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title: Security Operations email properties
description: Email Properties specify which inboxes are used as input in Email Parsing to import information from external detection systems to create records for security, vulnerability, and IoCs. You can set up a general account for all external detection systems to use, or individual email accounts for Security Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, or Vulnerability Response.
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# Security Operations email properties

Email Properties specify which inboxes are used as input in Email Parsing to import information from external detection systems to create records for security, vulnerability, and IoCs. You can set up a general account for all external detection systems to use, or individual email accounts for Security Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, or Vulnerability Response.

-   **[Create Security Operations email properties](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/create-email-properties.md)**  
You can specify email addresses for reports and control automatic email behaviors using email Properties.

**Parent Topic:**[Security Operations email processing](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/email-processing.md)