DomainKeys Identified Mail

DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the genuineness of an email using a digital signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is activated for a particular domain name, a public key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is kept on the email server. When a new message is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the email message is received, the signature is validated by the incoming server using the public key. In this way, the receiver can easily tell if the email message is legitimate or if the sender’s email address has been spoofed. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email has been edited on its way as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to ensure that the sent and the received emails are identical and that nothing has been added or erased. This authentication system will enhance your email safety, since you can validate the genuineness of the important emails that you receive and your associates can do likewise with the emails that you send them. Based on the given mail service provider’s adopted policy, an email message that fails the examination may be deleted or may appear in the receiver’s inbox with a warning flag.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

If you order one of the Linux shared hosting packages that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be enabled as standard for any domain that you add to your shard hosting account, so you will not need to set up any records or to do anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX records (so that the emails related to this domain name will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private encryption key will be issued immediately on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. All addresses created using this domain will be protected by DKIM, so if you send emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will know that the messages are authentic, since the DomainKeys Identified Mail option makes it impossible for unsolicited people to forge your addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so if you opt for this type of hosting and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email authentication system will be created automatically – a private cryptographic key on our mail servers for the e-signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the DNS system. As the DKIM protection is set up for a given domain name, all addresses created using it will carry a signature, so you will not need to worry that the messages that you send out may not reach their target address or that someone may spoof any of your addresses and attempt to scam/spam people. This may be extremely important if you use electronic communication in your business, as your partners and/or clients will be able to distinguish authentic email messages from counterfeit ones.