DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email authentication system used to check that an e-mail message has been sent by an authenticated individual or email server. A digital signature is added to the email’s header by using a private encryption key. When the email is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to verify who exactly sent it and if the content has been modified in some way. The essential task of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to obstruct the widely spread scam and spam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for example, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not get the message at all, or you’ll get it with a warning notice that most likely it’s not genuine. It depends on email providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an additional layer of security when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, as they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you send are authentic and have not been modified in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

If you host a domain name in a shared web hosting account with us, all the needed records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be created by default. This will happen the moment you add the domain in , provided that your domain also uses our NS resource records. A private encryption key will be created on our mail servers, while a public key will be sent to the DNS system automatically using the TXT record. In this way, you won’t have to do anything manually and you’ll be able to take advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your messages will be sent to any destination without being discarded and nobody will be able to send out email messages faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is quite important in case the nature of your worldwide web presence suggests sending out regular offers or newsletters via email to potential and existing customers.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is included by default with any domain name that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are handled by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is actually the public encryption key that verifies if a given email message is genuine or not. This record is set up once a brand-new domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel and at the same time, a private key is generated on our email servers. If you use our web and email hosting services, your messages will always reach their target audience and you won’t need to worry about unauthorized persons forging your addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something pretty important if you use email messages to contact your business collaborators.