DKIM, which is an abbreviation for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is a validation system, which blocks email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being tampered with. This is achieved by attaching an e-signature to every email message sent from an address under a specific domain. The signature is generated on the basis of a private cryptographic key that’s available on the outgoing server and it can be verified using a public key, which is available in the global DNS database. Thus, any email message with changed content or a spoofed sender can be recognized by email providers. This method will enhance your web security considerably and you’ll be sure that any email sent from a business associate, a bank, and so on, is an authentic one. When you send out email messages, the recipient will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that appears to be fraudulent may either be tagged as such or may never reach the recipient’s mailbox, based on how the particular provider has chosen to treat such emails.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting
When you order one of the hosting services that we offer, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be enabled as standard for any domain that you add to your hosting account, so you won’t have to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the email messages associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private key will be generated instantaneously on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the DNS system. All email addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DKIM, so if you send emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the recipients will be sure that the messages are authentic, as the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your e-mail addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting services come with DKIM enabled by default, so if you choose a semi-dedicated hosting plan and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private encryption key on our mail servers for the digital signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the global DNS system. As the protection is set up for a given domain name, all e-mail addresses created under it will have a signature, so you will not need to worry that the email messages that you send may not be delivered to their destination email address or that someone may spoof any of your email addresses and try to spam/scam people. This may be very important in case you use email communication in your business, as your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish real messages from bogus ones.