DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to check that an email has been sent by an authorized individual or email server. An e-signature is added to the message’s header by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to check who exactly sent it and whether its content has been modified in some way. The prime function of DKIM is to impede the widely spread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature doesn’t match, you will either not get the message at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning notification that most likely it’s not a legitimate one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an extra layer of safety when you communicate with your business partners, for example, since they can see that all the e-mail messages that you send are authentic and haven’t been modified on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

You’ll be able to make full use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every Linux cloud hosting that we are offering without the need to do anything in particular, since the compulsory records for using this email authentication system are set up automatically by our hosting platform when you add a domain to an active account via the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the particular domain name uses our name server records, a private cryptographic key will be issued and stored on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the DNS database. If you send out periodic emails to clients or business associates, they’ll always be received and no unsolicited individual will be able to forge your address and make it seem like you’ve written a particular message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All necessary DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to buy a semi-dedicated package, you won’t need to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email validation system. The domain name must use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by us and provided that this prerequisite is met, a private encryption key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS database by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you create with 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 partners or customers can benefit from this functionality, since it will guarantee a much higher level of security for your e-communication.