DKIM, which stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which blocks email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being meddled with. This is done by adding a digital signature to each and every email sent from an email address under a particular domain name. The signature is published based on a private cryptographic key that is available on the outgoing mail server and it can be validated by using a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. Thus, any message with altered content or a forged sender can be recognized by email providers. This method will increase your online safety substantially and you will know for sure that any email message sent from a business ally, a bank, and so on, is genuine. When you send email messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be bogus may either be flagged as such or may never end up in the recipient’s mailbox, depending on how the given provider has chosen to handle such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

If you host a domain name in a cloud hosting account from us, all the mandatory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be created by default. This will happen once you add the domain in , as long as the domain also uses our NS records. A private key will be generated on our email servers, while a public key will be added to the Domain Name System automatically by using the TXT record. In this way, you won’t need to do anything manually and you’ll be able to make use of all the benefits of this authentication system – your emails will be delivered to any audience without being discarded and nobody will be able to send emails faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is truly important if the essence of your online presence suggests sending out periodic newsletters or offers via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated hosting come with DKIM activated by default, so in case you opt for a semi-dedicated hosting package and you add a domain using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the authentication system will be created automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the e-signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the global DNS system. As the protection is set up for a certain domain, all email addresses created with it will carry a signature, so you won’t have to worry that the messages that you send may not reach their target email address or that somebody may spoof any of your addresses and attempt to scam/spam people. This may be quite essential when you use electronic communication in your business, since your colleagues and/or customers will be able to distinguish genuine email messages from spoofed ones.