Hello Todd,
Based on everything you mention, it seems as if perhaps when the email arrives it's created correctly
using the values you've configured, yet something within the 'Support
Requests' project is then bumping the item into the 'Help Desk' project. I suspect that either a field template or workflow step is responsible for changing the value of the Project field for those items.
Edit the 'Support Request's project and note which field template it's using for your tickets, and which workflow step the newly created items are placed into. Then edit the template and make sure that there is no default value for the Project field(such as "Help Desk"). Also edit whichever workflow step the new items are placed into, and make sure you're not changing the Project field value under the 'Step Actions' tab.
Let me know what you find or if you have any further questions.
Thank you,
Tom Harder
Axosoft Support
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