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# About the Email Trigger (SMTP) Event Agent

The Email Trigger (SMTP) Event Agent works with the Email Trigger (SMTP) tool to process incoming SMTP messages. It can run on the same or separate machine to the server. It launches tasks when messages arrive that match filter rules previously configured within a Email Trigger (SMTP) Step for a task.

It interfaces with Microsoft Virtual SMTP Server which is part of the Microsoft Internet Information Services. When a message is received by the Virtual SMTP Server, a copy of the message is passed to the Agent which in turn decides if there are any tasks to run.

The Email Trigger (SMTP) Event Agent consists of two main components:

|  | IIS Event Sink

This component sits within the process space of the Microsoft SMTP Virtual Server and accepts messages as they are submitted to the engine. The messages are then passed directly to the Email Trigger (SMTP) Event Agent Service to be processed.

|  | Email Trigger (SMTP) Event Agent Service

This component runs as a Service and accepts messages from the IIS Event Sink component. As messages are received the component examines the configured events in the system and runs Tasks as required.

Click Next to go to the Prerequisites screen — see Event Agents > Email Trigger (SMTP) Agent > Prerequisites.

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