DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to confirm that an email has been sent by an authorized individual or mail server. An e-signature is attached to the email message’s header using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to check who actually sent it and whether the content has been modified in any way. The primary purpose of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to stop the widely spread scam and spam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for example, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not receive the email message at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning notification that most probably it’s not legitimate. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails to pass the signature examination. DKIM will also provide you with an additional layer of security when you communicate with your business partners, for example, since they can see for themselves that all the email messages that you exchange are legitimate and haven’t been manipulated in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting
If you host a domain in a shared hosting account with our company, all the required records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be set up by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain in , provided that it also uses our NS resource records. A private key will be created on our mail servers, while a public key will be published to the global DNS system automatically using the TXT resource record. In this way, you will not have to do anything manually and you will be able to take full advantage of all the benefits of this email validation system – your email messages will be sent to any target audience without being denied and nobody will be able to send out emails faking your email addresses. The latter is truly important in case the nature of your Internet presence involves sending periodic offers or newsletters via email to prospective and existing clients.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All mandatory DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to get a semi-dedicated hosting plan, you won’t need to configure anything to be able to use the email validation system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed by our company and as long as this precondition is answered, a private cryptographic key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the DNS database by a special TXT resource record. All addresses that you create using the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to forge any address. Both you and your associates or customers can benefit from this feature, as it will ensure a higher security level for your email communication.