**Source URL:** https://general.veevavault.dev/clinical/mdl/component-types/inboundemailaddress.md

# Inboundemailaddress

**Class: ** `metadata`

When configuring Email to Vault, Admins use <em>Inbound Email Addresses</em> to create and manage Vault-owned email addresses and define the <em>Email Processor</em> with which to create documents, attachments, or object records from the email.

Learn more about <a href="https://platform.veevavault.help/en/lr/74285" target="_blank">Email to Vault in Vault Help</a>.

| Attribute | Metadata | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| label | Type: StringMax length: 60 | UI-friendly string in the Vault's base language. |
| active | Type: Boolean | Indicates whether the component is active. |
| allowed_sender_groups | Type: StringMax length: 1500Multi-value | If allowed_senders = VAULT_Groups, stores the groups whose users are allowed to send emails to this address. There is a maximum of five groups. |
| allowed_senders | Type: EnumRequiredAllowed values:VAULT_USERS_AND_PERSONSVAULT_USERSVAULT_GROUPSUNSPECIFIED | Indicates the type of senders from whom this inbound email address can receive emails. |
| authenticate_sender | Type: Boolean | If true, Vault checks the sender’s authenticity via Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM). Can only be set to false for certain Veeva-provided email processors. Use caution when setting to false as unauthenticated emails may come from spoofed addresses. Must always be set to true if allowed_senders = VAULT_USERS or VAULT_GROUPS. |
| description | Type: StringMax length: 1500 | A general description of the inbound email address. |
| email_processor | Type: ComponentReferenceRequired | The email processor to run when an email is sent to this address. |
| email_processor_user | Type: StringMax length: 255 | The default originating user when the sender’s email address does not belong to a user in this Vault. If run_as_processor_user is true, this inbound email address uses this email_processor_user even when the sender's email address belongs to a Vault User. |
| email_username | Type: StringRequiredMax length: 64 | The username of the inbound email address, for example, inquiries in inquiries@verteopharma.veevavault.com. |
| run_as_processor_user | Type: Boolean | Indicates if this inbound email address’ email_processor always runs as the email_processor_user, even if the sender's email address belongs to a Vault User. Can only be true for inbound email addresses where the allowed_senders are either VAULT_USERS_AND_PERSONS or UNSPECIFIED. |
| send_bounce_notification | Type: Boolean | If true, Vault sends a notification to the User or Person sender when an Email record created from their email enters the Bounced state. |

### Supported Operations {#supported-operations}

| Operation | Support |
| --- | --- |
| Create | Yes |
| Recreate | Yes |
| Alter | Yes* |
| Drop | Yes |
| Rename | Yes |
| Describe | Yes |
| Generate Recreate | Yes |
| Queryable | Yes |
**Notes:**

<ul style="padding-left:1.5em;margin-top:0.5rem"><li>**Alter:** <span>MDL Operation may not be supported for some multi-value attributes.</span></li></ul>


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