DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email authentication system, which prevents email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being meddled with. This is done by adding an e-signature to each and every email sent from an address under a particular domain. The signature is published based on a private cryptographic key that is available on the outbound SMTP email server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. In this way, any message with modified content or a forged sender can be spotted by email providers. This method will enhance your online safety greatly and you will be sure that any email message sent from a business collaborator, a banking institution, etc., is legitimate. When you send out email messages, the recipient will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that appears to be fraudulent may either be tagged as such or may never show up in the recipient’s inbox, depending on how the particular provider has decided to deal with such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

When you get any of the shared hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be activated by default for any domain name that you register under your shared account, so you will not have to create any records or to do anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS resource records (so that the emails related to this domain will be handled by our cloud platform), a private encryption key will be generated instantaneously on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. All addresses created with this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send email messages such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the recipients will know that they are authentic, since the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature makes it impossible for unauthorized parties to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All needed DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be set up automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to get a semi-dedicated plan, you won’t have to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain should use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by us and as long as this prerequisite is met, a private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you create with the domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any address. Both you and your associates or clients can take advantage of this service, as it will ensure a much higher safety level for your e-communication.