DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to verify that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated person or mail server. An e-signature is added to the email’s header using a private encryption key. When the email message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who exactly sent it and if its content has been altered in any way. The prime job of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to hinder the widely spread spam and scam emails, 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 instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the message at all, or you’ll receive it with a notification that most likely it’s not genuine. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature check. DKIM will also give you an additional layer of safety when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, as they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you send are genuine and haven’t been tampered with in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting
You will be able to make use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every Linux cloud hosting that we’re offering without the need to do anything specific, because the compulsory records for using this email authentication system are set up automatically by our web hosting platform when you add a domain to an active web hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. If the specific domain name 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 DNS system. In case you send out periodic messages to clients or business allies, they’ll always be received and no unauthorized individual will be able to forge your address and make it look like you’ve composed a particular email message.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is included by default with any domain name that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are managed by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is in fact the public cryptographic key that confirms if a given message is genuine or not. Such a record is set up as soon as a brand new domain name is registered in an account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our email servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your emails will always reach their target readers and you won’t have to worry about unauthorized people using your addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something really important when you use email messages to reach your business collaborators.