Multipurpose POP3 Mailbox (Sender Adapter)

Hi,
We would like to use a single mailbox (e-mail address) on our POP3 server for all our scenarios were XI acts as the receiver of xml messages via e-mails. We would then use e.g. the sender e-mail address and/or the subject field to determine the Sender Service and Interface.
However, this does not seem to be possible, because the Sender Channel does not allow one to define whether it should retrieve all e-mails or only those meeting a specific criteria.
Is this somehow possible by using the advanced mode and specifying some additional parameters or will this functionality be available with a later service pack?
Thanks and kind regards,
Flemming

Hi Jean,
Have you tried to open the link *http://xiserver:port/mdt/amtServlet
as suggested by Michal? What is the status there? There you can see whether the mail has been received by your mail adapter or not. If not, then check with your POP server and ports again. Look whether you have the POP port opened bi-directionally for your PI server.
Regards,
Sugata

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810238
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