: Using attachments in Agent Desktop
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