DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to confirm that an e-mail has been sent by an authorized individual or email server. An electronic signature is attached to the header of the message by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to check who actually sent it and whether the content has been modified in any way. The prime task of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to obstruct the widely spread spam and scam 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 doesn’t correspond, you will either not get the email message at all, or you’ll get it with a notification that most probably it is not legitimate. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature check. DKIM will also provide you with an extra layer of safety when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the emails that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been manipulated in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is pre-activated for all domain names that are hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud hosting platform, so you will not have to do anything on your end to enable it. The sole requirement is that the given domain should be hosted in a website hosting account on our platform using our NS and MX records, so that the emails will go through our email servers. The private key will be generated on the server and the TXT record, which includes 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 enable this functionality. The DKIM email validation system will permit you to send out credible e-mail messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for instance, your emails will always reach their target audience, while unauthorized 3rd parties will not be able to spoof your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated plans come with DKIM enabled by default, so if you pick a semi-dedicated hosting package and you add a domain using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the validation system will be set up automatically – a private encryption key on our mail servers for the digital signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the DNS system. Since the protection is set up for a given domain name, all email addresses created with it will have a signature, so you won’t need to worry that the emails that you send out may not be delivered to their destination address or that someone may forge any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be rather essential when you use electronic communication in your business, since your associates and/or clients will be able to distinguish authentic emails from forged ones.