Setting up an inbound e-mail action
E-mails are very convenient for users. Many end users like to send an e-mail rather than using a helpdesk application. Service-Now provides an out-of-the-box functionality: an inbound e-mail action for processing incoming e-mails to Service-Now.
Getting ready
To step through this recipe, you should have an active Service-Now instance, valid credentials, and the admin role.
How to do it…
Open any standard web browser and type the instance Web address.
Log in to the Service-Now instance using the credentials.
On the left-hand side, type
inbound action
, and Service-Now will search out the Inbound Action module for you:Click on the Inbound Email Actions module; you will see the following screen:
To create a new inbound e-mail action, click on the New button. You will be able to see a configuration page and you can configure it as follows:
Name: In this field, you can provide any desired name, like I've used Inbound integration...