DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to prove that an email has been sent by an authenticated person or mail server. A digital signature is added to the header of the message by using a private key. When the email is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to verify who actually sent it and whether its content has been changed in some way. The primary function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to obstruct the widely spread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the email message at all, or you will get it with a notification that most probably it is not an authentic one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an additional layer of security when you communicate with your business allies, for example, since they can see that all the emails that you exchange are authentic and have not been meddled with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

If you purchase any of the Linux cloud hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be activated by default for any domain name that you register under your shared account, so you will not need to create any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX records (so that the email messages related to this domain will be handled by our cloud platform), a private encryption key will be created instantaneously on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS database. All email addresses set up using this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send out email messages such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the recipients will be sure that they are authentic, as the DKIM feature makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you select one of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, you’ll be able to use DKIM protection with any domain name that you register through your brand new semi-dedicated hosting account without any manual intervention, as our high-tech cloud platform will create all the compulsory records automatically, provided that the domain name uses our name servers. The aforementioned is required for a TXT resource record to be set up for the domain name, since this is how the public encryption key can become available in the global DNS system. The private key will also be added automatically to our email servers, so every time you send a new email message, it will have our platform’s electronic signature. The number of unsolicited bulk messages keeps rising every year and rather often forged email addresses are used, but when you make use of our web hosting services, you and your customers or colleagues will not have to worry about that.