DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a method for checking the genuineness of an email message using an electronic signature. When DomainKeys Identified Mail is enabled for a given 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 email is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the email message is delivered, that signature is verified by the POP3/IMAP mail server using the public key. In this way, the receiver can easily tell if the email is legitimate or if the sender’s address has been forged. A discrepancy will occur if the content of the email message has been changed in the meantime as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to ensure that the sent and the delivered email messages are identical and that nothing has been attached or erased. This email validation system will strengthen your email security, as you can confirm the genuineness of the important email messages that you get and your associates can do the exact same thing with the messages that you send them. Depending on the given email service provider’s adopted policy, an email message that fails the test may be removed or may emerge in the receiver’s inbox with a warning flag.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting
If you obtain one of the cloud hosting that we’re offering, the DomainKeys Identified Mail feature will be enabled as standard for any domain name that you register under your shared web hosting account, so you will not need to set up any records or to activate anything manually. When a domain is added in the Hosted Domains section of our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel using our MX and NS resource records (so that the emails related to this domain name will be handled by our cloud hosting platform), a private key will be issued instantaneously on our mail servers and a TXT resource record with a public key will be sent to the Domain Name System. All email addresses set up with this domain name will be protected by DKIM, so if you send emails such as periodic newsletters, they will reach their target audience and the receivers will know that the messages are genuine, as the DKIM option makes it impossible for unsolicited individuals to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature comes by default with any domain name that’s added to a semi-dedicated server account with our company. It should also use our name servers, so that its DNS resource records are managed by our platform. The latter makes it possible for a special TXT resource record to be set up, which is in fact the public cryptographic key that verifies if a specific email is legitimate or not. Such a record is created as soon as a brand new domain name is registered in a semi-dedicated account through the Hepsia Control Panel and in the meantime, a private key is generated on our mail servers. If you make use of our web and email hosting services, your email messages will always reach their target destination and you won’t need to worry about unsolicited persons spoofing your email addresses for spamming or scamming purposes, which is something rather important if you use emails to communicate with your business allies.