A. When creating an email account do not include the @ or the information after it. For example, if your site is mydomain.com and the email you are trying to create is test@mydomain.com, then in the form to create an email enter test as the email and NOT test@mydomain.com.
A. It's possible to use a separate SMTP server, but the email accounts for members won't work. This won't prevent anything from function (like notifications), just they will no longer have their own email account.
A. Create a new message to use as your autoresponder template
Click the Office button --> save as
Select Outlook Template under Save as type
Select Tools>> Rules and Alerts... from the menu in the Outlook window.
Click New Rule...
Choose check messages when they arrive
Check Where my name is in the To box under Select condition(s), and click Next.
Check reply using a specific template under Select action(s), and Click on a specific template under Edit the rule description.
Select User Templates in File System under Look In:, select the template that created before and click Open. Click Next.
Check Except if it is an Out of Office message under Select exception(s), and click Next.
Type a name for your auto reply rule under Specify a name for this rule, and click Finish.
