DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to confirm that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated server or individual. An electronic signature is attached to the header of the email by using a private cryptographic 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 if its content has been altered in some way. The prime job of DKIM is to impede the widely spread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not 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 authentic. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an additional layer of protection when you communicate with your business associates, for example, since they can see that all the messages that you send are legitimate and haven’t been tampered with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting

When you order any of the Linux hosting packages that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be enabled as standard for any domain name that you register under your website hosting account, so you won’t have to create any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the email messages related to this domain will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private encryption key will be issued instantaneously on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. All email addresses created using this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send out emails such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the recipients will be sure that the messages are legitimate, since the DKIM functionality makes it impossible for unsolicited people to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is offered by default with any domain name that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be created, which is in fact the public cryptographic key that confirms if a specific email is genuine or not. This record is set up when a domain is added to a semi-dedicated account through the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our mail servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target viewers and you won’t have to worry about unauthorized people forging your email addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something quite important when you use emails to touch base with your business allies.