Controlling with e-mail commands

We've seen the setting of the business rules and how this can help in auto-assigning the category and priority of tickets. However, to get a finer control and not let things get too complicated, with hundreds of rules, the E-mail Command feature can be used in ServiceDesk Plus. This also enables remote technicians and even third-party support teams to update records without the need to have a license. It can be configured using the following steps:

  1. Navigate to Admin | Mail Server Settings under the Helpdesk block.
  2. Click on the E-mail Command tab.
  3. Check the Enable E-mail Command checkbox.
  4. The E-mail Subject contains field is used to determine which e-mails have to be parsed. The string given here between the delimiters ...

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