Questions regarding external to process message type

With reference to all the mail server setup links in product Documentation, we could able to understand that a process model can be triggered using email.
Could someone help us in understanding whether the process can be triggered without setting the inbox in Appian,
Or if not can someone guide how to configure Inbox in Appian.
TIA

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