Auto response or Auto reply is a program that automatically answers to incoming messages. If you are doing business, you know sometimes quick response need for some emails. This feature would help to respond any urgent email when you are not at your office or at a vacation. Whenever somebody emails you, you can reply him with pre defined message by using auto responder. It is also used as an email marketing tool. The classic example of an auto-responder email is email delivery failure report "Your e mail could not be delivered".
If you are using Gmail account, you can simply set an auto responder by follow the below steps.
1. Login to your Gmail account and go to the settings by click on the gear icon on the right top menu.
2. Turn on “Vacation responder “under General tab and set the first and the end date, write the proper subject and the message for auto response
Optional: Tick the check box of "only send a response to people in my contacts” .
3. Click on the "Save changes" button.
That’s it, you are done!!!