| Email autoresponders are useful
if you want to automatically send a message back to the
sender. For example, you may be going on vacation and
would like to automatically send an email explaining that
you're away.
Configuring an email autoresponder is easy with your
online control panel. You can access your control panel
by going to:
http://www.yourdomain.com/stats
To log in, you will need to use your userid and password.
This is the same information you would use to log into
your account via ftp. After you log into your account,
click on the Service Info button. Once you are in the
service section, you will see a list of the services
you have with CWS. Click on the userid of your hosting
account.
You will see a list of service information for that
hosting account including email accounts, email forwarding,
and autoreponders. Click on the Update Info button on
the bottom of the screen.
In order to use the autoresponder feature you must
have at least one POP3 account configured. For more
information on this, see "How
do I configure my email accounts?"
You can edit any of the fields you are presented by
simply changing the information.

The File to send should be in the root of your hosting
account and the Notify Account must be a valid POP3
account.
Your .txt file should look something like this:
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This is an automated response
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I will be away on vacation from May 10-17. If
you need assistance you can call Jenny at 555-1212.
Thanks,
John Doe
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You can also set up a general info autoresponder. For
example, if you wanted to have a price sheet that people
can get automatically. To do this, your configuration
might look something like this:

Again, the file to send should be in the root of your
hosting account and the notify address should be the
address you want to receive the sender's email.
In this instance, your .txt file might look like this:
| This is an automated response
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Current price list as of 1/1/00
Widget 1 $19.95
Widget 2 $29.95
Widget 3 $39.95
Gadget 1 $99.99
Gadget 2 $149.99
If you have any questions about
our product, please call 555-1212.
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NOTE: All
changes made in the control panel are queued and completed
during the next server update. Please allow 12 hours
for all changes to take effect.
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