DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to check that an e-mail has been sent by an authorized individual or mail server. A digital signature is attached to the header of the email by using a private encryption key. When the message 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 primary purpose of DKIM is to prevent the widely spread scam and spam 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, for example, but the signature does not match, you will either not receive the email at all, or you’ll receive it with a warning that most likely it’s not legitimate. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails to pass the signature check. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an additional safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for instance, since they can see that all the e-mails that you exchange are legitimate and have not been manipulated in the meantime.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Website Hosting

If you get any of the website hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be enabled as standard for any domain name that you register under your hosting account, so you won’t have to create any records or to enable anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX resource records (so that the emails associated with this domain name will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private encryption key will be issued momentarily on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the global DNS system. All addresses set up with this domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, so if you send emails such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will be sure that the messages are genuine, as the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature makes it impossible for unauthorized individuals to forge your e-mail addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option comes by default with any domain that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with us. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are handled by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is actually the public encryption key that confirms if a certain email is genuine or not. This record is created the moment a brand-new domain name is added to a semi-dedicated account via the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our mail servers. If you make use of our email and web hosting services, your emails will always reach their target destination and you will not need to worry about unauthorized people using your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something quite important when you use email messages to contact your business associates.