The PowerCenter Integration Service connects to a mail server or an Outlook PST file through the JavaMail APIs or Microsoft Messaging APIs (MAPI) to read the source data from the message store.

The following figure shows how the PowerCenter Integration Service connects to a mail server or an Outlook PST file to read email data:

The PowerCenter Integration Service connects to the mail server or Outlook PST through JavaMail APIs or MAPI. The connection is made through IMAP, POP3, or MAPI. IMAP and POP3 can be directed through an SSL layer.

When you configure a session to read email data from a mail server or an Outlook PST file, use an Email Server application connection to connect to the mail server or Outlook PST file.