DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to confirm that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated email server or individual. An e-signature is added to the header of the message using a private cryptographic key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to verify who exactly sent it and if the content has been edited in any way. The main function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to avert the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the message at all, or you will get it with a warning notification that most probably it’s not an authentic one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails the signature check. DKIM will also provide you with an added layer of safety when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the emails that you exchange are legitimate and have not been modified on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
You will be able to take full advantage of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each shared services that we’re offering without having to do anything specific, as the obligatory records for using this email validation system are set up automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain to an active hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the specific domain uses our NS records, a private key will be issued and kept on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. If you send periodic emails to clients or business associates, they will always be received and no unauthorized person will be able to forge your address and make it look like you have composed a given email message.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you select any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, you will be able to use DomainKeys Identified Mail protection with any domain name that you add to your brand-new semi-dedicated hosting account without any manual setup, as our innovative cloud web hosting platform will create all the required records automatically, as long as the domain uses our name servers. The aforementioned is required for a TXT resource record to be set up for the domain name, since this is how the public cryptographic key can become available in the global DNS database. The private key will also be added automatically to our mail servers, so every time you send a new message, it will include our platform’s electronic signature. The number of spam emails continues to rise every year and quite frequently counterfeit email addresses are used, but if you make use of our web hosting services, you and your clients or colleagues will not need to bother about that.