Does an email service need to be created for each Issue Type??

Question

I read the issue creation though email documentation and I'm confused. Do I need to create one service per issue type, per project?

In other words, if I want to send an email to create, say, a subtask type issue, but my service is set up to type 1 (not subtask), then how would  subtask be created? Do I specify that in the subject or body?

Also, I've been looking but haven't found a spot where there are examples of emails that one would send to create issues of different types.

Thnaks!

justindowning · Accepted Answer

Yes, using the standard email handler, you would have to create a service for each issuetype you want created. I would use seperate addresses (catchemail) so the handler and service can properly process your messages (eg: create a bug vs sub-task)

If you want examples of ONE email that can create multiple issuetypes based on the content of that email, then you will need to use a different email handler. A good one would be JIRA Enterprise Mail Handler.

Jack Brickey · Accepted Answer

In JSM you can only have a single email per project which means a single Request type which is associated to a single Issuetype. Actually,  in cloud you can have two emails (one custom and one from Atlassian). So, OOTB you cannot create multiple issuetypes via email.

as @justindowning mentions you would need to consider a 3rd-party app - JETI or JEMH.