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Going on Vacation - Setting a Mail Auto Responder

If you are going to be away from your mail for a period of time it is possible to set up an email auto responder. This will allow you to inform people trying to email you that you will be out of contact for a period of time. You can write a custom message that can give the person emailing you information about who to contact in your place.

Follow these simply steps to set up your Axiom WebWorks mail account to respond to you mail when you can't.

Step 1:

Type in the domain name of your site followed by "/user" hit enter.  See the example above. This will take you to the user administration login page.

Step 2:

Enter the name of the email account you want to set up. In the example above you can see the login for the mail account admin@axiomwebworks.com In the password field enter the password associated with the email address you are setting the responder for. Press the login button.

Step 3:

When you login you will see a control panel like the figure above. Choose the Responders option indicated with the red arrow.

Step 4:

Choose the Vacation Message from the options available under Responders. Indicated with the red arrow.

Step 5:

Click on the Edit button to edit the Vacation Message. Indicated with the red arrow.

Step 5:

• Check the Enable Vacation Message box as indicated by "A" above.
• Change the Precedence: to normal by tying the word normal over the existing text. as indicated by "B" above.
• Type the message you wish to have sent to incoming mail in the rest of the text area. Notice that the "$SUBJECT" is a variable that will fill in the subject line from the incoming mail. When you are happy with the message click the save button as indicated by "C".

Don't forget to disable the responder once you are available again. You can disable the responder by unclicking the box indicated by "A" above.