DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to check that an email has been sent by an authenticated individual or mail server. A digital signature is added to the email’s header by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to verify who actually sent it and if the content has been changed in any way. The chief function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to impede the widely spread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for instance, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not receive the message at all, or you will get it with an alert that most likely it is not a genuine one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an added layer of safety when you communicate with your business partners, for example, since they can see that all the emails that you exchange are authentic and haven’t been modified on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

If you purchase one of the Linux web hosting packages that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be enabled as standard for any domain that you register under your web hosting account, so you won’t have to create any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the emails related to this domain will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private encryption key will be generated momentarily on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System. All addresses created using this domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the receivers will know that the messages are legitimate, since the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is offered by default with any domain that’s registered through a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It should also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be created, which is actually the public key that verifies if a given email message is genuine or not. This record is set up when a new domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our email servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your messages will always reach their target audience and you won’t have to worry about unsolicited people using your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something rather important if you use emails to touch base with your business collaborators.