DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for verifying the authenticity of an email message by using an e-signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a specific domain, a public key is published to the global DNS database and a private one is stored on the email server. When a new email is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email message is delivered, the signature is checked by the incoming POP3/IMAP email server using the public key. In this way, the recipient can easily know if the email is genuine or if the sender’s address has been spoofed. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email message has been modified in the meantime as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to ensure that the sent and the delivered emails are identical and that nothing has been attached or removed. This authentication system will increase your email safety, as you can confirm the legitimacy of the important emails that you get and your colleagues can do the same with the messages that you send them. Based on the given mail service provider’s adopted policies, an email message that fails to pass the test may be deleted or may be delivered to the recipient’s mailbox with a warning notification.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

If you host a domain name in a website hosting account from us, all the compulsory records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be set up by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, provided that the domain also uses our NS resource records. A private key will be generated on our mail servers, while a public key will be sent to the global DNS database automatically using the TXT resource record. In this way, you will not need to do anything manually and you will be able to make use of all the benefits of this validation system – your email messages will be sent to any audience without being discarded and nobody will be able to send messages forging your addresses. The latter is truly important in case the essence of your worldwide web presence involves sending out periodic offers or newsletters via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated services come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so if you pick a semi-dedicated hosting package and you add a domain name using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the validation system will be set up automatically – a private key on our mail servers for the electronic signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the DNS database. Since the protection is set up for a specific domain name, all addresses created with it will carry a signature, so you will not need to worry that the emails that you send out may not be delivered to their destination address or that someone may forge any of your addresses and try to spam/scam people. This may be rather important if you use email communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish real email messages from phony ones.