DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a method for verifying the authenticity of an email message using an electronic signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is activated for a given domain name, a public cryptographic key is published to the global DNS database and a private one is stored on the mail server. If a new email message is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the message is delivered, the signature is ‘scanned’ by the POP3/IMAP mail server using the public key. Thus, the recipient can easily discern if the email is authentic or if the sender’s email address has been spoofed. A mismatch will occur if the content of the email has been altered in the meantime as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to ensure that the sent and the received emails are identical and that nothing has been attached or deleted. This validation system will increase your email safety, since you can verify the genuineness of the important emails that you get and your partners can do likewise with the emails that you send them. Based on the particular email provider’s policies, an email message that fails to pass the check may be removed or may reach the receiver’s inbox with a warning symbol.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

You will be able to make full use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every cloud hosting that we offer without needing to do anything specific, as the needed records for using this email authentication system are created automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain name to an existing hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the specific domain name uses our NS records, a private key will be issued and stored on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. In case you send regular messages to customers or business allies, they will always be delivered and no unsolicited party will be able to forge your email address and make it seem like you’ve composed a given email message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you select one of the semi-dedicated servers that we’re offering, you’ll be able to use the DomainKeys Identified Mail protection service with any domain name that you add to your brand new account without any manual intervention, as our cutting-edge cloud platform will set up all the required records automatically, provided that the domain uses our name servers. The latter is needed for a TXT resource record to be created for the domain name, since this is how the public cryptographic key can become available in the global Domain Name System. The private key will also be added automatically to our mail servers, so whenever you send out a new email, it will have our platform’s digital signature. The number of junk emails continues to rise each year and quite often fake addresses are used, but if you use our web hosting services, you and your clients or colleagues will not have to bother about that.