DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for validating the genuineness of an email message by using an e-signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a given domain name, a public cryptographic key is published to the global DNS database and a private one is stored on the mail server. If a new email message is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the message is delivered, the signature is ‘scanned’ by the incoming POP3/IMAP mail server using the public key. Thus, the recipient can easily know if the email message is authentic or if the sender’s address has been forged. A mismatch will occur if the content of the email message has been edited in the meantime as well, so DKIM can also be used to make sure that the sent and the received messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or deleted. This email validation system will heighten your email security, since you can verify the genuineness of the important email messages that you get and your associates can do the exact same thing with the messages that you send them. Depending on the given mail service provider’s adopted policy, an email that fails the check may be erased or may reach the receiver’s mailbox with a warning alert.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is activated by default for all domains that are hosted in a shared hosting account on our cloud website hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything yourself to activate it. The sole condition is that the particular domain name should be hosted in an account on our end using our MX and NS resource records, so that the e-mails will go through our email servers. The private encryption key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which contains the public key, will be published to the global DNS system automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this functionality. The DKIM email validation system will allow you to send out trustable e-mails, so if you are sending a newsletter or offers to customers, for instance, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unsolicited third parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is offered by default with any domain name that is registered through a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It should also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be set up, which is actually the public cryptographic key that confirms if a specific message is genuine or not. Such a record is set up the moment a brand-new domain is added to an account via the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our email servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your messages will always reach their target audience and you won’t need to worry about unauthorized persons using your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something really important if you use email messages to get in touch with your business collaborators.