DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to certify that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated person or server. An e-signature is added to the email message’s header by using a private cryptographic key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who exactly sent it and whether its content has been edited in some way. The prime task of DKIM is to hinder the widespread scam and spam emails, 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 does not match, you will either not receive the message at all, or you will get it with a warning notice that most probably it’s not legitimate. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails to pass the signature examination. DKIM will also provide you with an additional protection layer when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, as they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been manipulated on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Website Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is enabled by default for all domain names that are hosted in a shared website hosting account on our cloud servers, so you won’t have to do anything on your end to turn it on. The sole condition is that the given domain should be hosted in a web hosting account on our platform using our MX and NS records, so that the email messages will go through our mail servers. The private encryption 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 feature. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email authentication system will enable you to send credible e-mail messages, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to clients, for example, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unauthorized 3rd parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated plans come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so if you pick this type of hosting and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the email authentication system will be set up automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the digital signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the DNS database. As the DKIM protection is set up for a specific domain name, all addresses created under it will have a signature, so you will not need to worry that the email messages that you send may not reach their target email address or that someone may spoof any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be extremely essential when you rely on e-communication in your business, since your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish real messages from spoofed ones.