DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to confirm that an e-mail message has been sent by an authorized mail server or person. An electronic signature is attached to the email’s header by using a private key. When the message is received, a public key that’s available in the global Domain Name System is used to validate who exactly sent it and if its content has been edited in any way. The principal task of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to block the widespread scam and spam messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not receive the email message at all, or you will get it with a warning notice that most likely it is not an authentic one. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email which fails the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also give you an additional layer of protection when you communicate with your business partners, for instance, since they can see that all the email messages that you exchange are genuine and haven’t been meddled with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is pre-activated for all domain names that are hosted in a shared web hosting account on our cloud servers, so you won’t need to do anything yourself to turn it on. The sole requirement is that the particular domain should be hosted in a website hosting account on our end using our NS and MX resource records, so that the e-mails will go through our email servers. The private cryptographic key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which includes the public key, will be published to the Domain Name System automatically, so you won’t have to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this option. The DomainKeys Identified Mail authentication system will allow you to send out trustable messages, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to customers, for example, your emails will always reach their target destination, while unauthorized 3rd parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All required DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud web hosting platform when you add a domain name as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so in case you choose to purchase a semi-dedicated hosting plan, you will not have to configure 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 resource records to be managed by our company and provided that this precondition is met, a private encryption key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be added to the global DNS system by a special TXT record. All addresses that you set up with the domain will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to forge any email address. Both you and your associates or clients can benefit from this option, as it will guarantee a much higher protection level for your electronic correspondence.