DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to verify that an e-mail has been sent by an authorized server or individual. An electronic signature is added to the email’s header by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to check who exactly sent it and if the content has been changed in some way. The fundamental task of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to hinder the widely spread scam and spam emails, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If a message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature doesn’t correspond, you will either not get the message at all, or you’ll receive it with an alert that most probably it’s not genuine. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails to pass the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an extra safety layer when you communicate with your business associates, for instance, since they can see for themselves that all the e-mails that you send are legitimate and have not been manipulated on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

If you get one of the cloud hosting that we are offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be activated by default for any domain that you add to your hosting account, so you will not have to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain name is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-made Hepsia Control Panel using our NS and MX resource records (so that the emails related to this domain name will be handled by our cloud web hosting platform), a private encryption key will be generated right away on our mail servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the DNS system. All addresses set up with this domain will be protected by DKIM, so if you send out email messages such as regular newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the recipients will know that they are legitimate, because the DKIM functionality makes it impossible for unsolicited parties to forge your e-mail addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated hosting come with DomainKeys Identified Mail activated by default, so if you choose a semi-dedicated package and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the authentication system will be created automatically – a private key on our mail servers for the electronic signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the global DNS database. As the protection is set up for a particular domain name, all e-mail addresses created using it will have a signature, so you will not have to worry that the messages that you send may not reach their destination address or that somebody may forge any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be really essential when you use electronic communication in your business, as your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish genuine messages from false ones.