DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to prove that an e-mail has been sent by an authenticated mail server or person. A digital signature is attached to the message’s header by using a private cryptographic key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who exactly sent it and whether its content has been edited in some way. The essential job of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to hinder the widely spread scam and spam email messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank, for example, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not get the email at all, or you’ll get it with a warning notice that most probably it’s not an authentic one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an added safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, as they can see that all the emails that you exchange are genuine and have not been tampered with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

If you purchase one of the cloud hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be enabled by default for any domain name that you add to your hosting account, so you won’t have to set up any records or to do anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX records (so that the email messages associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private key will be issued instantaneously on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. All email addresses created with this domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the receivers will know that the messages are genuine, because the DomainKeys Identified Mail option makes it impossible for unsolicited parties to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service is offered by default with any domain that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. The domain must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be set up, which is in fact the public key that confirms if a certain email message is authentic or not. This record is set up once a brand-new domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated server account via the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our mail servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your emails will always reach their target viewers and you won’t have to worry about unsolicited individuals forging your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something rather important in case you use email messages to touch base with your business collaborators.