# Autoresponders

> Connect your email marketing tool so form submissions and leads flow straight into your lists.

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/project-settings/autoresponders/
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The **Autoresponders** tab connects your email marketing tool to your site. Once connected,
leads from your forms flow straight into your email lists — no manual export needed.

## Supported services

**API-key services:** Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, GetResponse, Kit (ConvertKit), HubSpot,
Brevo, Mailer Lite, SendGrid, Keap, Moosend, Sender, Sendlane, Ontraport.

**OAuth services** (connect by signing in): AWeber, Zoho, Constant Contact.

**Webhook:** Zapier — connect any other tool through a webhook URL.

## Connecting a service

1. Find the service card and click **Connect**.
2. Provide your credentials:
   - **API-key services** — paste your API key or token, then **Connect My Account**.
   - **OAuth services** — click **Get Code**, sign in at the provider, and paste the code back.
   - **Zapier** — paste your webhook URL and **Save Webhook**. Genesis sends a test payload so
     you can finish mapping fields in Zapier.
3. The card shows **Active** once connected.

Some services accept a few formats — for example, ActiveCampaign takes either your full API
URL or just your account name; Genesis normalizes it for you.

**Zoho** form actions can pick your **custom tags** — or create a new tag on the spot, without
leaving Genesis.

## Managing a connection

- **Edit** — update credentials.
- **Remove** — disconnect the service (a confirmation dialog appears first).
- **Pause / resume** — temporarily stop sending leads (DRAFT) without fully disconnecting,
  then switch back to ACTIVE later.

:::tip
Connect your autoresponder *before* you publish lead-capture forms, so you never miss a
submission while you're getting set up.
:::

## Or keep the email here

Connecting a service is one of three ways to handle email. You don't have to route leads
elsewhere at all:

| | What happens to your list | Good when |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Connect** (this page) | Stays in the other tool, new leads flow to it | Your marketing already runs there and works |
| **[Send natively](/email/)** | Lives in the Estage CRM | You're starting fresh, or want the list, the sending and the results in one place |
| **[Import](/crm/settings/#import-from-an-autoresponder)** | Moves across — fields, tags, lists, templates and contacts | You're leaving the other tool |

The three aren't exclusive. A common path is to connect first so nothing is lost, then import
when you're ready to move, then turn the connector off.