DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the legitimacy of an email using a digital signature. When DKIM is activated for a given domain name, a public cryptographic key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is stored on the email server. If a new message is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the message is received, that signature is authenticated by the incoming POP3/IMAP server using the public key. Thus, the receiver can easily discern if the email message is authentic or if the sender’s address has been spoofed. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email has been modified in the meantime as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to make sure that the sent and the delivered emails are identical and that nothing has been added or erased. This validation system will strengthen your email security, since you can validate the legitimacy of the important emails that you get and your colleagues can do likewise with the email messages that you send them. Based on the particular email provider’s adopted policy, a message that fails the check may be removed or may appear in the receiver’s inbox with a warning.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

You’ll be able to get the most out of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every shared hosting packages that we offer without needing to do anything in particular, since the needed records for using this validation system are created automatically by our web hosting platform when you add a domain to an existing web hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. If the given domain name uses our NS records, a private cryptographic key will be issued and stored on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the DNS database. If you send out periodic messages to customers or business partners, they will always be received and no unsolicited individual will be able to forge your email address and make it look like you have sent a certain email message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All necessary DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be set up automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to order a semi-dedicated plan, you will not have to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain should use our name servers so that its DNS resource records can be managed by us and as long as this condition is fulfilled, a private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS database by a special TXT resource record. All addresses that you create using the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to fake any address. Both you and your associates or clients can take advantage of this functionality, as it will guarantee a higher level of security for your e-correspondence.