Autoresponder - Sometimes known as a mailbot, an autoresponder is an automated email reply system that responds to incoming email

Autoresponder - Sometimes known as a mailbot, an autoresponder is an automated email reply system that responds to incoming email. While a common use is to inform senders that the receiver is out of the office at that time and when they will return, autorespond-emails are also useful as sales tools when used in response to sales orders. For example, an autore-spond-email confirming a flight or holiday booking could include details of a special offer on airport car-parking. However, out of office-type autorespond messages do have a drawback. Should a spam message receive a reply from an autoresponder it is telling the spammer that the email account is live, and so they will target the address with even more spam messages.