What needs to be done when there are no inbound mail being handled by JEMH but do reside on the mail server.

JEMH Auditing

The very first thing JEMH does when a mail is processed by JEMH is creates a Audit record which resides under Auditing screen in JEMH (do ensure the Auditing is enabled). This process is dealt at the very beginning before performing any other functionality. Important: if the expected mail is not showing in the Auditing screen, it would mean that JEMH has not processed the mail. 

How to get the Processing/Report Details of a processed mail

JEMH v2.7 or below

JEMH V3.0 or above

Inbound Mail Server connection

It's recommended to double check if the Inbound Mail Server is passing the validation tests. This can be done by editing into the corresponding POP/IMAP Mail Servers (Jira > Settings > System) and click on the Test Connection. This will ensure the connectivity to the Mail Server which can be impacted by changing credentials, changing Timeout (might be set to something short which doesn't provide enough time to connect to the server).

Mail Handler section

The purpose of a Mail Handler is to configure Jira to handle the mails which are to be coming in via the Inbound Mail Server. Here, you can set up a JEMH Mail Handler against an Inbound Mail Server. You must ensure the relationship between the Mail Handler and Inbound Mail Server is one to one. This means that a single Inbound Mail Server should not have multiple Mail Handlers set up against it as this will not provide a consistency of which Mail Handler is dealing with which mail.

Inbound Mail and Black Belt logging

Last resort is to check the logging. This can be implemented by following the instructions provided by Atlassian on Diagnosing Mail and Mail Handlers Issues.


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