DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is an email validation system used to prove that an email has been sent by an authenticated individual or server. An electronic signature is added to the header of the message by using a private encryption key. When the message is received, a public key that is available in the global DNS database is used to validate who exactly sent it and whether its content has been changed in some way. The principal task of DKIM is to hamper the widely spread spam and scam messages, as it makes it impossible to fake an email address. If a message is sent from an address claiming to belong to your bank or financial institution, for instance, but the signature does not match, you will either not get the email message at all, or you’ll get it with a warning notice that most likely it’s not legitimate. It depends on mail service providers what exactly will happen with an email message that fails to pass the signature examination. DKIM will also supply you with an added security layer when you communicate with your business partners, for example, since they can see that all the messages that you send are genuine and have not been modified on their way.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Cloud Hosting
The DomainKeys Identified Mail feature is activated by default for all domain names that are hosted in a cloud hosting account on our cloud web hosting platform, so you won’t need to do anything on your end to enable it. The sole condition is that the particular domain should be hosted in a website hosting account on our end using our NS and MX records, so that the e-mails will go through our mail servers. The private encryption key will be created on the server and the TXT resource record, which includes the public key, will be published to the DNS system automatically, so you won’t need to do anything manually on your end in order to activate this option. The DKIM email validation system will allow you to send out credible messages, so if you’re sending a newsletter or offers to customers, for instance, your email messages will always reach their target audience, whereas unauthorized third parties won’t be able to forge your email addresses.
DomainKeys Identified Mail in Semi-dedicated Servers
All necessary DomainKeys Identified Mail records will be set up automatically by our cloud platform when you add a domain as hosted in your semi-dedicated server account, so if you choose to purchase a semi-dedicated hosting plan, you won’t need to set up anything to be able to take advantage of the email authentication system. The domain should use our name servers so that its DNS records can be managed by us and if this requirement is satisfied, a private encryption key will be created on our email servers and a public key will be sent to the DNS system by a special TXT record. All addresses that you set up with the domain name will be protected by DKIM, which will make it impossible for 3rd parties to spoof any email address. Both you and your partners or clients can benefit from this service, since it will ensure a higher level of security for your email correspondence.