Inbound email target and target table is empty when watermark exists

will_smith
Mega Guru

I am having a problem with my Reply in my inbound email actions. It is not setting the target table. After reviewing the HI KB ServiceNow KB: Inbound Email Action Target Table (KB0535511)   I checked the email logs and it says it's skipping my inbound action and it's not writing the received email into the incident.

Skipping 'Reply to Task', did not create or update sc_task

Here is a screenshot of my email action where you can see the table matches. This was

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This was working previously in our development environment, and I'm not sure where else to check. Here are the steps I   I have validated the watermark exists in the watermark table with the proper MSG#. Here is a list of the things I have checked already:

  1. Validated the inbound email action has a type and a table.
  2. Verified the outbound email has a target and a watermark.
  3. Sent a reply from my Outlook 2013 (Exchange 2010, I think).
  4. Verified I see the reply in the Received Inbound mail, where the header still contains the Ref message and the subject contains the TASK number
  5. I have manually applied the target table and document and reprocessed the email - this shows up in the TASK as I would expect.

So, all that to ask, what has to happen for the Task to be considered "created" or "updated"? All I am doing is pressing the email button the task and sending out an email, just like our helpdesk would be doing. There will NOT be any updates to the task, the email is simply for information gathering.

Thank you very much for all of your help.

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Michael Fry1
Kilo Patron

What happens if you set an action type? Does the email update the ticket? If yes, possibly issue with your script reading the type. Is the reply-er a valid user?


will_smith
Mega Guru

HI MIchael, I have the action type of "reply", and it's still not updating the ticket. Please help me understand when you say, "script reading the type". What script, where? the replyer is me, the admin; I've also tested with another active user. Still no luck!



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Ok, sorry. So you're inbound email has a watermark or an ticket number listed in the subject line and the email is from an email address to a user in the system? A couple of questions there. I realize your the admin, but does the admin account have the same email address as the inbound email?


will_smith
Mega Guru

Are you talking about the recipients, or the header information for the email? If recipients, no; if headers, then it shows: Return-Path:<WiSmith@wescodist.com>.



Does this answer the question?