DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to confirm that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized server or person. A digital signature is attached to the message’s header using a private encryption key. When the email message 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 some way. The chief purpose of DKIM is to impede the widely spread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the email at all, or you’ll get it with a warning that most probably it’s not genuine. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails to pass the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an added layer of security when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the email messages that you exchange are legitimate and haven’t been meddled with on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
You’ll be able to make full use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every shared service that we are offering without the need to do anything in particular, as the required records for using this email validation system are created automatically by our hosting platform when you add a domain name to an active hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel. If the given domain name uses our name server records, a private key will be generated and stored on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. If you send out regular messages to clients or business allies, they’ll always be received and no unsolicited individual will be able to spoof your email address and make it look like you have composed a given message.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is included by default with any domain name that is 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 cryptographic key that confirms if a given email message is genuine or not. Such a record is created as soon as a brand-new domain name is added to a semi-dedicated server account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is created on our email servers. If you use our email and web hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target viewers and you won’t need to worry about unsolicited people using your addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something pretty important if you use email messages to touch base with your business associates.