Auto Responders allow you to send an automatic response to anyone who sends an email your email account. When an email is sent to your account, the response that you have created will be sent back to the person who send you the email. This feature will not prevent your email from being delivered. This feature can be useful for informing customers that you are on vacation, or providing useful information when a customer submits a question or order.
This can be useful for times when you are on vacation or unavailable, or if you have a generic message that you wish to send for a support email address.
To get started, follow the instructions below.
1. Login to your control panel.
2. When the page loads, click on the “Auto Responders” link in the “Mail” section.
3. Next, click on the “Add Auto-responder” button.
4. Leave the Character Set as default “us-ascii” if you are in the U.S.A
5. Enter the email address you want to associate the auto responder in the Email text box.
6. Enter the name or email address you want to the auto responder to be from in the “From” text box.
7. Enter the subject you want to use for the auto responder in the “Subject” text box.
8. There are two types of email you can send - Plain Text and HTML. Using HTML will give you more control over the aesthetics of your email content while Plain Text will not allow any graphics.
9. Enter your auto responder message in the “Body” text area box.
10. Click on the “Create/Modify” button.