DKIM, which is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a validation system, which stops email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being manipulated. This is done by adding a digital signature to each email message sent from an address under a particular domain name. The signature is created on the basis of a private key that is available on the outgoing SMTP email server and it can be verified with a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. In this way, any message with modified content or a spoofed sender can be spotted by email service providers. This technology will increase your worldwide web safety tremendously and you’ll know for sure that any email message sent from a business partner, a banking institution, and so on, is legitimate. When you send out messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that appears to be fraudulent may either be labeled as such or may never enter the recipient’s inbox, based on how the particular provider has decided to treat such messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is activated by default for all domains that are hosted in a shared web hosting account on our cloud web hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything yourself to activate it. The only requirement is that the particular domain should be hosted in a web hosting account on our platform using our MX and NS records, so that the email messages will go through our mail servers. The private key will be created on the server and the TXT resource record, which includes the public key, will be published to the global DNS database automatically, so you won’t have to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this feature. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email authentication system will enable you to send out credible e-mails, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to clients, for example, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unauthorized 3rd parties will not be able to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is included by default with any domain that is registered through a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It should also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be set up, which is in fact the public key that verifies if a given email is legitimate or not. This record is created once a new domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated server account through the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is generated on our mail servers. If you use our web and email hosting services, your messages will always reach their target audience and you won’t have to worry about unsolicited persons spoofing your addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something really important if you use emails to communicate with your business partners.