A mail robot is a way for you to send an automatic response to people who send email to a particular address on your domain. You cannot have a mail robot with the same name as any other mail feature on your domain. To set this up, click on 'New Mail Robot' under 'Quick Links.' The mail robot name is the email address that will generate the automatic response. You can specify an address that you want the original message forwarded to in the 'Send Copy To' field. Enter a topic for the message in the 'Subject' field and the automatic response in the text field. Click 'Add' to save the changes.
What is an Auto Responder?
An Auto Responder (Vacation) is simply a way for an e-mail account to automatically reply e-mails with a preformatted message that you set. For example, when you are out on vacation and people send you e-mail, you can let them know that you are not there. The system will receive the e-mail and answer with the message that you are out.
What is the difference between a Mail Robot and an Auto Responder?
A Mail Robot does not count as an additional Mail Account. You cannot check e-mail sent to a Mail Robot, nor can you set it up on an e-mail client (such as Outlook). The only purpose of a Mail Robot is to setup automatic replies and can do nothing more.
An Auto Responder (Vacation) is simply a feature that applies to real mail Mail Accounts. Therefore, you can check e-mail sent to to the account and it can be set up with e-mail clients like Outlook as well.
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