DKIM, which is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email authentication system, which obstructs email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being manipulated. This is achieved by attaching an e-signature to each email sent from an address under a certain domain. The signature is issued based on a private cryptographic key that’s available on the outbound SMTP mail server and it can be verified using a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. In this way, any email with changed content or a spoofed sender can be recognized by email providers. This method will strengthen your web security enormously and you’ll know for sure that any message sent from a business partner, a bank, and so on, is an authentic one. When you send email messages, the receiver will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be fake may either be flagged as such or may never appear in the recipient’s inbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to handle such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

If you host a domain in a shared web hosting account with our company, all the obligatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be added by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain in the Hosted Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel, as long as the domain also uses our NS resource records. A private key will be generated on our mail servers, whereas a public key will be added to the global DNS system automatically using the TXT resource record. In this way, you won’t have to do anything manually and you’ll be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your messages will reach any destination without being rejected and no one will be able to send out emails faking your email addresses. The latter is truly important if the essence of your online presence involves sending periodic newsletters or offers via email to potential and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All required DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so in case you decide to purchase a semi-dedicated server plan, you won’t have to configure anything to be able to use the email validation system. The domain name must use our name servers in order for its DNS records to be managed by our company and as long as this requirement is met, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you create with the domain name will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to fake any address. Both you and your partners or clients can benefit from this feature, as it will ensure a much higher security level for your e-correspondence.