DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to confirm that an email message has been sent by an authorized individual or email server. A digital signature is attached to the message’s header by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to verify who actually sent it and whether its content has been altered in some way. The chief task of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to impede the widely spread scam and spam messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not get the email message at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning note that most likely it’s not a genuine one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails to pass the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also provide you with an additional layer of security when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see that all the email messages that you exchange are legitimate and have not been manipulated on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

If you host a domain in a shared hosting account from our company, all the needed records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be created by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain name in , on the condition that it also uses our NS records. A private key will be created on our email servers, whereas a public key will be added to the global DNS system automatically by using the TXT resource record. In this way, you will not need to do anything manually and you will be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this authentication system – your email messages will be delivered to any destination without being discarded and no one will be able to send out messages faking your addresses. The latter is quite important if the type of your Internet presence suggests sending periodic newsletters or offers via email to potential and current customers.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our Linux semi-dedicated packages come with DKIM activated by default, so in case you choose a semi-dedicated server package and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the email authentication system will be created 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 database. As the protection is set up for a particular domain name, all email addresses created using it will carry a signature, so you won’t need to worry that the messages that you send may not reach their destination email address or that someone may fake any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be rather essential when you use electronic communication in your business, since your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish real emails from phony ones.