DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to check that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated server or individual. An e-signature is added to the header of the email using a private key. When the email message is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to verify who actually sent it and if the content has been changed in some way. The chief function of DKIM is to hamper the widely spread scam and spam messages, as it makes it impossible to forge 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 message at all, or you will receive it with a warning notice that most probably it is not a genuine one. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an extra layer of safety when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the emails that you send are legitimate and have not been modified in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting
When you buy one of the Linux web hosting packages that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be enabled as standard for any domain name that you add to your shared website hosting account, so you won’t need to create any records or to do anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS resource records (so that the emails associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private encryption key will be created instantly on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System. All email addresses set up using this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send out emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the recipients will know that they are legitimate, because the DKIM option makes it impossible for unsolicited people to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is offered by default with any domain that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. 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 resource record to be created, which is actually the public cryptographic key that verifies if a particular email message is authentic or not. This record is set up the moment a new domain is added to a semi-dedicated server account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our mail servers. If you use our email and web hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target viewers and you will not need to worry about unauthorized people forging your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something quite important when you use email messages to get in touch with your business partners.