The autoresponder in your email program is ideal for short-term responses, such as when you will be out of the office for a day or are going on vacation. If you need a long-term solution, using the autoresponse feature from your web host will be more useful. For instance, many web providers use something called a catchall email address, which is used whenever someone sends an email to that domain that does not match any of their users. For instance, if someone emailed Random_Person@learnthenet.com, that would get sent to our catchall address, because we don’t have anyone here named Random_Person. We can then use an autoresponder to send a message back saying the address was not recognized. That way, if you misspell someone’s address, you’ll know it didn’t get through and can double-check your spelling.