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# Count Messages with Email Connector

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Anypoint Connector for Email (Email Connector) provides the **Count messages - IMAP** and **Count
messages - POP3** operations, which get the total amount of messages in a specified mailbox folder.

## Configure Count Messages - IMAP Operation

The following example shows how to configure the **Count messages - IMAP** operation:

1.  Create a new Mule project in Studio.

2.  Drag an HTTP **Listener** source to the canvas.

3.  On the **Listener** configuration screen, click the plus sign (**+**) next to the **Connector
    configuration** field to configure a global element for the operation.

4.  Configure the required HTTP **Listener** connection fields and click **OK**.

5.  Set **Path** to `/count`.

6.  Drag the **Count messages - IMAP** operation to the right of HTTP **Listener**.

7.  On the **Count messages - IMAP** configuration screen, click the plus sign (**+**) next to the
    **Connector configuration** field to configure a global element for the operation.

8.  Set the following fields:

    - **Host**: `192.168.0.1`

    - **User**: `usertest`

    - **Host**: `userpass`

9.  Click **OK**.

10. For **Mailbox folder**, click **fx** to switch to literal mode and set it to
    `vars.mailboxFolder`.

11. Set **Count filter** to any of the following options:

    - **ALL (Default)**

    - **DELETED**

    - **NEW**

    - **UNREAD**

![Count messages - IMAP operation configuration with Count filter field set to NEW](/mulesoft/current/en-us/email-connector/1.7/_images/email-count-messages-imap.png)

In the **Configuration XML** editor, the `email:count-messages-imap` configuration looks like this:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<mule xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http" xmlns:file="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file"
	xmlns:email="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/email"
	xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core" xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/email http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/email/current/mule-email.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file/current/mule-file.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd">
	<email:imap-config name="Email_IMAP"  >
		<email:imap-connection host="192.168.0.1" user="usertest" password="userpass" />
	</email:imap-config>
	<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_config" >
		<http:listener-connection host="0.0.0.0" port="8081" />
	</http:listener-config>
	<flow name="email1Flow"  >
		<http:listener config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/count"/>
		<email:count-messages-imap doc:name="Count messages - IMAP" config-ref="Email_IMAP" mailboxFolder="#[vars.mailboxFolder]" countFilter="NEW"/>
	</flow>
</mule>
```

## Configure Count Messages - POP3 Operation

The following example shows how to configure the **Count messages - POP3** operation:

1.  Create a new Mule project in Studio.

2.  Drag an HTTP **Listener** source to the canvas.

3.  On the **Listener** configuration screen, click the plus sign (**+**) next to the **Connector
    configuration** field to configure a global element for the operation.

4.  Configure the required HTTP **Listener** connection fields and click **OK**.

5.  Set **Path** to `/count`.

6.  Drag the **Count messages - POP3** operation to the right of HTTP **Listener**.

7.  On the **Count messages - POP3** configuration screen, click the plus sign (**+**) next to the
    **Connector configuration** field to configure a global element for the operation.

8.  Set the following fields:

    - **Host**: `192.168.0.1`

    - **User**: `usertest`

    - **Host**: `userpass`

![Count messages - POP3 operation configuration](/mulesoft/current/en-us/email-connector/1.7/_images/email-count-messages-pop3.png)

In the **Configuration XML** editor, the `email:count-messages-pop3` configuration looks like this:

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<mule xmlns:db="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/db" xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http"
	xmlns:file="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file"
	xmlns:email="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/email" xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core" xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/email http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/email/current/mule-email.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/file/current/mule-file.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/db http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/db/current/mule-db.xsd">

	<http:listener-config >
		<http:listener-connection host="0.0.0.0" port="8081" />
	</http:listener-config>
	<email:pop3-config name="Email_POP3" >
		<email:pop3-connection host="192.168.0.1" user="usertest" password="userpass" />
	</email:pop3-config>
	<flow name="email1Flow" >
		<http:listener config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/count"/>
		<email:count-messages-pop3 doc:name="Count messages - POP3" config-ref="Email_POP3"/>
	</flow>
</mule>
```

## See Also

- [Introduction to Anypoint Connectors](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/introduction-to-anypoint-connectors)

- [Email Connector Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/email-connector/1.7/email-examples)

- [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com)