| Word |
Description |
| Account |
- a set of campaigns that you access by using the login details that were emailed to your after your sign-up |
| Active Subscribers |
- subscribers that are receiving your follow-up messages |
| Attachment |
- files that you attach to your messages to have them delivered to your subscribers. To assure AAutoResponder's premium deliverability standards, we have set the maximum file size of 400KB. Emails with larger attachments may not reach your recipients due to ESPs restrictions, or mailbox size limitations. |
| Automation |
- auto-tasks that allow you to keep your campaigns and subscriber lists well organized |
| Autoresponder |
- an autoresponder is a computer program that automatically answers e-mail sent to it. They can be very simple or quite complex.
The first autoresponders were created within mail transfer agents that found they could not deliver an e-mail to a given address. These create bounce messages such as "your e-mail could not be delivered because..." type responses. Today's autoresponders need to be careful to not generate e-mail backscatter, which can result in the autoresponses being considered E-mail spam.
Autoresponders are often used as e-mail marketing tools, to immediately provide information to their prospective customers and then follow-up with them at preset time intervals.
Such follow-up autoresponders can be divided into two categories:
* Outsourced ASP model — these autoresponders operate on the provider's infrastructure and are usually configurable via a web-based control panel. The customer pays a monthly usage fee. This is easiest to implement for the end-user. Examples of outsourced or hosted Autoresponders include AAutoResponder.com, GetResponse and Aweber
* Server-side — enables users to install the autoresponder system on their own server. This requires technical skills. Examples of server-side Autoresponders would include AutoResponse Plus and List Mail Pro
Autoresponders are also incorporated into electronic mailing list software, to confirm subscriptions, unsubscriptions, posts, and other list activities. |
