Improper Uses of Autoresponders
Autoresponders are wonderful! They can be used for a variety of things, but there are several ways that autoresponders should not be used. Using autoresponders in improper ways will make things a bit more difficult for other people, and it could make things really bad for you!
Having one autoresponder respond to another autoresponder creates chaos, and in some cases, it can overload servers. This happens when you sign up for something, using your autoresponder email address. You sign up, and a message is sent to someone else's autoresponder, which responds to your autoresponder, which responds to that autoresponder and this continues on and on until it is manually stopped and straightened out.
Some people use their
autoresponder address on purpose
when they sign up for discussion
lists. In
effect, this causes an their
autoresponder message to be sent
to the entire list, or to one
person on the
list, each time a person sends a
real message to the discussion
list. Needless to say, discussion
list
members and owners frown on this
practice, and the autoresponder
owner gets banned.
Avoid these problems and use your autoresponder in ways that it was meant to be used. Do not use the autoresponder irresponsibly! Not only will you create problems for others, but you may find that you get reported for spam!
