• Software and data is held entirely on your own web site or server.
• No monthly fees, and no 3rd party ads or banners in any of your outgoing messages.
• Uses MySQL for data storage - gives super speed and reliability, and keeps data storage costs down.
• Optimized coding techniques reduce database access.
• Unique multi-task coding allows multiple broadcasts to be sent at the same time.
• Real-time, onscreen progress monitoring of current broadcasts.
• Background processing of some tasks (eg importing) allows you to continue working while the process continues.
• Background broadcast and follow-up processing means there is no need to remain online while your messages are being sent.
• Advanced Javascript menu system is on all screens and gives access to over 50 functions with one click.

Personalization and Message Content

• Over 70 tags for personalizing and adding dynamic content to your messages, subject lines, headers and footers.
• Create time-sensitive messages to incentivise your prospects to buy.
• Add any number of file attachments to follow-up or broadcast messages.
• Quick cloning of an autoresponder and all its follow-up messages.
• Easy importing of messages from one autoresponder to another.
• Check message length with a single click.
• Insert, for example, "Dear Whatever" when real data is not available.
• Create standard headers and footers that can be used for follow-up messages and broadcasts.
• Create and manage multiple signature files in a single location. All messages where they are used will automatically change when a signature is changed.
• Create your own dynamic data tags - easily add information (eg product price) to your messages that you can manage in one central location.

Permission-Based Opt-In Confirmation

• Request subscription confirmation from subscribers.
• The Habeas SWE™ Warrant Mark can help get your legitimate email through indiscriminate SPAM filters (requires Habeas license).
• IP address and subscription date/time recorded for all form-based subscriptions.
• Emailed subscriptions are retained for future reference.
• Subscribers can leave by clicking an "unsubscribe" link or emailing your autoresponder.

Data Security and Integrity

• Your data is held on your own web site or server giving full access when you need it.
• Automatic data backups can be scheduled or snapshots can be created whenever you need.
• Automatically or manually de-duplicate your subscriber list.
• Automatically manages bounced emails, while allowing for temporary delivery problems.
• Single-click removal of subscribers who have generated multiple bounce-backs and are flagged as failed..
• All backup data is held in a single standard MySQL file that can easily be restored on a different server.

Subscriber Management

• Automatically unsubscribes someone from one autoresponder when they subscribe to another.
• Your autoresponder list shows breakdown of subscriber status - active, failed, finished.
• Flexible options for managing a subscriber when they have finished their sequence - move to another, restart sequence etc.
• Subscribers can (optionally) request the next message in sequence without having to wait. It will be delivered instantly.
• Group editing allows many subscribers settings to be changed simultaneously.
• All "Group" tasks show the number of subscribers that will be affected.
• Store an unlimited number of single-line custom fields per subscriber.
• Custom field data can be read from your subscriber database and included in messages.
• Give your subscribers the option to self-edit their subscription details.
• Allow subscribers to manage all their subscriptions on one screen.
• Request feedback when someone chooses to unsubscribe.
• Optional confirmation of unsubscription - the subscribers has to click a confirmation button if they click an "unsubscribe" link in one of your messages.
• Quick-find facility to locate a subscriber with only part of their email address or name.
• Paste a list of email addresses to be removed.
• Importing and exporting of CSV text files makes AutoResponse Plus compatible with information held in most other software (eg Excel, Outlook).

Autoresponders

• Create and run an unlimited number of follow-up autoresponders.
• Add an unlimited number of messages to each autoresponder.
• Flexible message scheduling for creating immediate responses and follow-up campaigns that can last as long as you want.
• Support subscription by form or email, including "multiple choice" checkbox forms for accepting subscriptions to multiple lists at the same time.
• HTML for subscription forms is generated automatically. Simply copy and paste the code into your web page editing software.
• Popup preview for quick checking of your plain and HTML messages. Messages can be previewed before saving.
• Instant testing of your follow-up and broadcast messages without having to subscribe.
• Each autoresponder has its own "reply name" and "reply address".
• Autoresponder addresses are "whatever@yourdomain.com".
• Accept subscriptions to multiple autoresponders on one form.
• Many form fields can be set as mandatory.
• Use "dormant" status to put an autoresponder to sleep until you're ready to use it again. Existing subscribers will continue to receive their messages until the sequence is complete, but no new subscriptions will be accepted.
• Automatic capitalization of your subscriber's name when they complete your subscription form.
• Automatically splits your subscriber's name into first, middle and last names when they complete your subscription form.

Broadcast Messages

• Send any number of "one-off" messages to your subscribers.
• Broadcasts do not interfere with scheduled follow-ups.
• Broadcasts can be scheduled in advance for automatic sending.
• Cloning and editing of existing broadcasts - no need to re-create similar broadcasts from scratch.
• All your previous broadcasts are saved for later viewing or cloning.
• Broadcasts can be paused and unpaused during sending.

Track and Measure

• Track the source of your subscribers, and group them for easy management.
• Tracks exactly who opens your HTML messages, and how many. Single-click filtering allows you to select only those subscribers for further targeting.
• Track the clicks on embedded links. Single-click filtering lets you target those responsive subscribers.
• Automatically logs every follow-up and broadcast message that each subscriber has been sent.

Style and Customization

• Allow your subscriber to choose plain text or HTML email.
• Customization of your subscriber-facing web pages such as subscription confirmation pages.

RSS
The RSS features are only available if you buy the RSS Enabled version of AutoResponse Plus or upgrade to it.

• Deliver your follow-up and broadcast content by RSS feed.
• Avoids problems with SPAM filtering.
• Your RSS messages can be fully personalized.
• Popup preview of your RSS messages.
• Counting of RSS message delivery and open-rate.
• Single-click filtering on who opened an RSS follow-up or broadcast message.
• Logging for each subscribers of RSS messages sent to them.
• Automatic notification to you when someone subscribes to your RSS feed.
• Custom "subscribe success" pages for RSS subscribers.

Miscellaneous

• Optional CC and BCC of all follow-up and broadcast messages sent by the system.
• Optionally have the system email you when someone subscribes or unsubscribes.
• My Record stores information about your company that can easily be inserted into messages with simple tags.
• Integrates with other software by accepting "remote control" emails.
• Have your login details emailed to you if you have forgotten them.
• Real-time onscreen display of running background tasks.
• Built-in choker allows you to limit the number of emails that are sent at one time. Allows you to adhere to web host policies automatically.
• Mail test allows you to check the send speed of your server's email system.
• Intelligent monitoring of scheduled tasks such as follow-up mailings. Automatically recovers from server downtime with no user input.
• Easy integration with the FormMail form processing script.