DKIM, which is short for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an email validation system, which obstructs email addresses from being spoofed and email content from being meddled with. This is done by adding an electronic signature to each email message sent from an address under a specific domain name. The signature is published based on a private encryption key that is available on the outgoing SMTP server and it can be verified using a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with modified content or a forged sender can be recognized by mail service providers. This approach will enhance your online safety substantially and you will know for sure that any message sent from a business ally, a bank, and so on, is legitimate. When you send out messages, the recipient will also be sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be phony may either be flagged as such or may never show up in the recipient’s inbox, based on how the given provider has decided to deal with such messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Web Hosting

If you host a domain name in a shared web hosting account from us, all the needed records for using the DomainKeys Identified Mail option will be added by default. This will happen as soon as you add the domain name in , on the condition that it also uses our NS records. A private cryptographic key will be created 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 won’t have to do anything manually and you will be able to make use of all the benefits of this email authentication system – your email messages will be delivered to any audience without being disallowed and no one will be able to send email messages forging your e-mail addresses. The latter is very important if the nature of your online presence suggests sending out periodic offers or newsletters via email to potential and current clients.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated plans come with DKIM enabled by default, so if you pick a semi-dedicated server package and you add a domain using our name servers via your Hepsia Control Panel, the records required for the email validation system will be set up automatically – a private key on our mail servers for the electronic signature and a TXT resource record carrying the public key for the DNS system. As the protection is set up for a specific domain, all addresses created with it will have a signature, so you won’t have to worry that the emails that you send out may not reach their target address or that someone may forge any of your addresses and try to scam/spam people. This may be very important if you use email communication in your business, as your associates and/or customers will be able to distinguish real email messages from bogus ones.