DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to check that an e-mail has been sent by an authorized person or email server. An electronic signature is added to the email’s header using a private encryption key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to verify who actually sent it and whether its content has been modified in some way. The primary task of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to prevent the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank, for example, but the signature doesn’t match, you will either not get the email message at all, or you will receive it with a warning that most likely it’s not a legitimate one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an added layer of safety when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see that all the messages that you send are genuine and haven’t been meddled with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

In case you host a domain name in a shared hosting account with our company, all the obligatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be added by default. This will happen once you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, provided that your domain also uses our NS records. A private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers, while a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System automatically using the TXT resource record. Thus, you won’t need to do anything manually and you will be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your emails will be delivered to any target audience without being denied and no one will be able to send emails forging your addresses. The latter is rather important in case the type of your Internet presence involves sending regular offers or newsletters via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All necessary DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so in case you decide to order a semi-dedicated hosting package, you will not have to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed by our company and provided that this precondition is satisfied, a private key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be sent to the global DNS system by a special TXT resource record. All addresses that you set up with the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to spoof any address. Both you and your colleagues or customers can take advantage of this functionality, since it will guarantee a higher safety level for your electronic communication.