DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to verify that an email has been sent by an authenticated email server or person. A digital signature is added to the message’s header by using a private cryptographic key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to check who actually sent it and whether the content has been edited in any way. The principal function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to obstruct the widely spread spam and scam 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 match, you will either not get the message at all, or you will receive it with a warning notification that most likely it’s not genuine. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an extra layer of safety when you communicate with your business partners, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the messages that you send are genuine and haven’t been tampered with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

When you buy any of the shared hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be activated as standard for any domain name that you add to your shared website hosting account, so you won’t need to set up any records or to enable anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX resource records (so that the emails related to this domain name will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private encryption key will be created momentarily on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. All email addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DKIM, so if you send emails such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the recipients will be sure that they are authentic, as the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality makes it impossible for unsolicited people to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is included by default with any domain that’s registered through a semi-dedicated server account with our company. 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 encryption key that confirms if a given email message is legitimate or not. This record is created the moment a domain is registered in a semi-dedicated server account through the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our mail servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target audience and you won’t have to worry about unauthorized parties spoofing your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something really important if you use emails to touch base with your business allies.