DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for verifying the authenticity of an email using an electronic signature. When DKIM is enabled for a particular domain, a public key is published to the global DNS database and a private one is stored on the email server. When a new email is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email is delivered, the signature is verified by the incoming POP3/IMAP mail server using the public key. Thus, the recipient can easily distinguish if the email message is authentic or if the sender’s address has been forged. A mismatch will appear if the content of the email has been modified in the meantime as well, so DKIM can also be used to ensure that the sent and the received email messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or removed. This email validation system will increase your email security, as you can verify the legitimacy of the important emails that you get and your associates can do the exact same thing with the email messages that you send them. Based on the particular email service provider’s adopted policy, an email that fails to pass the examination may be deleted or may appear in the receiver’s inbox with a warning flag.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is activated by default for all domain names that are hosted in a website hosting account on our cloud web hosting platform, so you won’t need to do anything on your end to activate it. The only requirement is that the particular domain should be hosted in an account on our platform using our NS and MX resource records, so that the e-mails will go through our email servers. The private encryption key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which contains the public key, will be published to the global Domain Name System automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DomainKeys Identified Mail validation system will allow you to send out trustworthy email messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for instance, your email messages will always reach their target audience, while unsolicited 3rd parties will not be able to spoof your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our Linux semi-dedicated service come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so if you pick this type of hosting and you add a domain name using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the electronic signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the Domain Name System. Since the DKIM protection is set up for a specific domain, all email addresses created using it will carry a signature, so you won’t have to worry that the email messages that you send out may not reach their destination address or that someone may forge any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be extremely important in case you use e-communication in your business, as your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish real messages from forged ones.