Autoresponder help

[andrewp]

Could anybody please recommend any good autoresponders for e-mails? I want to have my website setup so when a form is sent to me an autoresponse message is automatically sent to say it has been received.

Cheers in advance!

[cimmeron]

actually, depending on how you coded the form processing, you can set it up to do that without needing an outside program. If I'm understanding your questions, that is

you want a visitor to enter his/her information and then once they click submit, they get an auto email thanking them?

[andrewp]

Yes thats correct, I have been searching for some sort of code to do it but when i have searched i've just found a lot of websites promoting autoresponder software.

[cimmeron]

what language are you using? PHP, ASP?

[JamieJelly]

If you are using PHP, this is pretty easy.

PHP Code:

// code to deal with form
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];


// send email to webmaster with form details
// email headers
    $headers .= "From: From Name<fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Sender: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer
    $headers .= "Return-Path: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n"; // Return path for errors
    
    $subject = "New message from website"; 
    
    $message = "
The message here
";
    
mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-fbounce@domain.com");
    

// send autoresponse to enquirer
// email headers
    $headers .= "From: From Name<fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Sender: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer
    $headers .= "Return-Path: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n"; // Return path for errors
    
    $subject = "Thank you for your enquiry"; 
    
    $message = "
The message here
";
    
mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-fbounce@domain.com"); 


[cimmeron]

there you go. I guess I coulda just posted that too, but I didn't.....

[andrewp]

Thanks, i will give that a try

[Aritrim]

Andrew look for a "smtp script with php". There should be a lot that are free available. I did use the mail() function for a lot of forms, but smtp is just more reliable.

[vckc4ever]

Hi,

There are a few autoresponders in the market..

www.freeautobot.com
www.aweber.com
www.getresponse.com

and i think you can get a lot more in the market.

free one, you can test and try out freeautobot. otherwise if you want a more powerful, you can get the paid version.

Cheers !
Vince

[Tinien]

Originally Posted by JamieJelly

If you are using PHP, this is pretty easy.

PHP Code:

// code to deal with form
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];


// send email to webmaster with form details
// email headers
    $headers .= "From: From Name<fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Sender: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer
    $headers .= "Return-Path: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n"; // Return path for errors
    
    $subject = "New message from website"; 
    
    $message = "
The message here
";
    
mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-fbounce@domain.com");
    

// send autoresponse to enquirer
// email headers
    $headers .= "From: From Name<fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Sender: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n";
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP\n"; // mailer
    $headers .= "Return-Path: <fromaddress@domain.com>\n"; // Return path for errors
    
    $subject = "Thank you for your enquiry"; 
    
    $message = "
The message here
";
    
mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers, "-fbounce@domain.com"); 


Many thanks

[JohnKhoo]

Originally Posted by andrewp

Could anybody please recommend any good autoresponders for e-mails? I want to have my website setup so when a form is sent to me an autoresponse message is automatically sent to say it has been received.

Cheers in advance!

Although i have been very late to reply this post. I hope this will benefit new viewers.

Normally when we talked about autoresponders. Only two companies that come across my mind (i guess majority people who know what is autoresponder also think it this way) are Aweber and GetResponse. They are the popular one and many major players out there on the internet use them too. If you really want to find out what are the difference between them. Please feel free to visit my blog at johnkhoo.com and look for category "Autoresponder". You will find a post "Aweber VS GetResponser, Which One Will You Choose?". This post will help you judge on which autoresponder is suitable for you. Hope this will help and good luck.

[nicesurf]

You can get it here hxxp://infinite.ibasics.biz/index.php#download

It's free

[farotto]

Aweber and Getresponse dominate the market, and they offer a top quality service.

If you're searching for a free service, thogh:
1) use the php code given in this thread
2) try freeautobot (yeah, it's free, but you get ads in the mails yous end out which make them look quite unprofessional)
3) try http://www.jv-marketers.com/, it offers a better service than autobot, but it's limited to two followup series I think, no ads
4) try http://blogautoposter.free.fr/ar, no ads, up to 5 followup series and 250 subscribers