Gmail connector overview
The following table gives an overview of the Gmail connector and its supported features.
| Category | Feature | Latest Connector | Legacy Connector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security | Authentication type | Google Service Account | Google Service Account |
| Authentication credentials |
Google service account
|
Google service account
|
|
| Access Control List (ACL) crawling | Yes (Automatic) | Yes (Manual configuration) | |
| Identity crawling | Yes (Automatic) | Yes (Manual configuration) | |
| VPC | No | Yes | |
| Customer Managed Key (CMK) support | No | Yes | |
| Crawl features | Custom metadata | No | No |
| Entities | Messages (automatic), Draft emails (configurable) | Messages, Attachments (configurable) | |
| Field mappings | No (Uses optimized defaults) | Yes (Configurable) | |
| Filters | No | Date range, Attachments (regex), Domains, Keywords, Labels | |
| Sync mode | Sync mode | No (Optimized automatic sync) | Yes (Full and incremental sync) |
