DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to prove that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized server or person. An electronic signature is attached to the header of the email message by using a private encryption key. When the email message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to validate who actually sent it and whether its content has been changed in some way. The prime job of DKIM is to avert the widespread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for example, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not receive the email at all, or you’ll get it with an alert that most probably it is not an authentic one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an additional layer of protection when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, as they can see that all the emails that you exchange are legitimate and haven’t been manipulated in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting

When you buy one of the hosting plans that we’re offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be activated by default for any domain that you register under your web hosting account, so you won’t have to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX resource records (so that the emails related to this domain will be handled by our cloud platform), a private cryptographic key will be created right away on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS database. All email addresses set up with this domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send out emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will know that the messages are legitimate, because the DomainKeys Identified Mail option makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your e-mail addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our Linux semi-dedicated servers come with DKIM activated by default, so in case you choose a semi-dedicated server plan and you add a domain name using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private key on our mail servers for the electronic signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the global Domain Name System. Since the protection is set up for a certain domain, all email addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not have to worry that the messages that you send may not reach their destination address or that someone may forge any of your addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be very essential in case you use email communication in your business, as your partners and/or customers will be able to distinguish legitimate messages from bogus ones.