DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to certify that an email message has been sent by an authorized mail server or person. An electronic signature is attached to the header of the message using a private cryptographic 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 whether its content has been edited in some way. The essential purpose of DKIM is to stop the widespread scam and spam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not get the email at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning alert that most probably it’s not a legitimate one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an additional layer of security when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, since they can see that all the e-mail messages that you exchange are legitimate and have not been manipulated on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is enabled by default for all domain names that are hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything on your end to turn it on. The only condition is that the given domain name should be hosted in a web hosting account on our platform using our MX and NS resource records, so that the emails will go through our email servers. The private cryptographic key will be created on the server and the TXT resource record, which contains the public key, will be published to the global DNS system automatically, so you will not need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email authentication system will enable you to send credible email messages, so if you are sending offers or a newsletter to clients, for instance, your email messages will always reach their target destination, while unauthorized 3rd parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is offered by default with any domain name that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. The domain should also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are managed by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be set up, which is actually the public encryption key that verifies if a certain email message is authentic or not. This record is set up once a brand-new domain name is added to an account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our mail servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target destination and you will not have to worry about unsolicited parties spoofing your addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something pretty important when you use email messages to reach your business collaborators.