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Last updated 11/08/06

How to Create an Auto Response for a FrontPage Form

Note: This can only be done if you have 1) a Plan 1 or above, and 2) access to your E-mail Web Interface.

An auto response to a FrontPage form is used when you want the person who submits your form to receive an automatic reply with a pre-fabricated message.  To create an auto response for one of your e-mail accounts:

1. Create an Auto Response E-mail Account.
2. Create your FrontPage form.
3. Within your form, create a one line text box to collect the e-mail address of the person submitting the form.  Name this field email (or any other name you desire). To name the field, right mouse click on the text box, select Form Field Properties from the drop-down menu, then type the name in the Name box - click OK to close the Form Field Properties window.
4. Right mouse click on the form itself and select Form Properties from the drop down menu.
5. In the Where to Store Results section, type the e-mail address you created the auto response for in the E-Mail Address field.  Do not click OK yet.
6. Click on the Options button in the lower left of the Form Properties box.
7. Click the Email Results tab.
8. At the bottom of the window, type the subject line of your automated message in the Subject Line field.
9. In the Reply-to line, type the name of the e-mail field you created in your form (email, or whatever else you named it).
10. Click OK, then OK again to close the window.
11. Save your file, and publish your web.
12. Test.