How it works


Email&Parser is a tool designed to automatically process incoming emails. It fills the gap between received emails (usually template-based) and a database, excel file or any other processes that need to be launched with the email contents. The following image shows an overview of the steps involved in this process:

Email parse automated process

As you can see, Email&Parser divides the process in three well differentiated steps:

  • Emails are downloaded from the email server using the POP or IMAP protocols, like any other email program such as Outlook, Windows Mail etc. Email&Parser can also retrieve the email directly from an Outlook folder in your computer.
  • If the received email passes the filters set in the previous step the contents are analyzed looking for specific pieces of text. This is also known as email parsing. The analysis is done following user configurable rules called "Field parsers". This step is shown in the middle of the diagram as a marker highlighting some parts of the email.
  • Finally, database or other kind of operations are launched using the resulting pieces of text as parameters. This is useful, for example, to update a specific database table, sending an email or running any other actions that you define.



These three steps are clearly shown in the left panel of the main Email&Parser window:

example configuration email sources and database actions