DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to verify that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated person or server. A digital signature is attached to the email’s header using a private encryption key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to verify who exactly sent it and whether its content has been modified in some way. The essential job of DKIM is to prevent the widespread spam and scam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge 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 notification that most probably it is not a genuine one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an extra security layer when you communicate with your business associates, for example, since they can see that all the emails that you send are legitimate and have not been manipulated in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
If you order one of the Linux shared hosting that we’re offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be activated by default for any domain that you add to your shared account, so you will not need to create any records or to do anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS resource records (so that the emails associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud platform), a private encryption key will be generated instantaneously on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the DNS database. All addresses created with this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send email messages such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the receivers will know that the messages are genuine, as the DKIM functionality makes it impossible for unsolicited persons to forge your addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
All obligatory 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 in case you choose to buy a semi-dedicated hosting package, you won’t have to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email validation system. The domain name must use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by our company and provided that this condition is satisfied, a private key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be added to the global DNS database by a special TXT record. All addresses that you create using the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to fake any email address. Both you and your colleagues or customers can take advantage of this feature, since it will guarantee a much higher protection level for your electronic correspondence.