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Why Emails Thread to Wrong Tickets in Zendesk

Understand why emails might thread to the wrong ticket in Zendesk and how to fix it.

Why might emails thread to the wrong ticket in Zendesk?

Emails might thread to the wrong ticket in Zendesk if the system misidentifies the ticket to which the email should be applied. This can happen due to incorrect email headers or if the email subject line is similar to another ticket. It's important to ensure that email updates are correctly threaded to maintain a coherent conversation history. If you encounter this issue, you may need to manually adjust the ticket associations.


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