DKIM, which is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email authentication system, which prevents email headers from being forged and email content from being meddled with. This is achieved by adding a digital signature to each message sent from an address under a certain domain. The signature is generated on the basis of a private cryptographic key that is available on the outbound mail server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with altered content or a spoofed sender can be recognized by mail service providers. This technology will increase your web safety markedly and you’ll know for sure that any email message sent from a business associate, a banking institution, etc., is an authentic one. When you send out email messages, the recipient will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that turns out to be forged may either be labeled as such or may never show up in the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the given provider has decided to deal with such emails.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Website Hosting
In case you host a domain name in a shared website hosting account with us, all the mandatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be created by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain in , as long as your domain also uses our NS records. A private encryption key will be generated on our mail servers, while a public key will be sent to the DNS system automatically using the TXT resource record. Thus, you will not need to do anything manually and you’ll be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this authentication system – your emails will be sent to any target audience without being discarded and nobody will be able to send email messages faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is truly important in case the essence of your web presence involves sending out regular newsletters or offers via email to prospective and current clients.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated servers come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so in case you opt for a semi-dedicated server package and you add a domain using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the validation system will be set up automatically – a private encryption key on our email servers for the electronic signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the Domain Name System. Since the protection is set up for a specific domain name, all email addresses created under it will have a signature, so you won’t have to worry that the emails that you send out may not be delivered to their destination address or that somebody may forge any of your email addresses and attempt to scam/spam people. This may be really important when you rely on e-communication in your business, since your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish real emails from counterfeit ones.