DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to certify that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized individual or mail server. An e-signature is attached to the email’s header using a private key. When the email message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to confirm who exactly sent it and whether the content has been modified in some way. The primary task of DKIM is to block the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email message 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 message at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning alert that most likely it is not genuine. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature examination. DKIM will also provide you with an additional layer of safety when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see that all the e-mails that you exchange are authentic and have not been meddled with on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
If you purchase one of the Linux shared hosting that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be enabled by default for any domain that you register under your hosting account, so you will not have to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX records (so that the email messages associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private encryption key will be generated momentarily on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. All addresses set up with this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send email messages such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the recipients will know that they are legitimate, since the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature makes it impossible for unsolicited persons to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is offered by default with any domain name that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are managed by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is actually the public cryptographic key that verifies if a particular message is authentic or not. This record is set up the moment a brand new domain is added to a semi-dedicated account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our email servers. If you use our email and web hosting services, your messages will always reach their target readers and you will not have to worry about unsolicited parties forging your email addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something really important if you use emails to touch base with your business collaborators.