DKIM, which stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which stops email addresses from being forged and email content from being tampered with. This is done by attaching a digital signature to every message sent from an email address under a particular domain. The signature is published based on a private encryption key that is available on the outbound mail server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email with modified content or a spoofed sender can be identified by mail service providers. This technology will enhance your online security substantially and you will be sure that any email message sent from a business collaborator, a bank, and so on, is legitimate. When you send out email messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any mail that appears to be counterfeit may either be marked as such or may never end up in the recipient’s mailbox, depending on how the given provider has chosen to handle such email messages.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is pre-activated for all domain names that are hosted in a shared hosting account on our cloud web hosting platform, so you will not need to do anything on your end to turn it on. The only condition is that the particular domain name should be hosted in a hosting account on our platform using our MX and NS records, so that the e-mails will go through our mail servers. The private key will be created on the server and the TXT resource record, which contains the public key, will be published to the global Domain Name System automatically, so you won’t have to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this functionality. The DKIM validation system will enable you to send trustworthy e-mails, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to customers, for example, your emails will always reach their target viewers, while unauthorized 3rd parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers

All compulsory DKIM records will be set up automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you decide to get a semi-dedicated package, you won’t have to configure anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain name should use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed by us and if this precondition is met, a private cryptographic key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the global Domain Name System by a special TXT resource record. All email addresses that you create with the domain name will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to forge any email address. Both you and your associates or clients can benefit from this functionality, as it will ensure a higher level of safety for your electronic communication.