DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a method for validating the genuineness of an email by using an e-signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a given domain name, a public cryptographic key is published to the global DNS database and a private one is kept on the mail server. If a new email message is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the email message is delivered, the signature is ‘scanned’ by the POP3/IMAP server using the public key. In this way, the recipient can easily distinguish if the message is legitimate or if the sender’s address has been forged. A mismatch will appear if the content of the email message has been modified in the meantime as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to make sure that the sent and the delivered messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or deleted. This email validation system will heighten your email safety, as you can validate the genuineness of the important emails that you receive and your partners can do the exact same thing with the email messages that you send them. Based on the particular email service provider’s policies, a message that fails to pass the examination may be removed or may end up in the recipient’s inbox with a warning symbol.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is enabled by default for all domain names that are hosted in a shared hosting account on our cloud platform, so you won’t have to do anything yourself to activate it. The only condition is that the particular domain name should be hosted in an account on our end using our MX and NS resource records, so that the e-mails will go through our mail servers. The private cryptographic key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which includes the public key, will be published to the global DNS system automatically, so you will not need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this option. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email authentication system will permit you to send out trustable email messages, so if you are sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for example, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unsolicited third parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated hosting come with DKIM enabled by default, so if you select a semi-dedicated hosting package and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the validation system will be created automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the digital signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the global DNS system. As the DKIM protection is set up for a certain domain, all e-mail addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not need to worry that the emails that you send out may not be delivered to their destination address or that someone may forge any of your email addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be rather important in case you rely on email communication in your business, since your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish real emails from bogus ones.