DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is a validation system used to verify that an e-mail 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 email is received, a public key that is available in the global Domain Name System is used to validate who exactly sent it and whether its content has been edited in some way. The essential job of DomainKeys Identified Mail is to hinder the widespread spam and scam email messages, as it makes it impossible to forge an email address. If an email message is sent from an email address claiming to belong to your bank, for instance, but the signature does not correspond, you will either not receive the email message at all, or you will receive it with a warning that most likely it is not authentic. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message which fails the signature examination. DomainKeys Identified Mail will also offer you an added layer of security when you communicate with your business associates, for example, as they can see for themselves that all the emails that you send are genuine and haven’t been tampered with on their way.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail option is enabled by default for all domain names that are hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud website hosting platform, so you won’t have to do anything yourself to turn it on. The sole requirement is that the given domain should be hosted in an account on our platform using our NS and MX resource records, so that the e-mails will go through our email servers. The private key will be generated on the server and the TXT record, which includes the public key, will be published to the DNS system automatically, so you will not need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DomainKeys Identified Mail validation system will allow you to send out credible email messages, so if you are sending offers or a newsletter to clients, for example, your email messages will always reach their target viewers, whereas unsolicited 3rd parties won’t be able to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All required DomainKeys Identified Mail 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 if you choose to get a semi-dedicated hosting package, you won’t need to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email validation system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS resource records can be managed by our company and as long as this precondition is fulfilled, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the DNS database by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you create using the domain name will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for third parties to fake any address. Both you and your colleagues or customers can benefit from this functionality, since it will guarantee a much higher safety level for your email correspondence.