DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which blocks email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being manipulated. This is achieved by adding a digital signature to every email sent from an address under a given domain. The signature is created on the basis of a private encryption key that’s available on the outgoing SMTP email server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. Thus, any email message with modified content or a forged sender can be recognized by mail service providers. This technology will strengthen your worldwide web safety immensely and you’ll be sure that any email sent from a business partner, a banking institution, etc., is authentic. When you send out email messages, the receiver will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be fraudulent may either be flagged as such or may never be delivered to the recipient’s inbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to cope with such emails.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

If you purchase one of the Linux website hosting service that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be enabled by default for any domain that you register under your shard hosting account, so you will not need 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 NS and MX records (so that the email messages associated with this domain will be handled by our cloud platform), a private cryptographic key will be generated instantly on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS database. All email addresses created using this domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send email messages such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the recipients will be sure that the messages are authentic, since the DKIM feature makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All obligatory DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be set up automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so in case you choose to order a semi-dedicated server package, you will not need to set up anything to be able to use the email authentication system. The domain name should use our name servers so that its DNS resource records can be managed by our company and if this precondition is answered, a private cryptographic key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you create using the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any email address. Both you and your colleagues or customers can benefit from this feature, since it will ensure a higher level of protection for your electronic correspondence.