PHPlist: No Domainkey Verification?

[wise-cl4im3r]

Hi all

I've recently installed PHPlist, everything appears to function correctly.

I've also added "domain key verification" and "SPF" to my DNS function through WHM.. and enabled both within Cpanel's "email authentication" section.

When i send an Email using cpanel's "Horde", the domain key get's verified and shows up in the header of the email.

When i send an Email with PHPlist, there is no domain key verification at all.

1. I didn't install phplist using fantastico, simply because I can't see fantastico on my cpanel server. Could this be where the problem lies? (I installed PHPlist the regular way)
or..
2. Is it just the case, that PHPlist in general doesn't support domain keys?

3.Most importantly, is there a manual way to enable domain key verification in PHPlist?

So many people use PHPlist, there must be a manual fix to this?

Thnx for your time guys =)

[NickJ]

Hello,

By default the phplist uses phpmail function to send emails and hence the emails would be send from username@hostname.com if the php is configured with suexec else from nobody@hostname.com and hence the verification fail.
You can configure your phplist to use SMTP authentication which will help you to overcome this problem.

Regards,
Nick J.

[wise-cl4im3r]

Thanks Nick, Do you know of any tutorials which could help me configure phplist to use SMTP authentication?

This is all very new to me.

Thnx again

[NickJ]

Hello,

You can check it under the phplist configuration --> Mailer section.
Please refer the URL for PhpListConfiguration

Regards,
Nick J.

[wise-cl4im3r]

Ok, basically i've set up my phplist configuration for smtp as follows..

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# If you want to use the PHPMailer class from phpmailer.sourceforge.net, set the following
# to 1. If you tend to send out html emails, it is recommended to do so.
define("PHPMAILER",1);

# To use a SMTP please give your server hostname here, leave it blank to use the standard
# PHP mail() command.
define("PHPMAILERHOST",'mail.mydomain.co.uk');

# if you want to use smtp authentication when sending the email uncomment the following
# two lines and set the username and password to be the correct ones
$phpmailer_smtpuser = 'user@mydomain.co.uk';
$phpmailer_smtppassword = 'mypassword';
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Unfortunately, now when i send a test email, it say's
"Sent test mail to: user@hotmail.co.uk failed"

Note: When i change the "PHPMAILER" setting to 0, the email goes through, but with no domain key signature in the header, So i can only assume i shouldnt change that setting.
Also to verify i shouldnt change it..
Every tutorial i've found, for smtp authentication.. they keep "PHPMAILER" set to 1.


So now i'm completely baffled as to why after adding smtp details, my emails fail.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Thnx again

[NickJ]

Hello,

I would request you to email us at support@eukhost.com with exact URl for your phplist's Admin panel, along with the admin login details. We will investigate it for you.

Regards,
Nick J.

[wise-cl4im3r]

Thnx again Nick for solving the problem.

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For anyone else reading..

1. It was either the fault of a DNS issue. My reverse DNS was not pointing to my domain.

or most likely..

2. the SMTP_user was misconfigured under the phplist config file

Best to contact your host support if your completely at a loss, like i was.