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Is it possible for Splunk to receive inbound emails?

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jtrucks
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Splunk can be set to read maildirs and mail spool files, yes, or even if you want to get fancy you can install Splunk for IMAP to have it check an IMAP account to ingest data.

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Jesse Trucks
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jtrucks
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Splunk can be set to read maildirs and mail spool files, yes, or even if you want to get fancy you can install Splunk for IMAP to have it check an IMAP account to ingest data.

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Jesse Trucks
Minister of Magic
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