DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for verifying the authenticity of an email message by using a digital signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is activated for a certain domain, a public key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is kept on the mail server. If a new email message is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the email message is delivered, the signature is ‘scanned’ by the incoming email server using the public key. In this way, the receiver can easily distinguish if the message is authentic or if the sender’s email address has been forged. 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 make sure that the sent and the received email messages are identical and that nothing has been added or removed. This validation system will enhance your email safety, since you can verify the authenticity of the important emails that you receive and your partners can do likewise with the emails that you send them. Depending on the particular email service provider’s adopted policies, an email message that fails to pass the test may be deleted or may reach the recipient’s mailbox with a warning alert.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Website Hosting

You will be able to get the most out of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every Linux shared website hosting that we’re offering without the need to do anything specific, as the required records for using this validation system are set up automatically by our web hosting platform when you add a domain to an active hosting account using the Hepsia Control Panel. If the domain in question uses our name server records, a private encryption key will be issued and kept on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. In case you send out periodic messages to customers or business associates, they will always be received and no unauthorized party will be able to spoof your address and make it look like you’ve written a given message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated servers come with DKIM enabled by default, so in case you pick this type of hosting and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the authentication system will be created automatically – a private key on our mail servers for the digital signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the global Domain Name System. As the DKIM protection is set up for a certain domain name, all email addresses created under it will carry a signature, so you won’t have to worry that the email messages that you send may not be delivered to their destination email address or that somebody may spoof any of your email addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be quite important in case you rely on electronic communication in your business, as your partners and/or customers will be able to distinguish authentic email messages from counterfeit ones.