DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to certify that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated person or mail server. An electronic signature is attached to the header of the email using a private encryption key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to check who exactly sent it and whether the content has been changed in any way. The primary task of DKIM is to hinder the widespread spam and scam email messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for instance, but the signature doesn’t match, you will either not receive the email at all, or you’ll get it with a warning that most likely it is not a genuine one. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature check. DKIM will also give you an extra protection layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see that all the e-mail messages that you send are legitimate and haven’t been tampered with on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting
In case you host a domain name in a website hosting account from us, all the needed records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be set up by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain name in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, provided that the domain also uses our NS records. A private encryption key will be generated on our email servers, while a public key will be sent to the DNS system automatically using the TXT resource record. In this way, you won’t need to do anything manually and you’ll be able to enjoy all the benefits of this email authentication system – your email messages will be delivered to any target audience without being discarded and no one will be able to send messages faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is pretty important if the essence of your Internet presence suggests sending periodic offers or newsletters via email to prospective and current customers.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
All necessary DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so in case you choose to purchase a semi-dedicated server package, you will not have to set up anything to be able to use the email validation system. The domain name should use our name servers so that its DNS resource records can be managed by us and as long as this requirement is matched, a private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the DNS database by a special TXT record. All addresses that you create with the domain name will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any address. Both you and your associates or customers can benefit from this feature, as it will guarantee a much higher level of protection for your electronic communication.