DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to prove that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated person or server. An e-signature is attached to the header of the message by using a private cryptographic key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to verify who exactly sent it and whether its content has been edited in any way. The fundamental task of DKIM is to stop the widely spread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank, for example, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not receive the email message at all, or you will get it with a notification that most probably it’s not genuine. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails the signature test. DKIM will also supply you with an additional security layer when you communicate with your business partners, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you exchange are genuine and have not been meddled with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

When you get one of the cloud hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be enabled as standard for any domain name that you add to your web hosting account, so you will not have to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX resource records (so that the emails associated with this domain will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private key will be generated momentarily on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the DNS system. All addresses created with this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send out email messages such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will be sure that the messages are legitimate, as the DKIM option makes it impossible for unsolicited persons 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 is registered through a semi-dedicated server account with us. The domain must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be created, which is actually the public encryption key that verifies if a specific message is legitimate or not. Such a record is set up when a brand-new domain is added to an account via the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our email servers. If you use our web and email hosting services, your messages will always reach their target audience and you won’t need to worry about unauthorized persons spoofing your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something quite important when you use emails to reach your business collaborators.