What software does my website require to create/respond with automated email responses?

Question

I am having a web designer put together a website for my company. It is a membership based site. I want to integrate an easy to use email response application that will generate email responses to everything from credit card purchases, to assigning tasks to subscribing members. My Web Dev person says that email2db (www.email2b.com) won't work. If this is true, is there an off the shelf system that we can integrate to auto generate emails from different triggering actions?

Thank you for you responses(s).

- Robert

Answer 1

If they are on a Microsoft server then:



http://www.systemnetmail.com/faq/4.2.aspx



although asking this question for a "programmer" sounds very odd. I'd suggest you review his/her qualifications before investing any money with them. Especially with a ecommerce site. Emailing a response both in PHP/ASP is very straight forward.

Answer 2

Do what I do.



Just use a SECURE script that sends different responses to postings from different forms, or different actions on your site. Also have it email you every time it is called, with details. And/or write details to a text file.



If you make it even more secure you can write the data to a database instead.



Custom problems are best solved with custom solutions.

Any real Web Dev person would consider it a simple task.



1script, many responses.

Answer 3

You might want to let us know what your server will run. If you're running PHP, it has a single line mail() command which will do basically what you want.

Answer 4

Ask your hosting company.