n8n-docs/docs/nodes/credentials/IMAP

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/credentials/imap	Learn to configure credentials for the IMAP node in n8n

IMAP

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes with IMAP.

• IMAP Email

Prerequisites

Create an email account on a service with IMAP support.

Using IMAP

1. Retrieve your login credentials and IMAP connection parameters.
2. Use the login credentials and IMAP connection parameters with your IMAP Email node credentials in n8n.
3. Click on the Save button to save your credentials.

Using Gmail

1. Access your Gmail account.
2. Click on the gears icon on the top and click on See all settings.
3. Click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
4. Under the IMAP access section, select 'Enable IMAP'.
5. Click on the Save Changes button.
6. Go to your Google Account page.
7. Click on Security on the left sidebar.
8. Click on 2-Step Verification under the Signing in to Google section.
9. Set up your 2-Step Verification method.
10. Click on App passwords under the Signing in to Google section.
11. Select 'Mail' from the Select app dropdown list.
12. Select 'Other' from the Select device dropdown list.
13. Enter a name in the text field.
14. Click on the GENERATE button.
15. Copy the displayed password.
16. In the IMAP node credentials, enter your email address in the User field. For example, example@gmail.com.
17. Paste the App password you copied in Step 15 in the Password field.
18. Enter imap.google.com in the Host field.
19. Toggle SSL/TLS to true.
20. Click on Save to save your credentials.

Note: Before executing the node, set the Ignore SSL Issues option to true as the Gmail certificate is self-signed.

Further Reading

• Set up IMAP
• Sign in with App Passwords