DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the authenticity of an email message using an electronic signature. When DKIM is enabled for a given domain name, a public encryption key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is stored on the email server. If a new message is sent, a signature is issued using the private key and when the email message is delivered, the signature is ‘scanned’ by the incoming mail server using the public key. In this way, the recipient can easily know if the message is genuine or if the sender’s email address has been spoofed. A mismatch will occur if the content of the email has been altered in the meantime as well, so DKIM can also be used to ensure that the sent and the received messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or removed. This validation system will boost your email safety, since you can confirm the genuineness of the important emails that you receive and your associates can do the exact same thing with the emails that you send them. Based on the given email service provider’s adopted policy, an email that fails the examination may be erased or may be delivered to the recipient’s inbox with a warning alert.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Web Hosting

You will be able to make use of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each and every web hosting plans that we offer without having to do anything in particular, as the obligatory records for using this validation system are created automatically by our hosting platform when you add a domain name to an existing hosting account using the Hepsia Control Panel. If the domain in question uses our name server records, a private encryption key will be created and kept on our email servers and a TXT record with a public key will be sent to the DNS system. If you send periodic emails to customers or business collaborators, they’ll always be delivered and no unauthorized person will be able to forge your email address and make it look like you have composed a particular email message.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is offered by default with any domain that is added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It must also use our name servers, so that its DNS records are managed by our system. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be created, which is in fact the public key that verifies if a certain email is authentic or not. This record is created once a brand-new domain name is registered in an account through the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is created on our mail servers. If you use our email and web hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target destination and you won’t have to worry about unsolicited persons forging your addresses for scamming or spamming purposes, which is something quite important in case you use email messages to reach your business associates.