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Through this blog, I will be posting articles on technology, mainly related to email processing.

Please keep your replies related to the topic. This blog will not be used to provide any support or individual tutorials.

We are working on new documentation for all of our software. The documentation will include:

• Requirements
• Pre-installation instructions
• Installation instructions
• Accessing the installed software
• Basic usage and tutorials

The first set of documentation is nearly complete for our upcoming release of PHPMailer-ML version 1.8.

The documentation is being setup as a "knowledgebase" and you can preview it at:

http://www.worxware.com/kb/

[update: feb 04 2010] The documentation site software is not flexible enough to provide an organized view of the documentation the way we want it. We are working on another software platform at:

http://www.worxware.com/kbn/

Enjoy!
Andy

PHPMailer-ML v1.8 will include some significant new features including an enhanced user interface, plus:

• Accordion for left column and right column of page design
• More help for Campaigns page
• Tooltips to display more Subscriber information
• Username/Password editor for .HTPASSWD file -- allows for multiple users (with only one full admin)
• Integrated QuickCSV
• New "modules" structure for future expansion of features
• Ability to track the opening of emails
• with basic statistics page showing who/when email was opened
  
• ... and lots more
  

It's clear that PHPMailer-ML is in the mainstream of Mailing List managers and Email campaign management. PHPMailer-ML is approaching 50,000 users and with the upcoming new features, PHPMailer-ML is expected to become the most popular mailing list software available.

Andy

We had originally planned to release a utility "create_dkim_keys.php" with the upcoming new version of PHPMailer (v5.1) and the new PHPMailer Lite.

We have had a change in this plan.

We will be offering a utility to:

• create DKIM private key
• create DKIM public key
• create DomainKey DNS resource record with instructions
• create PHPMailer code to DKIM digitally sign emails
• put all four files in a ZIP and give you the ability to download

The utility is up and running now at http://dkim.worxware.com/ ... have a read through the introduction information. Some very valuable information there.

Keep in mind this is a release candidate -- use judgement before implementing in a production environment.

Andy

We are working on a major release of PHPMailer, and a new PHPMailer Lite. Two major new features are coming.

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is now an adopted standard for Yahoo, Gmail, and AOL. To understand the impact of DKIM on getting into the inbox of your Yahoo, Gmail, AOL and other users, read through the DKIM FAQ.

Along with PHPMailer (and PHPMailer Lite) we will be providing a utility to:

• create DKIM Private key
• create DKIM Public key
• create DNS Resource Record entry
• create PHPMailer resource code for your scripts

The "Create DKIM Keys" utility will include a form to fill in your domain, email identity, DNS resource record selector, and passphrase for the DKIM keys.

The second major feature of PHPMailer is support for callback function. The results of each email send transaction will be passed to a callback function that you control entirely. The parameters passed include success flag, recipient, cc, bcc, subject, and email body. Based on receiving these parameters in your callback function, you can easily pass the results as an echo back to the screen, build CSV logs, update database records, etc. The possibilities are endless and provide you total control. Example callback functions will be included in the release. Think of it -- immediate feedback on sending status, plus all the information to update your databases.

Release date is fairly soon, anyone wanting to beta test prior to launch (with commitments to feedback in a timely manner) can contact me.

Andy