DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which hinders email addresses from being forged and email content from being manipulated. This is done by adding a digital signature to every message sent from an address under a certain domain name. The signature is generated based on a private key that is available on the outgoing SMTP email server and it can be validated using a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email with changed content or a forged sender can be recognized by email service providers. This method will heighten your worldwide web safety dramatically and you will know for sure that any e-mail message sent from a business collaborator, a banking institution, and so on, is an authentic one. When you send out messages, the receiver will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that appears to be bogus may either be flagged as such or may never be delivered to the receiver’s mailbox, depending on how the particular provider has chosen to cope with such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

In case you host a domain name in a cloud hosting account from us, all the necessary records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be added by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, on the condition that the domain also uses our NS records. A private key will be generated on our mail servers, while a public key will be sent to the global DNS database automatically by using the TXT resource record. In this way, you won’t need to do anything manually and you will be able to make use of all the benefits of this email authentication system – your messages will reach any target destination without being denied and nobody will be able to send messages faking your addresses. The latter is quite important if the essence of your worldwide web presence involves sending out periodic newsletters or offers via email to prospective and current clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option comes by default with any domain that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. 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 record to be created, which is actually the public key that verifies if a specific email is genuine or not. Such a record is set up as soon as a brand new domain is added to a semi-dedicated server account via the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our mail servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your messages will always reach their target destination and you won’t have to worry about unsolicited people forging your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something rather important when you use emails to get in touch with your business associates.