DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an authentication system used to confirm that an email message has been sent by an authenticated server or individual. A digital signature is added to the header of the email message using a private encryption key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to confirm who actually sent it and if the content has been changed in any way. The main purpose of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to hinder the widespread spam and scam emails, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If an email is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the email at all, or you’ll get it with a warning notice that most likely it is not authentic. It depends on email service providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails the signature test. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also supply you with an additional safety layer when you communicate with your business allies, for example, since they can see that all the email messages that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been manipulated in the meantime.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting
In case you host a domain name in a shared web hosting account with our company, all the necessary records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be created by default. This will happen once you add the domain in , as long as the domain also uses our NS resource records. A private cryptographic key will be generated on our email servers, while a public key will be added to the global Domain Name System automatically by using the TXT resource record. In this way, you won’t have to do anything manually and you’ll be able to make use of all the benefits of this validation system – your messages will be sent to any target audience without being denied and nobody will be able to send messages faking your e-mail addresses. The latter is very important in case the type of your web presence involves sending out periodic offers or newsletters via email to prospective and current clients.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting service come with DKIM enabled by default, so in case you choose a semi-dedicated server plan and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the email authentication system will be created automatically – a private cryptographic key on our email servers for the electronic signature and a TXT record carrying the public key for the global DNS system. Since the DKIM protection is set up for a particular domain name, all addresses created with it will carry a signature, so you will not need to worry that the email messages that you send out may not be delivered to their destination address or that somebody may forge any of your email addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be extremely essential in case you rely on e-communication in your business, as your partners and/or customers will be able to distinguish legitimate emails from forged ones.