Need to get a message out in a hurry? Autoresponders are a great option for this and they are easy to create with your dedicated hosting plan using the Plesk control panel.
First thing you need to do is to login to your Plesk control panel, and go to the Mail section under Services. Next locate the existing POP account that you would like to make an autoresponder. Click on it, and then select the "Autoresponder" menu item.
If you would like to send an attachment with the autoresponce, you will need to upload the file to the attachment repository. You can do that by going to "Attachement Files" under the Mail autoresponders screen. Browse for the file you need and then hit the "send file" button on the screen. After that has been done it will be added to the repository.
Now go back to the main Mail autoresponder page and click on "Add New Autoresponder" to get going. You can from there give the autoresponder a name. This can be anything you’d like and is for reference only. You can also have a copy forwarded to a specific address. Next you need to setup the rules for the autoresponder. You can set it to always respond or just when there is or is not specific words in the message body or subject.
Next setup your reply to address if needed, and select your mail sending format to be plain text or HTML. Under the "Reply" section you can then type in the text you need for your autoresponce. To make sure you stay within your e-mail limits if needed, you can limit it to only send this message to not more than "X" amount of people.
Now save your settings and your autoresponder should be ready on your dedicated hosting account using the Plesk control panel.
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June 29th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
This is good information for enabling the efficient use of autoresponders with dedicated server hosting accounts.
Thanks!