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title: Create an IMAP Email Asset
slug: user-guide-10x/create-an-imap-email-asset
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createdAt: 2025-06-18T11:01:37.464Z
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To begin, you'll create an IMAP email asset.

Swimlane assets hold your configuration and authentication information for connecting to third-party vendors.

To create an IMAP email asset:

1. Log in to Swimlane with your Chrome browser. From the global navigation menu, select Integrations.
   **Important!** Contact your Swimlane support or sales representative if you do not have log in credentials for Swimlane.

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2. Select the **Assets** tab and then, from the Integrations taskbar, click the plus icon to create a new asset.
3. In the Select an Asset Type window, filter for **Email**, and then click **Select** on the *IMAP Email* asset.

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4. Under Asset Parameters, ensure that the **Use SSL** field is enabled and fill out the required **Host** and **Port** fields. In addition, complete the **User** and **Password** fields.


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**Note:** The user and password you use here need to be real assets that you have access to!

1. Next, click **Test Connection.**


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2. Once you receive a message that the connection test has succeeded, click **Ok,** and then click **Looks Good** to save your new asset.


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You can now see your asset listed under the **Assets** tab.

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You are ready for the next step, which is to create an application to hold the email records we will eventually begin collecting through automation.

## Related Links

[Applications and Applets](docId\:LlfQGhLk1fCuXG60q1Zfl)

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