DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to check that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized email server or individual. An e-signature is attached to the email message’s header using a private key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to verify who exactly sent it and if its content has been changed in any way. The fundamental task of DKIM is to hinder the widely spread spam and scam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If a message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not receive the email at all, or you’ll get it with a warning note that most likely it is not a legitimate one. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an extra security layer when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, as they can see that all the e-mail messages that you send are authentic and have not been modified on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

You’ll be able to take advantage of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every Linux website hosting plans that we are offering without needing to do anything specific, since the necessary records for using this email validation system are created automatically by our web hosting platform when you add a domain name to an active hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel. If the specific domain name uses our name server records, a private cryptographic key will be generated and kept on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the DNS system. In case you send periodic emails to clients or business associates, they’ll always be delivered and no unauthorized person will be able to spoof your address and make it look like you have written a particular message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our Linux semi-dedicated servers come with DKIM enabled by default, so in case you select this type of hosting and you add a domain name using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email authentication system will be set up automatically – a private cryptographic key on our mail servers for the e-signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the DNS database. Since the protection is set up for a specific domain, all e-mail addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not have to worry that the email messages that you send may not be delivered to their target address or that somebody may forge any of your addresses and try to spam/scam people. This may be rather essential when you use e-communication in your business, since your associates and/or clients will be able to distinguish real emails from spoofed ones.