Incoming Mail Log
This page is intended to explain the functionalities of Email This Issue's Incoming Mail Log.
General Information
The Incoming mail log shows detailed logs about all incoming emails processed by Email This Issue.
It is useful for investigating the lifecycle of an email after we receive and process it.
If you can't find an email in the Incoming Mail log (or the Incoming mail queue) it means that we did not receive the email due to external reasons (such as someone opening the email in the mailbox before we can start processing it).
Log actions
Searching for an email
If you're looking for a particular mail item or would like to see only a certain amount of items/within a pre-set time range/category you can run a search within the mail log:
In the Search section, you can carry out the following actions:
Search for an expression in the issue/email such as the issue key and summary, from/to/cc/bcc recipients, email subject and email body
Select the maximum amount of emails to show
the available packages are 10, 100, 200, 500, 1000 items
Narrow the search by the category of the processing results
all: returns all emails from all the categories
fetch email: this is a temporary storage status for emails just being processed.
filter email: returns skipped emails that were filtered by the mail handler
execute handler: returns emails that were received by the mail handler and were either successfully processed or failed to be processed
Set a time range for Processed/Received emails for
the last 7 days
the last 15 days
the last 30 days
the last 90 days
All time
When you press the Search button, the results will be listed on the bottom of the page and can be expanded by pressing the expand button.
Log examples
In this section, you can see some examples of all kinds of logs to help you understand them.
Execute handler - Succeeded log
When the Execute handler category is selected and/or an email with the result Succeeded is expanded, the log details explain how the handler processed the email and what were the exact steps of the processing.
In this example, the message was successfully processed by the mail handler (called "test incoming"). The sender was recognized as a registered user (a customer to be specific) and the actions were carried out in its name. No issue was found for the incoming email, therefore the "Issue not found" branch was executed in the handler which creates a new request in the ITSM project.
The log is based on the following mail handler actions:
Execute handler - Failed log
When the Execute handler category is selected and/or an email with the result Failed is expanded, the log details explain how the handler processed the email and what were the exact steps of the processing as well as what was the reason for the email's failure. Please note that in most cases we return errors from either Jira or JSM and even though we have access to the root cause of the error, the logs may not reflect them.
In this example, the message was processed by the mail handler (called "Andris Mail Handler") but it failed to create an issue.
The error says:
This is an error not in our app, but in Jira Service Management and it usually refers to missing custom field values that are marked as 'required' at creation. If you encounter one such error, let us know in a support request and we'll investigate it for you.
Filter email (skipped) log
When the Filter email category is selected or an email with the result Skipped is expanded, the log details explain why the email has not been further processed by the handler. In this example, the message was skipped because it is an auto-reply mail and the mail handler filtering is set to skip auto-reply emails.
Additional actions
The following two additional actions are available in the Incoming Mail Queue and these should only be used with caution:
Delete all in search: Permanently deletes all log items currently in search. Note that the deleted items will not be present in the Incoming Mail Queue either if deleted.
Collapse all details: collapses all expanded email items.
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