An ‘autoresponder’ will send a response back to anybody who emails that specific address. This feature is often used as an ‘out of office’ reply, or more creatively to for example send out automated sales information.
If you still want to receive a copy of the incoming email in addition to sending the automated response, be sure to use an email address which is already configured as an ’email account’ or ‘Forwarder’ within your cPanel.
If you simply want to send an automated reply without ever reading what has been sent to this address, use an email address which is not configured as one of your existing email accounts or Forwarders. Do bear in mind that doing so means you’ll never see any email that was sent to this address.
Email Forwarders
Email forwarding is a feature that forwards email sent to a specific address on your domain through to any other email address.
A common use of email forwarding comes when a business requires copies of incoming sales email be sent to all of their sales staff.
To forward incoming email through to any other email address, click the “Forwarders” icon within your cPanel. From this screen, click “Add Forwarder” and add a) the address you’d like to forward mail for, and b) the address the email is to go to.