An autoresponder automatically replies to incoming emails. It's ideal for holidays, or for confirming you've received an enquiry.
Create an autoresponder
- In cPanel, go to Email › Autoresponders and click Add Autoresponder.
- Fill in the form:
Field What to enter Character Set Leave as utf-8. Interval How many hours to wait before replying to the same sender again. 24 is sensible. 0 replies to every message, which can annoy people. Email / Domain The address the autoresponder is for. From Your name as you want it to appear. Subject e.g. Out of office: %subject%This message contains HTML Tick only if your message body contains HTML formatting. Body Your message. See the example below. Start / Stop Choose Custom to set dates and times, so it switches on and off automatically. - Click Create.
Example message
Hi,
Thanks for your email. I'm out of the office until Monday 5 January
with limited access to email.
For anything urgent, please contact our team at [email protected].
Kind regards,
Alex
Tip: You can use these tags in the subject or body:
%subject% (the original subject), %from% (the sender's name) and %email% (the sender's address).Turning it off
If you didn't set a stop date, go back to Email › Autoresponders and click Delete next to the address when you return.
Still stuck? Contact Raleway support and our team will be happy to help.