DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to check that an email has been sent by an authenticated person or server. An e-signature is added to the header of the message by 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 some way. The chief purpose of DKIM is to avert the widely spread scam and spam messages, 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, for example, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the email message at all, or you’ll get it with an alert that most probably it is not a legitimate one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails to pass the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an additional layer of safety when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, as they can see that all the emails that you exchange are authentic and haven’t been meddled with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

When you purchase any of the cloud hosting plans that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be enabled as standard for any domain that you add to your website hosting account, so you won’t have to create any records or to do anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX resource records (so that the emails associated with this domain will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private key will be created instantly on our email servers and a TXT 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 DKIM, so if you send out email messages such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the recipients will know that they are legitimate, as the DKIM option makes it impossible for unsolicited persons to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All compulsory DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to buy a semi-dedicated server plan, you will not need to configure anything to be able to use the email authentication system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS resource records can be managed by us and in case this prerequisite is matched, a private key will be generated on our email servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS database by a special TXT record. All addresses that you set up using the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to forge any address. Both you and your colleagues or clients can take advantage of this functionality, as it will ensure a much higher level of protection for your e-correspondence.