*This article assumes you are already logged into CPanel.*
At the top of your Cpanel main page, in the email box, there is an icon named "Auto responders". Click on that, now, in the next screen you will see several choices. click on the button named "Add-Auto-responder".
Character set: UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1 is the most ideal, in that order.
Email:
From:
Subject
Character
Set:
HTML Message:
Body:
We'll start with the Email line. Type in the prefix for the email address you'll be using. To the right of that, click on the drop down box and choose the domain or subdomain it's for.
Now, in the "From" catagory type in who the email will be from. It can be a name, an email address or just about anything you want.
For the subject line type in the Subject of the email. This is what people will see when they view the email address before they open it.
If you want to insert any sort of HTML into the message then click the box next to HTML Message. This will allow for all HTML code inserted into the document to work properly.
Lastly, click in the large box next to Body. Type in all the text that you wish for people to read when the autoresponse is sent out.
At the bottom of the page click on Create. This will take you to a new screen that will say "Autoresponder successfully created." The autoresponder for your email account is now created and operational and all email sent to that address will automatically receive your response.
PLEASE NOTE:
Autoresponders may be extremely useful but you should also be aware of the trouble that they can cause if not used properly. If you are using autoresponders you need to be aware that all spam you receive to that email address will be replied to and so may be subject to even more spam simply because you are confiming to the SPAM senders that your email address is valid and working by way of an autoresponse.
