DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to check that an email message has been sent by an authenticated person or server. An e-signature is added to the email message’s header by using a private encryption key. When the email message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to check who exactly sent it and if its content has been edited in any way. The prime job of DKIM is to avert the widespread scam and spam email messages, 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, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the message at all, or you will get it with a warning note that most likely it is not a genuine one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature check. DKIM will also give you an added protection layer when you communicate with your business partners, for example, since they can see for themselves that all the messages that you send are authentic and haven’t been manipulated in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

You will be able to make full use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every shared hosting that we’re offering without the need to do anything specific, because the obligatory records for using this email validation system are created automatically by our hosting platform when you add a domain to an active account through the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the specific domain uses our name server records, a private cryptographic key will be issued and stored on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS database. In case you send periodic emails to customers or business associates, they’ll always be delivered and no unauthorized person will be able to spoof your email address and make it seem like you’ve sent a particular message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our Linux semi-dedicated packages come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so if you opt for a semi-dedicated hosting package and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email validation system will be created automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the digital signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the global Domain Name System. Since the DKIM protection is set up for a certain domain, all e-mail addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not have to worry that the messages that you send out may not be delivered to their target email address or that somebody may fake any of your addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be really important if you rely on email communication in your business, since your partners and/or clients will be able to distinguish legitimate emails from false ones.