Questions to the imap sensor

Third party integrations
1

Hi,

I just use Home Assistant for two days in our company and I’m desperate about the imap sensor.

I used it like that in my configurationsfile:

sensor:
- platform: imap
  server: owa.xxxxxxxxxxx.de
  port: 933
  name: emails
  username: [email protected]
  password: xxxxxxxxxx

I think, that sensor is correct. But I do not get the correct answer for unseen mails.
Is there something I’m doing wrong?

2

Are you sure port 933 is correct? The default for IMAP is 993.
You can test your IMAP access with curl:

curl -u username imaps://mail.server.tld:993 -X 'STATUS INBOX (UNSEEN)'
# it will prompt you for a password
3

i was blind - yes, port 993.
if i use your code i get a “1”. but in dev-ops i’ve got a “0”. i hanged the port there.
do i miss something else?

to check the stte i use:

"{{ states('sensor.emails') | int }}"

4

so, now have an sensor wich works. in dev-tools i’ve got a reslut - true and false.

i get these for an automation: Automation IMAP Trigger

i tried to get the template with my sensor name. but my automation has no function:

alias: Lichtspiele
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: "{{ state('sensor.check_unread_emails') | int > 0 }}"
condition: []
action:
  - type: toggle
    device_id: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    entity_id: light.philipps_birne
    domain: light
mode: single

what is my misstake?

5

You’re missing an “s” at the end of state. It is either states.sensor.check_unread_emails.state or states('sensor.check_unread_emails').

EDIT: here is a link to the documentation

6

hi @paddy0174,

thank you. i tried so many times, that i do not seen the missing “s”. now it works!

thank you!

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