UiPath Mail Activities

The Mail Activities package is designed to facilitate the automation of mail-related tasks. Activities are available for different protocols and applications.

Overview of the Mail Activities Package

The Mail Activities package is designed to facilitate the automation of mail-related tasks. The activities are designed for the most popular email applications:

• Gmail and Outlook - Includes activities for automating Gmail and Microsoft Outlook (Microsoft 365 online and the Outlook desktop application).
• Microsoft Outlook Desktop - Includes older activities for automating Outlook desktop application.
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• IBM Notes
• SMTP, IMAP, and POP3
• Common

Email Platform-Specific Activities

Microsoft 365

The Mail activities package contains activities that enable you to automate various tasks with Outlook online email accounts. Outlook activities are also available in the Microsoft 365 activities package. The recommended activities depend on the setup used in your organization.

Gmail Activities

The Mail activities package contains activities that enable you to automate various tasks with Gmail. Gmail activities are also available in the Google Workspace activities package. The recommended activities depend on the setup used in your organization.

Microsoft Outlook Desktop Application

The Mail activities package contains activities that enable you to automate various tasks with the Outlook desktop application. There are two types of Outlook activities that are available in Windows and Windows - Legacy projects:

• The newer, modern activities which are available under Integrations in the Studio Activities panel.
• The classic activities found under App Integration in the Studio Activities panel.

Microsoft Exchange Server

The Mail activities package contains activities that enable you to automate various tasks when using an on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server.

The activities support OAuth 2.0 interactive token, Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA), and username and password authentication.

The activities are available in Windows - Legacy and Windows projects.

IBM Notes

Activities are available to get, send, delete, and move IBM Notes mail messages.

• The activities are available in Windows - Legacy and Windows projects.
• IBM Mail Activities can only use the current active IBM Notes account on the machine that is running the automation process.
• The activities are compatible with IBM Notes v9.0.1 or above.
• The activities support username and password authentication.

SMTP, POP3, and IMAP

Activities are available to automate retrieving, sending, and moving mail messages using the following protocols:

• SMTP: Send SMTP Mail Message
• POP3: Get POP3 Mail Message
• IMAP: Get IMAP Mail Messages and Move IMAP Mail Message

Activities such as Save Mail Message and Save Attachments are not intended to be used with certain mail protocols. Instead, they save the MailMessage object variable retrieved from activities such as Get POP3 Mail Message to a specified folder on the current machine.

IMPORTANT: This package version requires Studio 21.10 or higher. On lower versions some functionality may be missing, or unexpected behaviours may occur.

Features and Functionalities of the Mail Activities Package

The Mail Activities package offers a range of capabilities for automating mail-related tasks across various email platforms. It can address many business needs, especially in areas that highly rely on email processes:

• Automated Email Marketing Campaigns
• Customer Support Ticket Automation
• Supplier Invoice Processing
• Employee Onboarding Notifications
• IT Security Alerts and Incident Response