DKIM, which is an acronym for DomainKeys Identified Mail, is an authentication system, which hinders email addresses from being forged and email content from being tampered with. This is done by adding an e-signature to each email sent from an address under a particular domain name. The signature is created based on a private encryption key that’s available on the sending server and it can be validated with a public key, which is available in the global Domain Name System. Thus, any email message with changed content or a spoofed sender can be recognized by email service providers. This technology will heighten your online safety significantly and you’ll know for sure that any email message sent from a business associate, a banking institution, etc., is authentic. When you send email messages, the receiver will also know for sure that you are indeed the one who has sent them. Any email that turns out to be forged may either be tagged as such or may never appear in the recipient’s inbox, based on how the given provider has chosen to treat such emails.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail functionality is enabled by default for all domains that are hosted in a hosting account on our cloud servers, so you will not have to do anything on your end to activate it. The sole condition is that the given domain should be hosted in a web hosting account on our end using our NS and MX resource records, so that the emails will go through our mail servers. The private encryption key will be created on the server and the TXT record, which contains the public key, will be published to the Domain Name System automatically, so you will not have to do anything manually on your end in order to enable this functionality. The DKIM email authentication system will permit you to send out credible email messages, so if you’re sending offers or a newsletter to customers, for example, your email messages will always reach their target audience, whereas unauthorized third parties won’t be able to spoof your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All mandatory DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be created automatically by our cloud hosting platform when you add a domain as hosted in a semi-dedicated server account, so in case you decide to purchase a semi-dedicated hosting plan, you won’t have to set up anything to be able to use the email authentication system. The domain name must use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed by our company and provided that this precondition is fulfilled, a private cryptographic key will be generated on our email servers and a public key will be published to the global DNS system by a special TXT record. All addresses that you set up with the domain will be protected by DomainKeys Identified Mail, which will make it impossible for third parties to forge any email address. Both you and your partners or clients can benefit from this service, since it will guarantee a higher security level for your e-correspondence.