Ann Arbor Michigan Web Design & Development
Autoresponder

Auto Responders are a convenient way to let people know you are out of town or away from the office. 

  1. Log into your cPanel
  2. Click the Auto Responders button in the Mail Section
  3. Click the Add Autoresponder button
  4. Leave the Character set on its default setting: ansi_x3.110-1983
  5. Leave the Interval set to 8 hours
  6. Enter the prefix of your email account (i.e. the prefix of your email address is the portion before the @ symbol) and select the domain
    • The two pieces of this step should make up your exact email address
  7. Enter your name in the From: field (i.e. John Smith)
  8. Enter the Subject of your auto-responder
    • Most people choose to write “Out of Office Reply”. 
    • You can also include the wildcard %subject% in the subject field to make it more personal.  The %subject% will be replaced with the subject of the message received by the auto-responder.
  9. Leave the HTML Message box unchecked
  10. In the Body field, enter a message 
  11. Click the Create/Modify button to save your auto-responder


To delete your auto-responder:

  1. Log into your cPanel
  2. Click the Auto Responders button in the Mail Section
  3. Find your auto-responder in the list of current Autoresponders
  4. Click the Delete link
  5. Click Yes to confirm deletion