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* Update IMAP Email Content Sensor configuration variable
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layout: page
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title: "IMAP Email Content"
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description: "Instructions on how to integrate IMAP email content sensor into Home Assistant."
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date: 2016-09-09 12:30
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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logo: smtp.png
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ha_category: Mailbox
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ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
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ha_release: 0.25
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---
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The `imap_email_content` sensor platform will read emails from an IMAP email server and report them as a state change within Home Assistant. This is useful if you have a device that only reports its state via email.
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## {% linkable_title Configuration %}
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To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` file:
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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sensor:
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- platform: imap_email_content
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server: imap.gmail.com
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port: 993
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username: USERNAME
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password: PASSWORD
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senders:
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- example@gmail.com
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```
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{% configuration %}
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server:
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description: The IP address or hostname of the IMAP server.
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required: true
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type: string
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port:
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description: The port where the server is accessible.
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required: false
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default: 993
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type: integer
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name:
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description: Name of the IMAP sensor.
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required: false
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type: string
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username:
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description: Username for the IMAP server.
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required: true
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type: string
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password:
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description: Password for the IMAP server.
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required: true
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type: string
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senders:
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description: A list of sender email addresses that are allowed to report state via email. Only emails received from these addresses will be processed.
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required: true
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type: string
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value_template:
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description: If specified this template will be used to render the state of the sensor. If a template is not supplied the message subject will be used for the sensor value. The following attributes will be supplied to the template.
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required: false
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type: template
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keys:
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from:
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description: The from address of the email.
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body:
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description: The body of the email.
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subject:
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description: The subject of the email.
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date:
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description: The date and time the email was sent.
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{% endconfiguration %}
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