Autoresponders

This is a sample admin message you can send to all members of your community.

Hello $groupname members,

(This message has been sent to all members.)

Please don't use auto-responders to reply to posts.

An auto-responder is when an email program automatically replies to messages that meet certain criteria, using a pre-set inbox rule.

As part of our fight against spam, any member found to be sending auto-responses to posts, or sending bulk emails to the community, is likely to be removed.

We also enforce this to keep communities local, rather than swamped by, for example, national car breakers who set an auto-responder to reply to every offer of a car, or laptop vendors who auto-reply to every Wanted for a laptop with adverts.

If you want something, please have the courtesy to reply personally to the person making the offer - you're also more likely to be considered if your reply is personal rather than automated.

If you receive replies to your offers that you think may be auto-responses, please let the volunteer team know: forward some examples and tell us who sent them.

If you use a 'holiday' or 'out of office' auto-reply on your own email address, please remember to set your Freegle email settings to 'no email' or 'pause' while you're away, otherwise you may get unfairly flagged as a spammer.

Thank you,

$groupname volunteers

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