DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the legitimacy of an email message using an e-signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is activated for a particular domain name, a public cryptographic key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is kept on the email server. When a new email message is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email message is received, the signature is validated by the incoming POP3/IMAP email server using the public key. Thus, the receiver can easily know if the message is legitimate or if the sender’s address has been forged. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email message has been modified in the meantime as well, so DKIM can also be used to make sure that the sent and the received emails are identical and that nothing has been added or erased. This authentication system will strengthen your email safety, since you can confirm the genuineness of the important email messages that you get and your colleagues can do the same with the messages that you send them. Depending on the particular email service provider’s adopted policy, an email that fails to pass the test may be deleted or may reach the receiver’s inbox with a warning symbol.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Website Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is pre-enabled for all domains that are hosted in a cloud website hosting account on our cloud hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything on your end to enable it. The sole condition is that the particular domain should be hosted in a website hosting account on our platform using our NS and MX records, so that the e-mail messages will go through our email servers. The private encryption key will be generated on the server and the TXT resource record, which includes the public key, will be published to the Domain Name System automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this option. The DKIM authentication system will allow you to send out trustable email messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to clients, for instance, your emails will always reach their target audience, whereas unsolicited third parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our Linux semi-dedicated plans come with DomainKeys Identified Mail activated by default, so if you pick a semi-dedicated hosting package and you add a domain 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 e-signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the Domain Name System. As the protection is set up for a specific domain, all addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not have to worry that the emails that you send may not reach their destination address or that someone may spoof any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be really important when you rely on e-communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish real emails from forged ones.