DKIM, which is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a validation system, which hinders email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being manipulated. This is achieved by adding a digital signature to every message sent from an email address under a specific domain name. The signature is generated on the basis of a private cryptographic key that’s available on the outgoing server and it can be verified with a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. In this way, any email with changed content or a spoofed sender can be recognized by email service providers. This approach will heighten your online security tremendously and you’ll be sure that any email message sent from a business ally, a bank, etc., is authentic. When you send out messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email message that appears to be phony may either be labeled as such or may never reach the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the particular provider has decided to deal with such emails.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

If you host a domain in a shared hosting account with us, all the necessary records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be set up by default. This will happen once you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided that it also uses our NS records. A private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers, while a public key will be published to the global DNS database automatically by using the TXT resource record. Thus, you won’t have to do anything manually and you will be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your emails will reach any target audience without being disallowed and nobody will be able to send out email messages forging your e-mail addresses. The latter is rather important in case the nature of your worldwide web presence involves sending regular newsletters or offers via email to potential and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All needed DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be created automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to purchase a semi-dedicated hosting package, you won’t have to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain must use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed by us and if this requirement is fulfilled, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System by a special TXT record. All addresses that you create with the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to fake any address. Both you and your partners or clients can benefit from this feature, as it will guarantee a higher level of protection for your email correspondence.