How to create an autoresponder?

Autoresponder is built to automate your newsletter, if you ever wanted to send a greeting message on your subscriber's birthday or a warm welcome message when they join your newsletter, you should try out our autoresponder feature. 

In this article, you'll learn how to create an autoresponder.

Important

• When autoresponder pauses after publish, no email will be sent out during this period of time.
• After you resume the autoresponder, email that has passed the scheduled date/time will be skipped, subscriber will continue to receive the email based on the Day they are in.

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About autoresponder triggers

There are two autoresponder triggers in Enginemailer:

• Subcategory - Autoresponder that run when you add specific subcategory to a contact. It can be triggered using API, add manually, import or form submission.
• Birthday - Autoresponder that sends based on the data of birthday field.

Create autoresponder

To create a new autoresponder, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Autoresponder tab.
2. Click Create Autoresponder button to begin.
3. Enter an autoresponder name, select a trigger. If you choose subcategory, select a subcategory in the dropdown.
4. Once complete, click Next.
5. Enter a day in the calendar. If you want to trigger the email on the same day, enter 0.
6. If your trigger is Birthday, you can choose day before / day after. To send 1 month before the birthday, enter 30 day, then choose Before.
   
7. Click the Create button under Email sequences on this day to create the first email.
8. On the email setup screen, input the template name, what time should the email be sent?, sender's name, sender's email, subject and preview text (optional).
9. Click Create button under design your template to design your email. 
10. On template step, choose your template. 
11. On content step, design your template.
12. Click Next to return to the autoresponder.
13. You can add more emails (max 5) on this day, otherwise add more day by clicking on + Add a Day button.
14. You may Save the autoresponder at any point of time, and publish it when you are ready.