# autoresponder.exe: Mail Autoresponders

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