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Automatic Email Threading: How it Works

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Email threading allows you to group related emails together into a single conversation. This can be helpful for keeping track of extended email chains, or for organizing emails that are related to the same topic or subject.

We are identifying ticket threading based on below three conditions,

  1. Subject Contains Ticket ID
    If you send an email to the support email and the email subject contains the Ticket ID and it follows the format that we have configured, our tool will automatically detect this ticket ID and the format. This allows the emails to be automatically threaded together, so that all of the messages related to a particular ticket are displayed together.
    Format: #{{ticket.ID}} - {{ticket.subject}}

Note:

  • Even if the {{ticket.subject}} differs, the {{ticket.ID}} should be same. Also, if the structure of the email subject does not meet the format, the update will not be recognized as part of existing thread and the system will create a new ticket.
  • Refer to the example format below:
    #234134 - How to add an update to the ticket?
  1. Body content Contains Hidden Ticket ID
    If you send an email to create a ticket, you will receive a notification email from our system, and that notification email contains the hidden ticket ID. If you reply to that notification email, our system detects the hidden ticket ID and will post the replied content in the ticket.
  2. Email Unique Message ID
    When you reply to an email that has already been sent, the previous email message ID is added to the reference part of the replied email header, indicating that the email is a reply to the earlier message. As a result, the system will recognize that the two emails are related.

Here is the priority order for updating an email reply in a ticket. This will work using the “OR” condition.

  • Initially, the subject of the email will be validated. If it matches, the replied content will be posted in the ticket.
  • If the email subject does not match, the hidden ticket ID will be validated. If it matches, the replied content will be posted in the ticket.
  • If no hidden ticket ID is found, the unique message ID will be validated. If it matches, the replied content will be posted in the ticket.
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