DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a method for verifying the authenticity of an email message using an electronic signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a particular domain, a public cryptographic key is published to the global DNS system and a private one is stored on the mail server. If a new email is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email message is received, that signature is ‘scanned’ by the POP3/IMAP server using the public key. In this way, the recipient can easily distinguish if the email is genuine or if the sender’s address has been spoofed. A mismatch will appear if the content of the email message has been altered in the meantime as well, so DKIM can also be used to ensure that the sent and the delivered messages are identical and that nothing has been added or deleted. This authentication system will heighten your email security, since you can confirm the genuineness of the important emails that you receive and your colleagues can do likewise with the messages that you send them. Based on the particular mail service provider’s policy, an email message that fails to pass the test may be deleted or may enter the recipient’s mailbox with a warning sign.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting

You’ll be able to make use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every hosting that we’re offering without doing anything specific, as the compulsory records for using this email authentication system are set up automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain to an active account through the Hepsia Control Panel. If the specific domain name uses our NS records, a private encryption key will be generated and stored on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. If you send out periodic messages to customers or business partners, they will always be delivered and no unauthorized person will be able to forge your address and make it look like you have composed a particular email message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is offered by default with any domain name that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are handled by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is in fact the public key that verifies if a given message is authentic or not. This record is set up the moment a brand-new domain is added to a semi-dedicated account through the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our email servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your messages will always reach their target destination and you won’t need to worry about unauthorized parties spoofing your addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something quite important if you use email messages to contact your business partners.