Productivity & chat

Jira

Atlassian issue tracker.

Email capabilities

  • Own email API
  • Accepts SMTP
  • Accepts inbound
  • Sends notifications
  • Webhooks

Connection methods

  • SMTP
  • IMAP
  • Webhook

Jira (Atlassian) sends notifications via its own infra and handles inbound email to create issues/comments via the Jira Mail Handler (POP/IMAP), with SMTP configuration and webhooks.

Connect Jira to MailKite

Configure Jira's mail handler to read a MailKite IMAP inbox for issue creation.

Point Jira at MailKite's SMTP relay

A minimal, copy-paste starter. Swap in your own domain and API key.

.env
# Any app that accepts an SMTP server works with MailKite
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailkite.dev
MAIL_PORT=587 # STARTTLS (or 465 for TLS)
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_USERNAME=mailkite # username is ignored
MAIL_PASSWORD=mk_live_... # your MailKite API key
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=you@yourdomain.com # on a verified domain
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Jira
Read the SMTP relay reference
Email tools

Commonly paired with Jira

Connect Jira to MailKite today

Point a domain, set one SMTP endpoint, send your first email in minutes. Unlimited domains, no credit card.