DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to confirm that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated individual or mail server. An e-signature is added to the header of the email by using a private cryptographic key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to validate who actually sent it and if the content has been modified in some way. The essential job of DKIM is to obstruct the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the message at all, or you will receive it with a warning note that most probably it’s not legitimate. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an additional protection layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, since they can see for themselves that all the emails that you send are genuine and haven’t been modified on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

You’ll be able to get the most out of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every web hosting that we’re offering without doing anything specific, because the required records for using this validation system are set up automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain name to an active account through the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the domain in question uses our name server records, a private cryptographic key will be created and stored on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. In case you send periodic email messages to customers or business partners, they’ll always be received and no unauthorized party will be able to forge your address and make it seem like you have written a particular email message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option comes by default with any domain that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are managed by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is in fact the public cryptographic key that confirms if a given email is authentic or not. This record is created when a domain name is added to a semi-dedicated account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our email servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your emails will always reach their target readers and you will not have to worry about unauthorized parties spoofing your addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something really important in case you use email messages to get in touch with your business associates.