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The `autoresponder.exe` utility is used to manage mail autoresponders. By using this utility, you can perform the following tasks: - creating/deleting autoresponders - enabling/disabling autoresponders - editing autoresponder settings - managing autoresponder attachment files - managing automatic reply message parameters

## Location `%plesk_cli%`

## Usage

autoresponder.exe <command> <e-mail address> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

## Example The following command creates and enables autoresponder named *AutoReply* for Plesk mail account *JDoe@example.com*, sets the text to *“Thank you for your inquiry. The application form is attached.”* and the subject line to *“application form”* for the automatic reply message, attached to the message file `applicationform.txt` from the file system.

plesk bin autoresponder.exe --update -mail JDoe@example.com -status true -attach add:"applicationform.txt" -subject "application form" -text "Thank you for your inquiry. The application form is attached."

## Commands

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
--update or -u		Changes autoresponder settings. Requires -mail option.	To reply to mail messages received by JohnDoe@example.com using autoresponder with the Automatic Reply Message subject: plesk bin autoresponder.exe --update -mail JDoe@example.com -subject "An autoreply message" or plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -subject "Automatic Reply Message"
--info or -i		Displays information about a mail autoresponder. Requires -mail option.	To view information about autoresponder for the mail account JDoe@example.com: plesk bin autoresponder.exe --info -mail JDoe@example.com or plesk bin autoresponder.exe -i -mail JDoe@example.com
--help or -h		Displays help on the utility usage.	To view help on the use of the autoresponder utility: plesk bin autoresponder.exe --help or plesk bin autoresponder.exe -h

## Options

Option	Parameter	Description	Example
-mail	<email>	Specifies a mail account for which an autoresponder is created. Required with --update and --info commands.	To create mail autoresponder for JDoe@example.com: autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -status true
-status	true|false	Enables/Disables an autoresponder. Is false by default.	To enable autoresponder for JDoe@example.com: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -status true
subject	<string>	Specifies the subject line of the automatic reply message for an autoresponder. Is Re:<incoming_message_subject> by default.	To reply to mail messages received by JohnDoe@example.com using autoresponder with the Help information subject: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -subject "Help information"
-text	<string>	Specifies autoresponder’s automatic reply message body text.	To set the automatic reply message body text for the autoresponder for JDoe@example.com to “Thank you for your inquiry.”: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -text "Thank you for your inquiry."
-redirect	<email>	Specifies an e-mail address to which incoming mail will be forwarded.	To forward all incoming mail for autoresponder associated with JohnDoe@example.com to help@example.com: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -redirect help@example.com
-format	plain|html	Specifies the format of an autoresponder’s automatic reply message.	To send automatic reply messages in the HTML format by using autoresponder for JDoe@example.com: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -format html
-charset	<string>	Specifies the charset used to encode autoresponder’s automatic reply messages.	To use the UTF-8 charset to encode automatic reply messages of the autoresponder for JDoe@example.com: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -charset UTF-8
-attach	add|del:<file_name>[,<file_name_1>,...,<file name_N>]	Adds/Removes attached files to/from autoresponder’s automatic reply message. Used with the --create and --update commands only.	To add files sampleschedule.txt and applicationform.txt from the file system to the autoresponder for JDoe@example.com: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -attach add:sampleschedule.txt,applicationform.txt
-frq	<number>	Specifies the maximum number of automatic responses to a unique email address per day.	To send no more than 5 emails in a day in response to all emails sent to JDoe@example.com from any unique email address: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -frq 5
-end-date	off|<YYYY-MM-DD>	Specifies the autoresponder end date.	To set the end date of the autoresponder for the JDoe@example.com mail account to December 31st, 2015: plesk bin autoresponder.exe -u -mail JDoe@example.com -end-date 2015-12-31