DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to certify that an email has been sent by an authenticated individual or server. A digital signature is added to the message’s header using a private encryption key. When the email message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who actually sent it and if the content has been changed in any way. The fundamental function of DKIM is to block the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the email at all, or you will receive it with a warning notification that most probably it is not a legitimate one. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an added security layer when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the e-mail messages that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been modified in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Website Hosting

In case you host a domain in a shared website hosting account from our company, all the obligatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be added by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, as long as it also uses our NS records. A private encryption key will be created on our email servers, while a public key will be sent to the DNS database automatically by using the TXT record. In this way, you will not need to do anything manually and you’ll be able to make use of all the benefits of this authentication system – your emails will be sent to any audience without being disallowed and nobody will be able to send out messages forging your addresses. The latter is very important if the nature of your web presence suggests sending out periodic newsletters or offers via email to prospective and existing customers.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All required DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to order a semi-dedicated hosting package, you won’t have to set up anything to be able to use the email authentication system. The domain should use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed by us and as long as this prerequisite is matched, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS system by a special TXT resource record. All addresses that you create with the domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to forge any address. Both you and your colleagues or customers can take advantage of this feature, as it will ensure a much higher level of protection for your electronic communication.