DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to confirm that an email message has been sent by an authenticated server or individual. An e-signature is attached to the message’s header by using a private cryptographic key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to validate who exactly sent it and if its content has been changed in any way. The principal function of DKIM is to prevent the widespread scam and spam emails, 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 does not correspond, you will either not get the message at all, or you’ll get it with a warning note that most probably it’s not authentic. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails to pass the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with 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 authentic and haven’t been meddled with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

You’ll be able to make the most of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each Linux shared packages that we offer without the need to do anything specific, since the obligatory records for using this validation system are set up automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain name to an active web hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. If the specific domain uses our NS records, a private key will be generated and kept on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. If you send out regular emails to clients or business associates, they will always be received and no unsolicited person will be able to forge your email address and make it look like you have written a particular message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is included by default with any domain that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. The domain must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are managed by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be created, which is in fact the public cryptographic key that confirms if a specific email message is genuine or not. This record is created when a brand-new domain name is added to an account through the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our mail servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your emails will always reach their target viewers and you won’t have to worry about unsolicited individuals spoofing your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something rather important when you use emails to touch base with your business allies.