DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the legitimacy of an email by using an e-signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a given domain name, a public cryptographic key is published to the global DNS system and a private one is kept on the mail server. If a new message is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the email is delivered, that signature is verified by the POP3/IMAP mail server using the public key. In this way, the recipient can easily know if the email is legitimate or if the sender’s address has been spoofed. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email message has been edited on its way 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 added or deleted. This email validation system will increase your email security, as you can verify the authenticity of the important email messages that you receive and your partners can do likewise with the messages that you send them. Based on the given email provider’s adopted policy, an email message that fails to pass the test may be erased or may emerge in the recipient’s inbox with a warning.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is pre-activated for all domains that are hosted in a shared hosting account on our cloud web hosting platform, so you will not have to do anything on your end to turn it on. The only condition is that the particular domain should be hosted in a hosting account on our platform using our NS and MX 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 resource record, which includes the public key, will be published to the DNS database automatically, so you will not have to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this option. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email validation system will permit you to send trustable emails, so if you are sending offers or a newsletter to clients, for instance, your emails will always reach their target destination, whereas unsolicited 3rd parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is included by default with any domain name that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. The domain must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT record to be created, which is in fact the public encryption key that confirms if a given email is authentic or not. Such a record is set up once a domain is registered in a semi-dedicated account through the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is generated on our email servers. If you use our web and email hosting services, your emails will always reach their target readers and you won’t have to worry about unauthorized people spoofing your email addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something very important if you use email messages to get in touch with your business collaborators.