Have you ever dealt with DKIM verification on email with PHPMailer?

1/10/2023 1:36 pm | #1 lr_leal239405

Have you ever dealt with DKIM verification on email with PHPMailer? If so, I need to implement on my php page but not sure how to do it after looking online. Let me know if it's something you've done before. Thanks.

1/10/2023 2:34 pm | #3 lr_leal239405

It's for an Auto Reply with no real acct named autoreply@. So DKIM authentication is working on emails sent directly from email. I did set it up on DNS records some time ago. However, I saw online an example somebody gave that was added to the PHPMailer code that looked like this. I was thinking it's probably something you've used in the past.

$mail->DKIM_domain = ‘mywebsite.com’;
$mail->DKIM_private = dirname(__FILE__).’/key.private’; // Make sure to protect the key from being publicly accessible!
$mail->DKIM_selector = ‘selector1-mywebsite-com._domainkey.mywebsite.onmicrosoft.com’;
$mail->DKIM_passphrase = "";
$mail->DKIM_identity = 'noreply@mywebsite.com';

1/10/2023 3:00 pm | #4 Ray BorduinWebAssist

You can add it manually to the webassist code as long as you know the values to add.

The syntax is:

$WA_Emal->Mailer->DKIM_domain = ‘mywebsite.com’;
$WA_Emal->Mailer->DKIM_private = dirname(__FILE__).’/key.private’; // Make sure to protect the key from being publicly accessible!
$WA_Emal->Mailer->DKIM_selector = ‘selector1-mywebsite-com._domainkey.mywebsite.onmicrosoft.com’;
$WA_Emal->Mailer->DKIM_passphrase = "";
$WA_Emal->Mailer->DKIM_identity = 'noreply@mywebsite.com';

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1/10/2023 6:02 pm | #5 lr_leal239405

The Authenticated SMTP is already on. However, people get it in Spam folder, or Never receive it. Probably cause it's filtered out as Spam by their servers. So Authenticating with DKIM is another step to prevent this.

1/11/2023 9:57 am | #6 Ray BorduinWebAssist

Authenticated SMTP should be adding DKIM automatically as long as you have the DNS records in place. Have you tried using: https://www.mail-tester.com/

You can send them an email from your system and they can tell you what is wrong and how to fix it if you are getting spam blocked.

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1/11/2023 1:49 pm | #7 lr_leal239405

I'm not sure I understand it all. However, I did manage to get the DKIM Signature to appear (correctly). I am not sure whether it needed isSMTP() but I added that line. It still says dkim=fail (signature syntax error), but maybe they're not going to clients' spam. I'm still trying to resolve that. But, now I'm more worried about the PHP Mail function I used for other auto emails sent. Maybe they are all going to clients' spam folders so many are never been read. Do you think it's a bad idea to use PHP Mail function? It's usually for small reminders to clients, not any bulk emails.

(I did try a different tester but not the one you suggested yet)

1/11/2023 1:54 pm | #8 Ray BorduinWebAssist

PHPMailer function is pretty much an industry standard. It isn't the problem. Your DNS settings, Reverse DNS settings, SPF Record, and DKIM settings may be issues, but that has nothing to do with php mailer. I'd suggest using the service I recommended above, they not only point out issues, bu they also give detailed instructions on how to fix them.

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1/11/2023 1:59 pm | #9 lr_leal239405

Thanks for the advise. I'll try it out. But I was asking about the PHP mail() type (vs. phpmailer). The syntax looks something like the below.

I'm worried about having to change from that to using phpmailer instead.

$from = "noreply@mywebsite.com";
$to = "$OrderEmail";

$subject = 'blahblah';

$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: '. $from ."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$from."\r\n" .
'CC: somebody@somewebsite.com'."\r\n" .
'BCC: somebody@somewebsite.com."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
$message = '<html><body>';

(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers));

etc.

1/11/2023 2:19 pm | #10 Ray BorduinWebAssist

If you use type="mail" in php mailer, that is the code it writes for you, but it makes it easier to add attachments, DKIM, html and plain text versions, and others. There is no difference other than php mailer does it better.

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Have you ever dealt with DKIM verification on email with PHPMailer?

1/10/2023 1:36 pm | #1 lr_leal239405