DKIM, which stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which prevents email headers from being spoofed and email content from being tampered with. This is done by attaching an electronic signature to each and every email message sent from an address under a particular domain. The signature is generated based on a private cryptographic key that’s available on the outbound SMTP email server and it can be verified using a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with edited content or a forged sender can be recognized by email providers. This approach will heighten your worldwide web security enormously and you will know for sure that any email sent from a business collaborator, a banking institution, and so on, is a legitimate one. 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 turns out to be fraudulent may either be tagged as such or may never enter the receiver’s mailbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to cope with such emails.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

If you get any of the shared hosting that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be activated as standard for any domain name that you register under your website hosting account, so you won’t have to create any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX records (so that the emails associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud platform), a private key will be generated straight away on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System. All email addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send emails such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will be sure that the messages are legitimate, as the DKIM feature makes it impossible for unauthorized persons to forge your e-mail addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All compulsory DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to buy a semi-dedicated server package, you will not need to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain must use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed on our end and as long as this requirement is satisfied, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be added to the global DNS system by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you create using the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to spoof any address. Both you and your associates or clients can take advantage of this service, as it will ensure a higher safety level for your electronic correspondence.