Some marketers continue to recommend MailChimp saying it has a free autoresponder, but these people have obviously never used the service and are spewing bad information obtained from who knows where.

MailChimp does not have a free autoresponder.

MailChimp does offer a limited, free service where emails can be sent, but the autoresponder option is not included.

To use the MailChimp autoresponder service you must pay a monthly fee.

In any event,...