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System Mailboxes

Function

System mailboxes represent email addresses that are globally accessible by authorized users. These are configurable through the system configuration. Contents can be synchronized through IMAP, and any replies can be sent using separately configured SMTP.

Emails in mailboxes are visible in the user inbox for a user authorized to view emails from this inbox. Emails can be filtered to show only one mailbox and only a user’s own mailbox or all emails available to him.

Configuration

System Mailboxes can be created and configured under System > Configuration > System Configuration > General Setup > Email Configuration > System Mailboxes. When set up with IMAP Synchronization, mailbox emails will synchronize using the same cron job as all other emails (oro:cron:imap-sync). SMTP settings can also be specified for sending automatic and manual replies to that mailbox.

Email Processing

Any email received by mailbox can be processed to entities in the system. Different types of email processing can be selected in mailbox configuration, and custom configuration is available for each type. Following process types are present out of the box:

  • Convert to Case

  • Convert to Lead

Developers are able to add new process types. Both mentioned processes are implemented in respective bundles.

Autoresponse Rules

Each mailbox can be configured with autoresponse rules. These rules will send configured email templates as a response to incoming emails, given that conditions for rules are matched.

Implementation

Entities

  • Mailbox - Represents individual mailboxes. This entity implements EmailOwnerInterface so email addresses can be owned by it.

    • label (mailbox label)

    • email (mailbox email address)

    • origin (This is always UserEmailOrigin from ImapBundle)

    • processSettings (settings entity for email process)

    • authorizedUsers (list of users able to view mailbox emails)

    • authorizedRoles (list of roles able to view mailbox emails)

  • MailboxProcessSettings - Represents mailbox process settings. This is an entity that should be extended to represent any added process and store its settings (this entity uses single table inheritance).

    • id

    • type

Mailbox Process

Mailbox processing is added using processes from OroWorkflowBundle.

The process can look like the example below and will be triggered on the creation of the EmailBody entity. This will guarantee that complete email data (including the body) is available for processing.

Warning

Do not define triggers for this process. It will be triggered by the event listener on any new email assigned to the mailbox.**

definitions:
    convert_mailbox_email_to_lead:
        label: 'Convert Mailbox E-mail to Lead'
        enabled: true
        entity: Oro\Bundle\EmailBundle\Entity\EmailBody
        order: 150
        actions_configuration:
            - '@find_entity':
                class: Oro\Bundle\EmailBundle\Entity\Email
                attribute: $.email
                where:
                    emailBody: $id
            - '@find_mailboxes':
                attribute: $.mailboxes
                process_type: 'lead'
                email: $.email
            - '@tree':
                conditions:
                    "@not_empty: [$.mailboxes]"
                actions:
                    # Prepare data which do not depend on mailbox and mailbox process settings here
            - '@traverse':
                array: $.mailboxes
                value: $.mailbox
                actions:
                    # Prepare mailbox dependent data and perform desired actions here.

Additional Actions

Some actions have been added to help create mailbox processes and actions to help find them.

Find Mailboxes

This action searches for a mailbox using the provided email entity. It sets the attribute value to an empty array if no mailbox is found. Multiple mailboxes are found when, for example, an email is addressed to multiple recipients, and at least two of them are mailboxes with the processing of the same type. Use the @traverse action to iterate over these mailboxes.

"@find_mailboxes":
     attribute: $.mailboxes      # Attribute that will contain result of action
     process_type: 'lead'        # Type of mailbox process (defined in mailbox process provider service definition)
     email: $.email              # Instance of Email entity which is being processed

Parse First and Last Name from Email Address

These actions are meant to parse names from an email address (for example, when this address is not yet registered in the system as Contact, etc.). This action will use a name specified with the address, and if no name is provided, it will use the address as first name and domain as the last name.

"@parse_first_name_from_email_address":
    attribute: $.firstName              # Attribute that will contain result of action
    email_address: $.email.fromName     # Email address to be parsed

"@parse_last_name_from_email_address":
    attribute: $.lastName               # Attribute that will contain result of action
    email_address: $.email.fromName     # Email address to be parsed

Add Email Activity Target

This action adds a newly generated entity as an activity target for email.

"@add_email_activity_target":
    email:              $.email
    target_entity:      $.leadEntity
    attribute:          $.added         #true if record was added (optional)

Strip HTML Tags

This action removes the content of invisible HTML tags and strips tags from the provided HTML. It leaves only visible text.

"@strip_html_tags":
    attribute: $.textOnly
    html: $.html

Process Registration

Implement MailboxProcessProviderInterface and register it as a service with tag oro_email.mailbox_process. Then, provide a type with this tag.

LeadMailboxProcessProvider is ilustrated as an example below:

class LeadMailboxProcessProvider implements MailboxProcessProviderInterface
{
    /**
     * Returns fully qualified class name of settings entity for this process.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getSettingsEntityFQCN()
    {
        return 'Oro\Bundle\SalesBundle\Entity\LeadMailboxProcessSettings';
    }

    /**
     * Returns form type used for settings entity used by this process.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getSettingsFormType()
    {
        return 'oro_sales_lead_mailbox_process_settings';
    }

    /**
     * Returns id for translation which is used as label for this process type.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getLabel()
    {
        return 'oro.sales.mailbox.process.lead.label';
    }
}

Example provider registration:

oro_sales.provider.mailbox_process.lead:
    class: Oro\Bundle\SalesBundle\Provider\LeadMailboxProcessProvider
    tags:
        - { name: oro_email.mailbox_process, type: lead }