The first step to enable email communication, as you will have guessed, is to register mail servers in Jira. If you are using the standalone distribution of Jira, it is recommended that you add your mail server by entering the host information:
- Log in to Jira as a Jira administrator.
- Browse to the Jira administration console.
- Select the System tab and then the Outgoing Mail option.
- Click on the Configure new SMTP mail server button.
- Enter your mail server information. If you do not have a mail server handy, you can sign up for a free Gmail account and use that for testing purposes.
After adding your mail server, you can try sending yourself a quick test email to check whether Jira is able to access your server successfully.