This post is kind of basic, but i am posting it anyway cos many people are going wrong on this. Some people think Auto responders are a piece of software for loading email addresses into so you can then blast thousands upon thousands of people your message and promote your business. Nothing could be further from the truth. What they are intended for, and should only be used for, is when people fill out an optin form on a web page. This means they are giving you permission to send them information about something. it is not a good idea to import subscribers into an auto responder! let them opt in. The auto responders is great cos it dose most of the work for you. So you don't need to manually email your new subscribers cos The auto responder does all the hard work for you. It will follow up and do the selling for you while you sleep. An auto responder is a tool that you can have up to several hundred pre-written messages stored to be delivered at pre-determined intervals. When someone opts into your list, usually they will receive a message immediately, then several more a day or two apart and gradually the messages will get further apart up until they are around 1 week between mailings. You will then be able to follow up with broadcast messages every time you have a special offer for your list or some content to pass on. The sole purpose is to create and maintain interest in your prospect and sometimes they are used for training purposes for your group like we have set up for our system.