DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to verify that an email message has been sent by an authorized person or server. An electronic signature is attached to the email’s header by using a private key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to validate who actually sent it and if its content has been edited in any way. The essential function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to hinder the widespread scam and spam messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for example, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not receive the email at all, or you will receive it with a warning note that most probably it’s not an authentic one. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature test. DKIM will also supply you with an additional security layer when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the messages that you send are authentic and haven’t been meddled with on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is activated by default for all domains that are hosted in a hosting account on our cloud platform, so you won’t need to do anything yourself to enable it. The sole condition is that the particular domain name should be hosted in a web hosting account on our end using our NS and MX records, so that the emails will go through our mail servers. The private key will be created 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 feature. The DomainKeys Identified Mail email authentication system will enable you to send trustable email messages, so if you are sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for example, your emails will always reach their target audience, while unauthorized third parties will not be able to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
All obligatory DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so in case you decide to get a semi-dedicated package, you will not have to configure anything to be able to use the email authentication system. The domain must use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by our company and as long as this precondition is satisfied, a private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS system by a special TXT resource record. All addresses that you create with the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to spoof any email address. Both you and your partners or customers can take advantage of this option, as it will guarantee a higher safety level for your online correspondence.