Enabling automatic ticket creation for your Gmail inbox

Important: Enabling this functionality leverages Google API Services. MorgWard’s use and transfer to any other app of information received through the Google API Services connecting MorgWard Support to your Gmail accounts will adhere to Google's Limited Use Requirements described in the Google API Services: User Data Policy. 

You can import email from one or more Gmail inboxes and automatically convert email messages to tickets. MorgWard Support will check for new email in your Gmail inbox every minute. Only new, unread email messages in the inbox will be converted into tickets.

All ticket notifications will be sent from your Gmail, using Google mail servers instead of MorgWard mail servers. This means that you do not need to set up SPF or DKIM to authorize MorgWard Support to send email on your behalf, because the email is sent directly from your Gmail account. All notifications will be in your Sent folder in your Gmail.

You can connect to multiple Gmail accounts. When you do, each Gmail address is automatically added as a support address. You do not need to manually add it. When you set up the connection you can chose to import the last 50 emails or not import any pre-existing emails.

Before you connect to your Gmail account, make sure you sign in to the Gmail account you want to connect to. If you sign in to a different Gmail account in the same browser as your instance of MorgWard Support, you will connect to the wrong account.

This article includes these topics:

• About Google sending limits
• Connecting to your Gmail account
• Managing Gmail connections

About Google sending limits

Google limits daily sending to 500 messages for Gmail or 2000 for Google Apps. Unless you're a small business with low traffic, we recommend Google Apps for this integration. Check Google's support site for additional information.

If you approach the limit, based on the number of email notifications sent through your Gmail, you will receive a warning, and notifications will temporarily be sent from MorgWard mail servers instead of Google mail servers. If you continue to have this issue, you should consider deselecting the Send email via Gmail option and setting up forwarding and an SPF record to send notifications from MorgWard mail servers. Deselecting this option will make the MorgWard verification code you need to set up SPF visible. See Forwarding incoming email to MorgWard Support.

Connecting to your Gmail account

You can link one or more Gmail accounts. When you do, all new, unread email messages in the inbox are imported and converted to tickets.

To connect to your Gmail account

1. In Admin Center, click the Channels icon () in the sidebar, then select Talk and email > Email.
2. In the Support addresses section, click Add address, then select Connect external address.

   

3. If requested, sign in to your Gmail account.

   

   If you don't want to import any pre-existing emails as tickets, then deselect Create tickets from last 50 emails.

   When this option is selected, the last 50 emails, regardless of read/unread status, will be imported as tickets. When it is not selected, no pre-existing emails will be imported as tickets.

4. Click Sign in with Google.
5. Follow the on-screen prompts to connect to your Gmail account.
6. Click Finish.

   Your MorgWard Support is connected to your Gmail account. MorgWard Support will check for new email in your Gmail inbox every minute and convert email messages to tickets. Ticket notifications will be sent from your Gmail.

   If you want to connect to multiple accounts, repeat these steps.

Managing Gmail connections

You can disconnect a Gmail inbox at any time if you want to stop importing email from that inbox.

Note: If you want to disconnect the inbox tied to your default Support address, you need to create a new default Support address before continuing.

To disconnect a Gmail account

1. In Admin Center, click the Channels icon () in the sidebar, then select Talk and email > Email.
2. In the Support addresses section, locate the Gmail account.

   Any support address connected to a Gmail account indicates that it is connected to Google Mail.

   

3. Move the cursor over the address, then click Disconnect.

   

4. Confirm you want to delete the connection by clicking Delete address.

If your Gmail account entry in the Support addresses section displays a warning saying it has been disconnected, you can reestablish the connection. If you reconnect, any emails that already been imported will not imported again as duplicate tickets.

To reconnect a disabled Gmail account

1. In Admin Center, click the Channels icon () in the sidebar, then select Talk and email > Email.
2. In the Support addresses section, locate the Gmail account, then click Connected to Google Mail.

   

   If the Gmail account has disappeared from the Support addresses list, reconnect it using the instructions in Connecting to your Gmail account, above.

3. Click Reconnect.

   

Once re-authorized, you should continue to receive all emails sent to that Gmail account.