DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to certify that an email has been sent by an authorized individual or server. An electronic signature is added to the message’s header by using a private key. When the email message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to check who exactly sent it and if its content has been altered in some way. The main purpose of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to stop the widely spread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the email at all, or you will receive it with an alert that most likely it’s not genuine. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an added protection layer when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the emails that you send are legitimate and haven’t been meddled with in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Website Hosting

If you purchase any of the shared website hosting that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be enabled by default for any domain name that you add to your shared account, so you won’t need to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the email messages associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private key will be generated straight away on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS database. All email addresses set up with this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send out emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will be sure that the messages are authentic, because the DomainKeys Identified Mail option makes it impossible for unsolicited persons to forge your addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is offered by default with any domain name that is registered through a semi-dedicated server account with us. The domain should also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be set up, which is actually the public encryption key that confirms if a certain email is legitimate or not. This record is created the moment a domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated account through the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our email servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your emails will always reach their target destination and you won’t need to worry about unsolicited parties spoofing your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something rather important in case you use email messages to contact your business collaborators.