DKIM, which stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a validation system, which blocks email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being modified. This is achieved by adding an e-signature to each message sent from an address under a certain domain. The signature is published on the basis of a private key that’s available on the outgoing mail server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with altered content or a spoofed sender can be identified by mail service providers. This method will enhance your online safety greatly and you will be sure that any email sent from a business ally, a bank, and so on, is a genuine one. When you send out messages, the receiver will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that appears to be fake may either be marked as such or may never be delivered to the recipient’s inbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to deal with such messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is pre-activated for all domain names that are hosted in a web hosting account on our cloud website hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything yourself to turn it on. The sole condition is that the given domain should be hosted in a hosting 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 includes 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 option. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email validation system will permit you to send out trustable e-mails, so if you are sending offers or a newsletter to clients, for example, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unauthorized 3rd parties will not be able to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated servers come with DKIM activated by default, so in case you opt for a semi-dedicated hosting plan and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email validation system will be created automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the digital signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the global DNS database. As the DKIM protection is set up for a particular domain name, all email addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not need to worry that the email messages that you send out may not reach their target address or that someone may forge any of your addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be quite essential when you use email communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or customers will be able to distinguish genuine email messages from spoofed ones.