DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to verify that an email has been sent by an authorized server or individual. An e-signature is attached to the header of the message by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to verify who exactly sent it and whether its content has been changed in some way. The essential job of DKIM is to hamper the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not get the message at all, or you will get it with an alert that most likely it’s not genuine. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an extra protection layer when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you exchange are genuine and have not been tampered with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

If you order one of the Linux website hosting packages that we’re offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be activated as standard for any domain name that you register under your shard hosting account, so you won’t have to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX records (so that the email messages associated with this domain will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private cryptographic key will be issued straight away on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. All addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send out email messages such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will know that they are genuine, since the DKIM functionality makes it impossible for unsolicited parties to forge your addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All needed DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to use this type of hosting, you will not have to set up anything to be able to use the email validation system. The domain should use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed on our end and as long as this prerequisite is met, a private encryption key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the global DNS system 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 forge any address. Both you and your colleagues or clients can benefit from this option, since it will ensure a higher level of security for your electronic communication.