DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to confirm that an email has been sent by an authenticated individual or server. A digital signature is added to the header of the message using a private key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who actually sent it and if its content has been changed in some way. The principal job of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to prevent the widespread scam and spam email messages, 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 a warning alert that most likely it is not genuine. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an added layer of protection when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you exchange are legitimate and have not been manipulated on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

When you get one of the Linux website hosting plans that we’re offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be activated by default for any domain name that you register under your shared website hosting account, so you will not have to create any records or to enable anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the emails associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud platform), a private cryptographic key will be created instantly on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS database. All addresses created with this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will know that they are legitimate, since the DKIM option makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is included by default with any domain that’s registered through a semi-dedicated server account with us. The domain should also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be set up, which is in fact the public key that confirms if a certain email message is authentic or not. Such a record is set up the moment a brand-new domain name is added to a semi-dedicated server account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our email servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your emails will always reach their target destination and you will not have to worry about unsolicited people forging your email addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something really important in case you use emails to contact your business allies.