Outgoing Email Address Instead of Project Email Address Appears

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Summary

Symptoms

  • When we receive an email from Jira, the outgoing email address is used instead of the project specified emails address in the received emails.

  • This applies to both Jira and Jira Service Management.

Diagnosis

Gmail is being used as the outgoing mail server.

Cause

This is a restriction of Gmail.

Solution

Resolution

Since this is a restriction in Gmail, please follow the steps as described in Send mail from a different address or alias.

Updated on April 2, 2025

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