Other ways to file

We've seen now that Alfresco is extremely flexible and is able to "ingest" content from a variety of sources using standard protocols that are available out of the box. We have not discussed all the possibilities. Inbound e-mail processing, WebDAV, and third-party browser plugins, for example, are some of the other popular ways that are also useful for bringing content into the Alfresco repository.

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Inbound e-mail processing is a particularly interesting technique that allows users to send e-mails directly to the repository to be automatically filed. Using this technique, for example, important e-mails can be automatically filed by cc-ing the e-mail to the repository. More information can be found about using Inbound SMTP e-mail processing on the Alfresco wiki: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Inbound_Email_Server_Configuration.

Besides the many out-of-the-box approaches for capturing content, Alfresco also offers APIs for Java, PHP, CMIS, REST, SOAP, and JSR-170 that can...