DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a method for checking the authenticity of an email by using a digital signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a particular domain name, a public encryption key is published to the global DNS system and a private one is stored on the email server. If a new email is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the message is delivered, that signature is validated by the incoming POP3/IMAP mail server using the public key. In this way, the recipient can easily know if the email message is legitimate or if the sender’s email address has been forged. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email message has been modified in the meantime as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to ensure that the sent and the received messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or deleted. This email validation system will boost your email security, since you can verify the authenticity of the important email messages that you receive and your colleagues can do likewise with the email messages that you send them. Based on the given email provider’s adopted policy, a message that fails the test may be removed or may emerge in the recipient’s mailbox with a warning.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

If you host a domain in a web hosting account from our company, all the required records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality will be added by default. This will happen once you add the domain in the Control Panel’s Hosted Domains section, on the condition that it also uses our NS records. A private encryption key will be generated on our email servers, while a public key will be added to the global DNS system automatically using the TXT 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 authentication system – your email messages will be delivered to any target audience without being disallowed and nobody will be able to send email messages faking your email addresses. The latter is rather important in case the type of your worldwide web presence involves sending out regular offers or newsletters via email to prospective and existing clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All obligatory DKIM records will be created automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain name as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so in case you choose to purchase a semi-dedicated server plan, you will not have to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email validation system. The domain name should use our name servers in order for its DNS records to be managed by us and as long as this requirement is answered, a private encryption key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be sent to the DNS database by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you set up using the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to fake any address. Both you and your associates or clients can take advantage of this functionality, as it will guarantee a higher protection level for your online correspondence.