The bad news is that people expect prompt replies to their Email inquiries. However, unless you can figure out how to work continual twenty-four-hour shifts, or hire enough people to constantly monitor incoming emails (while they’re Eating up your revenue), you have a problem. The good news is an autoresponder is an inexpensive – or even free - Method of quickly responding to emails. What these programs do is automatically respond to incoming emails as soon as They are received.