DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to prove that an e-mail has been sent by an authorized server or person. A digital signature is attached to the email’s header using a private cryptographic key. When the email message is received, a public key that’s available in the global DNS database is used to confirm who actually sent it and whether its content has been altered in some way. The fundamental function of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to block the widespread spam and scam email 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 does not correspond, you will either not get the email at all, or you will receive it with a warning that most likely it is not authentic. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email that fails to pass the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an extra safety layer when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, as they can see that all the messages that you exchange are legitimate and have not been modified in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting
You’ll be able to take advantage of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every Linux website hosting that we are offering without needing to do anything in particular, because the obligatory records for using this validation system are created automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain to an active hosting account via the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the particular domain name uses our NS records, a private cryptographic key will be issued and stored on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. In case you send out periodic email messages to customers or business associates, they’ll always be received and no unauthorized party will be able to spoof your address and make it look like you’ve sent a certain message.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Our semi-dedicated hosting packages come with DomainKeys Identified Mail enabled by default, so in case you select a semi-dedicated hosting package 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 created automatically – a private key on our email servers for the digital signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the Domain Name System. Since the protection is set up for a given domain, all addresses created with it will carry a signature, so you won’t have to worry that the email messages that you send out may not be delivered to their target email address or that someone may fake any of your email addresses and attempt to scam/spam people. This may be rather essential if you use e-communication in your business, since your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish real email messages from counterfeit ones.