DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to certify that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated individual or email server. A digital signature is attached to the email message’s header by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to check who exactly sent it and whether the content has been changed in some way. The primary purpose of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to avert the widely spread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not get the email at all, or you will get it with a warning note that most probably it’s not a genuine one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an added layer of protection when you communicate with your business associates, for example, since they can see for themselves that all the e-mail messages that you send are genuine and haven’t been modified in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

If you host a domain name in a website hosting account from our company, all the needed records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be added by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, provided that your domain also uses our NS resource records. A private encryption key will be generated on our mail servers, while a public key will be added to the DNS system automatically using the TXT resource record. Thus, you will not have to do anything manually and you will be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this validation system – your messages will reach any target audience without being denied and nobody will be able to send out messages faking your addresses. The latter is rather important in case the type of your worldwide web presence suggests sending periodic newsletters or offers via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All necessary DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to buy a semi-dedicated plan, you won’t need to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email validation system. The domain should use our name servers in order for its DNS records to be managed by us and provided that this precondition is met, a private encryption key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the Domain Name System by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you create using the domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any address. Both you and your colleagues or clients can benefit from this service, since it will guarantee a much higher level of protection for your e-correspondence.