DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to check that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated person or server. A digital signature is attached to the email’s header using a private key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to validate who exactly sent it and whether the content has been edited in any way. The essential function of DKIM is to prevent the widely spread spam and scam 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 example, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not receive the message at all, or you will receive it with a warning alert that most probably it is not genuine. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails the signature test. DKIM will also provide you with an additional safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the emails that you exchange are authentic and have not been tampered with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting

In case you host a domain name in a cloud website hosting account with our company, all the necessary records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be created by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, as long as the domain also uses our NS records. A private encryption key will be generated on our email servers, whereas a public key will be added to the DNS database automatically using the TXT resource record. In this way, you won’t need to do anything manually and you will be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this authentication system – your email messages will be sent to any target audience without being disallowed and nobody will be able to send out messages faking your email addresses. The latter is really important if the type of your online presence suggests sending out regular offers or newsletters via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All required DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to get a semi-dedicated server plan, you will not have to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain name should use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by our company and in case this prerequisite is satisfied, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the global Domain Name System by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you create using the domain name will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any address. Both you and your colleagues or clients can benefit from this option, since it will guarantee a much higher level of security for your online communication.