DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to check that an email has been sent by an authorized email server or individual. An e-signature is added to the header of the email by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who actually sent it and if the content has been altered in some way. The chief job of DKIM is to avert the widely spread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the message at all, or you will get it with a warning note that most likely it’s not genuine. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an added protection layer when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, as they can see for themselves that all the emails that you exchange are authentic and haven’t been meddled with in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting
When you get any of the cloud hosting plans that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be enabled as standard for any domain that you add to your shared account, so you will not need 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 emails related to this domain will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private key will be created momentarily on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. All addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send out email messages such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the recipients will know that they are legitimate, since the DomainKeys Identified Mail option makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your e-mail addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you pick one of the semi-dedicated hosting plans that we’re offering, you will be able to use DKIM protection with any domain that you add to your brand-new semi-dedicated hosting account without any manual setup, as our cutting-edge cloud platform will set up all the compulsory records automatically, provided that the domain name uses our name servers. The latter is required for a TXT resource record to be set up for the domain, since this is how the public key can become available in the global DNS system. The private key will also be added automatically to our email servers, so every time you send a new email message, it will carry our system’s e-signature. The number of spam emails continues to increase every year and quite frequently forged addresses are used, but when you make use of our web hosting services, you and your clients or colleagues will not have to worry about that.