DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which blocks email headers from being spoofed and email content from being modified. This is done by attaching an electronic signature to each and every email sent from an address under a given domain name. The signature is published based on a private key that’s available on the sending server and it can be verified with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any message with edited content or a forged sender can be identified by email service providers. This method will enhance your web security considerably and you will be sure that any email message sent from a business ally, a bank, etc., is genuine. When you send email messages, the recipient will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be fake may either be flagged as such or may never reach the receiver’s inbox, based on how the particular provider has decided to treat such emails.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting
If you purchase any of the cloud website hosting that we’re offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be enabled by default for any domain name that you register under your shard hosting account, so you won’t need to set up any records or to do anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-developed Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS records (so that the emails associated with this domain will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private cryptographic key will be generated right away on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System. All email addresses created with this domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send out emails such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target destination and the receivers will be sure that the messages are legitimate, because the DomainKeys Identified Mail option makes it impossible for unauthorized persons to spoof your addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Our Linux semi-dedicated packages come with DKIM activated by default, so if you pick a semi-dedicated server plan and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private encryption key on our email servers for the electronic signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the global Domain Name System. Since the DKIM protection is set up for a particular domain name, all email addresses created under it will carry a signature, so you won’t need to worry that the messages that you send may not be delivered to their destination address or that somebody may forge any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be really important if you use email communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or customers will be able to distinguish genuine email messages from bogus ones.