DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to certify that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized server or person. An e-signature is added to the message’s header by using a private encryption key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to confirm who actually sent it and whether the content has been modified in some way. The essential job of DKIM is to stop the widely spread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not receive the email message at all, or you will receive it with a warning note that most likely it’s not an authentic one. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails to pass the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an additional safety layer when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, since they can see that all the messages that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been meddled with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is activated by default for all domains that are hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud platform, so you won’t need to do anything yourself to activate it. The only requirement is that the particular domain should be hosted in a website hosting account on our platform using our MX and NS records, so that the email messages 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 Domain Name System automatically, so you will not need to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this functionality. The DomainKeys Identified Mail authentication system will enable you to send trustworthy e-mail messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for example, your email messages will always reach their target destination, whereas unsolicited 3rd parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting plans come with DKIM activated by default, so in case you opt for a semi-dedicated package and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private key on our mail servers for the electronic 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 addresses created using it will carry a signature, so you will not have to worry that the emails that you send may not reach their target address or that someone may spoof any of your email addresses and try to spam/scam people. This may be really important when you rely on e-communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish real messages from bogus ones.