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Error Using Same Email for Agent and Tickets

Discover what happens if you use the same email for an agent and ticketing in Zendesk.

What happens if I try to use the same email address for an agent and ticketing in Zendesk?

If you try to use the same email address for both an agent and ticketing in Zendesk, you will encounter an error message. Zendesk requires unique email addresses for receiving tickets.

This means you cannot duplicate an email address for an agent or end-user role. If emails are mistakenly sent to an agent's address, they should forward these to the support address to ensure they are processed as tickets.


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