Chapter 7. E-mails and Notifications

So far, we have learned how to use and interact with JIRA directly from its web interface through a browser. However, you are not restricted only to a web browser; you can also communicate with JIRA through e-mails.

One powerful feature of JIRA is its ability to update the users of their issue's progress automatically through e-mails, and also to create and comment on issues based on e-mails sent from the user. This provides you with a whole new option of how you and your users can interact with JIRA. By the end of the chapter, you will have learned the following:

  • How to set up a mail server in JIRA
  • What a mail handler is
  • How to create issues and comments by sending e-mails to JIRA
  • Events and how they are related ...

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