DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a method for checking the genuineness of an email using an electronic signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is activated for a specific domain, a public cryptographic key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is kept on the email server. When a new message is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the email message is received, the signature is validated by the incoming POP3/IMAP server using the public key. In this way, the receiver can easily know if the email message is genuine or if the sender’s email address has been spoofed. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email message has been modified on its way as well, so DKIM can also be used to make sure that the sent and the received email messages are identical and that nothing has been added or deleted. This email authentication system will strengthen your email safety, since you can verify the genuineness of the important email messages that you get and your partners can do the exact same thing with the email messages that you send them. Depending on the given email service provider’s adopted policies, a message that fails the examination may be erased or may reach the receiver’s inbox with a warning alert.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting
You’ll be able to take full advantage of DomainKeys Identified Mail with each hosting that we’re offering without the need to do anything in particular, because the mandatory records for using this email validation system are set up automatically by our website hosting platform when you add a domain name to an active web hosting account through the Hepsia Control Panel. As long as the particular domain name uses our name server records, a private encryption key will be issued and kept on our email servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the DNS database. If you send out periodic messages to clients or business associates, they will always be delivered and no unauthorized party will be able to spoof your address and make it look like you’ve composed a particular message.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated servers come with DKIM activated by default, so if you select this type of hosting and you add a domain name using our name servers through your Hepsia Control Panel, the records needed for the authentication 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 database. As the protection is set up for a certain domain, all email addresses created under it will have a signature, so you won’t need to worry that the email messages that you send may not be delivered to their destination email address or that somebody may forge any of your addresses and attempt to spam/scam people. This may be quite essential when you use e-communication in your business, since your colleagues and/or clients will be able to distinguish genuine email messages from fake ones.