Autoresponders with flow based triggers

[nickjj]

Hi,

Do you have any intentions on adding in autoresponders?

This would be sending out automated messages based on XYZ triggers. These triggers could be anything from "1 day after someone signs up" to "after someone gets unsubscribed from XYZ list". Basically they are conditions in which, when met, an email would be sent out.

ConvertKit and GetDrip does this really well by having actual flow charts that you can set up graphically. The have a ton of different triggers too (if you're looking for examples).

The use case is wanting to send out 1 or more emails based on 1 or more conditions.

For example, let's say you want to set up a 5 day email course. You would want to set up triggers so that new subscribers get their own individual emails sent on a schedule (1 new email every +1 day).

Another common use case would be wanting to send out let's say your best 10 newsletters to all new subscribers as they join. This allows them to receive previous content, because campaigns are only sent out at the current time, so people who sign up after a campaign never see it.

[karuppiah7890]

I think you mixed up the feature of

1. autoresponding to received mails
2. auto sending mails / scheduling mails to send later, based on some triggers

And what you mentioned, it is quite some complex feature but sounds nice. But first, we are yet to work on inbound mails as mentioned here : https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/mail-for-good/blob/master/docs/planned_features.md#planned-features , after that, we can work on auto responding and the other trigger based email sending 😄

[nickjj]

"Autoresponder" is a general term used in the email marketing industry to describe the act of sending out automated emails (typically in a sequence). Funnily enough it has nothing to do with responding to someone who emails you in this context.

It's really aimed at sending out emails automatically based on triggers/rules.

[karuppiah7890]

Ah, okay