Yep, that is a much better idea and what I meant to originally type before I got sidetracked with the validator piece. Thanks Matt.
Andy LoPresto [email protected] [email protected] PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 > On May 12, 2017, at 8:48 AM, Matt Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alternatively (in the Jira, e.g.) the field could be marked as > required(false), might be a better visual indicator to the user that > nothing need be entered in that field. > > Regards, > Matt > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Andy LoPresto <[email protected]> wrote: >> Aesha, >> >> The ConsumeIMAP processor extends AbstractEmailProcessor, which specifies >> password as a required and non-empty field. You would need to edit this file >> [1] and replace the validator StandardValidators.NON_EMPTY_VALIDATOR with >> Validator.VALID to always pass. If you rebuild and deploy the application, >> this should work. >> >> You can also file a Jira [2] to request this feature/improvement is added to >> the master branch. >> >> public static final PropertyDescriptor PASSWORD = new >> PropertyDescriptor.Builder() >> .name("password") >> .displayName("Password") >> .description("Password used for authentication and authorization >> with Email server.") >> .required(true) >> .expressionLanguageSupported(true) >> .addValidator(StandardValidators.NON_EMPTY_VALIDATOR) >> .sensitive(true) >> .build(); >> >> [1] >> https://github.com/apache/nifi/blob/master/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/AbstractEmailProcessor.java#L91-L91 >> [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa >> >> >> Andy LoPresto >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 >> >> On May 11, 2017, at 8:27 PM, Roy, Aesha Dhar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We have a process mailbox from which we want to consume all emails using >> nifi. The problem is that this mailbox does not have a password. But nifi >> does not allow me to configure the ConsumeImap without password. >> I tried putting some random password but I get connection exceptions with >> that. >> >> Is there some other way of connecting to this passwordless mailbox? >> >> Regards, >> Aesha >> >> >>
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