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Architect Salesforce Inbound Email integration for case creation

Real World Scenario

Support aliases from 5 brands must route to correct queues with spam filtering before Case create.

Expected Answer

• Email-to-Case routing addresses per brand • Email Service Apex handler advanced parsing threading • Spam scoring external or headers before case • Thread-Id header linking replies to existing Case • Attachment size limits and virus scan • DKIM SPF validation reducing spoof cases • Monitoring unprocessed email queue backlog

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Main difference: use case and scale. Email-to-Case routing addresses per brand. Email Service Apex handler advanced parsing threading. Pick based on your integration pattern and team capability. Email integration is untrusted input—spam and spoof handling before auto-case creation mandatory. Balance speed of delivery with maintainability.

Architect Perspective

Email integration is untrusted input—spam and spoof handling before auto-case creation mandatory.