DomainKeys Identified Mail, or DKIM, is a system for confirming the legitimacy of an email using a digital signature. When DKIM is enabled for a certain domain, a public cryptographic key is published to the global Domain Name System and a private one is kept on the mail server. If a new email is sent, a signature is generated using the private key and when the message is delivered, that signature is ‘scanned’ by the incoming server using the public key. Thus, the receiver can easily distinguish if the email is authentic or if the sender’s email address has been spoofed. A discrepancy will appear if the content of the email has been altered on its way as well, so DomainKeys Identified Mail can also be used to make sure that the sent and the received emails are identical and that nothing has been added or removed. This authentication system will heighten your email safety, since you can verify the authenticity of the important email messages that you get and your associates can do the same with the emails that you send them. Depending on the particular mail service provider’s adopted policies, an email message that fails to pass the check may be removed or may emerge in the receiver’s inbox with a warning.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Shared Hosting

The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is pre-activated for all domains that are hosted in a shared hosting account on our cloud website hosting platform, so you will not have to do anything on your end to enable it. The only condition is that the given domain should be hosted in a website hosting account on our end using our MX and NS records, so that the e-mail messages will go through our mail servers. The private key will be created on the server and the TXT resource record, which includes the public key, will be published to the global DNS database automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this functionality. The DKIM validation system will allow you to send trustworthy email messages, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to clients, for instance, your email messages will always reach their target audience, whereas unsolicited third parties won’t be able to spoof your email addresses.

DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All compulsory 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 plan, you won’t have to set up anything to be able to use the email validation system. The domain name should use our name servers in order for its DNS resource records to be managed on our end and as long as this requirement is satisfied, a private key will be created on our mail servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS system by a special TXT record. All email addresses that you set up with the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to spoof any email address. Both you and your associates or customers can take advantage of this feature, as it will ensure a higher level of protection for your email correspondence.