How to Enable an Autoresponder/ Out of Office for Your Email Address

Please note that this only applies to Service Panel users who log in via service.byte.nl. We don’t offer email hosting for our international customers at the moment.

You can use an autoresponder when you are not available for a period of time, for example a vacation. An autoresponder will send an automatic message to whoever sends you an email with an automatic message you can compose yourself.

In this article, we explain how to enable an autoresponder for email addresses that you have created via the Service Panel.

Autoresponder at Hypernode

Hypernode has an autoresponder option for all your email addresses. As soon as email arrives for you on the Hypernode mailserver and you have enabled an autoresponder for that email address, the text you set will be sent to the sender address.

It may occur that an autoresponder sends a message to an address where another autoresponder also automatically replies to the email. To prevent a conflict between the two autoresponders, Hypernode’s autoresponder sends an email to the sender once every two days at most.

How to Enable an Autoresponder at Hypernode

You have to different options to create an autoresponder at Hypernode:

by using the autoresponder form (no Service Panel password needed)
in the Hypernode Service Panel

Use the Autoresponder Form

Got to the autoresponder page. You can enable an autoresponder by using this form. To do so fill in the following information:

For Mailboxfill in the name of your mailbox (e.g. abcde1234)
For Passwordfill in the password for this mailbox
Select the email address
Choose for either Aanzetten(to activate the autoresponder) or Uitzetten(to turn off the autoresponder)
Fill in the date on which the autoresponder should be activated in the entry field behind Start vanaf
Fill in the date on which the autoresponder should be turned off in the entry field behind Actief tot
You can create the subject line in the entry field behind Onderwerp
In the entry field for Berichtyou can set up the message for the autoresponder
Then click Stel into save the settings

Create the Autoresponder in the Service Panel

Log in to the Service Panel
Select the domain for which you want to enable the autoresponder
Go to ‘Instellingen’ and then ‘Email’
Click on the icon (arrow) for the autoresponder behind the email address for which you want to enable this
Click on the agenda next to Startdatum
Select a begin and an end date
You can create the subject line in the entry field behind Onderwerp
In the entry field for Berichtyou can set up the message for the autoresponder
Click on Activerento save the settings